Design Theory Course
This course introduces foundational design theory principles, focusing on visual communication for cultural and humanities contexts. Participants will develop skills in typography, hierarchy, color, and layout to design cohesive mini-campaigns, culminating in production-ready assets.

flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Design Theory Course equips you with practical skills to plan clear, accessible visual communication for events, programmes, and campaigns. Learn basics of visual perception, hierarchy, and layout systems, then apply typography, colour theory, and grids to a mini campaign. You will create consistent posters, social graphics, and banners, document specs, test designs, and refine them with structured feedback.
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Develop skills
- Practical typography: choose, pair and scale type for clear humanities content.
- Visual hierarchy: guide readers with layout, contrast and focal points fast.
- Colour for culture: build accessible palettes that convey tone and emotion.
- Mini-campaign design: create consistent posters, social graphics and banners.
- Production-ready files: set grids, specs and exports for print and web.
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