Basic Principles of Graphic Design
Format and basic forms
A course by Christopher Pierce , Creative Director, Journalist, and Entrepreneur
Joined August 2020
About the video: Format and basic forms
Overview
“Here you will see how to make the grid for your poster design and how it can affect your design.”
In this video lesson Christopher Pierce addresses the topic: Format and basic forms, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basic Principles of Graphic Design. Discover a new way of visual expression through graphic design and explore the possibilities of Adobe Illustrator to improve your creative process.
Partial transcription of the video
“Format and basic shapes In this lesson we will put together a grid for your poster design. Let's see it. Let's start to see our final project. As you know, what we have to do as a project is a poster for an art exhibition that will take place at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The exhibition is of photography and it's about fractals in nature, which is very interesting. These are some images that I chose as an example. The idea is simply to show what the exhibit is, some images depicting what the user will be able to see when they enter the museum, know from what date to what date the...”
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Course summary for: Basic Principles of Graphic Design
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Typography

Christopher Pierce
A course by Christopher Pierce
Christopher Pierce is a designer, journalist, and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the communication and design industries. Passionate about innovation, he is a firm believer in the fundamental role design has to play in building a better world.
He is the creative director and cofounder of Gomma, a design studio in Lima, Peru that specializes in branding. There, they help brands to design better businesses and reach their full potential through finding new ways to connect with their audiences.
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