Graphic Design: Communicate Complex Ideas with Simple Images

Saying More with Less

A course by Genis Carreras , Designer and Illustrator

Designer and Illustrator. Girona, Spain.
Joined May 2021
100% positive reviews (67)
2,311 students
Audio: English
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About the video: Saying More with Less

Overview

“Minimalism and simplicity are all about reducing the number of elements until only the essential is left. In this lesson, I will show you that even the simplest shapes can communicate something. You will begin to understand how we are programmed to extract meaning from all that we see. ”

In this video lesson Genis Carreras addresses the topic: Saying More with Less, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Design: Communicate Complex Ideas with Simple Images. Discover a unique methodology for transforming big ideas into meaningful designs by exploring color, layout, shape, and typography.

Partial transcription of the video

“Saying More with Less We have seen different ways of communicating a message visually. To represent abstract ideas, simplification, and bowling down to the essence, it's probably the best approach, and it will generate interesting results. In this lesson, you will learn how even simple shapes can communicate more than we think, and you will learn how to boil down the message into its most basic components to focus on what's essential. Let's have a look at this image. You have probably seen it before. It's being shown at design schools and any class really about visual communication. It's tw...”

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Course summary for: Graphic Design: Communicate Complex Ideas with Simple Images

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (67)
  • 2311 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (3h 21m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Design
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator
  • Areas

    Branding & Identity, Graphic Design

Genis Carreras

Genis Carreras
A course by Genis Carreras

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Designer and Illustrator

Genis Carreras is a designer, illustrator, and the founder of his own visual communication studio, Studio Carreras. He studied multimedia design in Spain and graphic communication in the UK before moving to London where he worked in different agencies, learning alongside talented designers. During that time, he published Philographics – a visual dictionary that uses graphic design to explain philosophy, and attracted enough clients to help him start his own studio.

Since then, Genis has worked with brands such as Google, Polaroid, New Philosopher, and Google Play. Together with his team, he works on everything from visual identities and editorial design to icons, using simple shapes to convey complex ideas. His work has been exhibited in New York, Paris, and Barcelona, at design festivals, and in design publications including Wired, and Communication Arts. He has also won multiple awards and been nominated at the Word Illustration Awards.


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Graphic Design: Communicate Complex Ideas with Simple Images. Design course by Genis Carreras

Graphic Design: Communicate Complex Ideas with Simple Images

A course by Genis Carreras
Designer and Illustrator. Girona, Spain.
Joined May 2021
  • 100% positive reviews (67)
  • 2,311 students