Graphic Design for Beginners
Balance and grids
A course by Silvia Ferpal , Designer and Visual Artist
About the video: Balance and grids
Overview
“In this lesson we will discuss compositional balance and discuss some designs. I will also tell you what the grid is, a magical resource to order our designs.”
In this video lesson Silvia Ferpal addresses the topic: Balance and grids, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Design for Beginners. Learn the fundamentals of design by giving shape to your ideas with images, typography, color, and composition.
Partial transcription of the video
“Balance and Grids So far, we saw the small parts that make up the design, but they must all be put together. Welcome to our lesson on composition. Composition may seem easy, but it is key to design. Imagine furniture in a super comfortable, beautiful home, but there is one that covers the window, another one covers the door, another one has a broken leg. Composition is the same. Even if we have well-designed elements, how we order them in a space will be very important. When we face a design or look at a photograph, the worst thing in terms of composition is ambiguity. For example, if we dr...”
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Course summary for: Graphic Design for Beginners
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Branding & Identity, Design, Graphic Design, Logo Design, Typography, Typography Design
Silvia Ferpal
A course by Silvia Ferpal
Silvia Fernández Palomar, better known as Silvia Ferpal, walks the line between art and design in her work. In 2019, she won the Spanish National Design Award in the youth category thanks to her unique approach to design that blends traditional disciplines with more contemporary forms of expression. She currently works as a freelance designer and teaches design at the IED art school.
She has collaborated on projects for Ogilvy & Mather, Paseo, Designit Madrid, Designit New York, and, more notably, on a design project for the Royal Spanish Academy which led her to live in Rome for the duration of it. Her client list includes Harvard, Bloomberg, Inditex, and Leroy Merlin; she also designed the official typography for the City of Madrid. Her work has been published by other major companies such as Corraini and Santillana.
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