Graphic Design for Business Professionals

Learn basic graphic design principles anyone can use to make business documents more visually appealing.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Using exercise files
• How to send feedback
• Challenges explained

1. Core Concepts

• Understanding the PARC system
• Challenge: Applying the PARC system
• Solution: Applying the PARC system

2. Introduction to Typography

• Understanding the importance of type
• Finding font inspiration online
• Challenge: Setting type
• Solution: Setting type

3. Introduction to Color

• Understanding the importance of color
• Finding color inspiration online
• Challenge: Create a color theme
• Solution: Create a color theme

4. Project: Designing a Business Card

• Breaking down business cards
• Setting up your business-card project
• Adding graphics to your business card
• Setting type on your business card
• Getting your cards professionally printed

5. Project: Designing an Envelope

• Setting up your envelope project
• Adding graphics and text to your envelope
• Printing your envelopes

6. Project: Designing a Flyer

• Planning your flyer project
• Adding images to your flyer
• Adding text to your flyer
• Styling the text of your flyer

7. Project: Designing a Presentation

• Storyboarding your slides
• Styling your master slides
• Inputting info and data on your slides
• Working with slide transitions
• Exporting your slides to PDF

Conclusion

• Goodbye