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The Four Principles of Great Design: Learn by Video
on-demand course

The Four Principles of Great Design: Learn by Video

with Robin Williams
November 2014
Beginner
2h 27m
English
Pearson

Overview

Robin Williams, author of The Non-Designer’s Design Book, is beloved and respected worldwide for her frank, funny, down-to-earth method for teaching design fundamentals. In The Four Principles of Great Design Learn by Video, Robin brings those teachings to video for the first time. In this three-hour course, you’ll learn how to effectively use contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity (C.R.A.P.) to create professional-looking brochures, ads, business cards, and more. Robin explains these core design concepts in the context of real-world design projects that anyone from non-designers to budding professionals can use to gain a solid understanding of what makes great graphic design.

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