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Design Fundamentals
- Built around your actual work
- Live online, or on-site by request
- Training careers nationwide since 2006
Workshop brief
Design Fundamentals
- Duration
- 17.5 hrs total. 5 sessions.
- Tuition
- $499.00per participant; team and private pricing by quote
- Delivery
- Live onlineOn-site, in person, by request
- Included
- Certificate of completionFor every participant
Graphic Design Fundamentals Training: Design Principles, Color Theory, Typography, and Layout
This live online class gives beginners the visual design foundation that every design tool assumes you already have.
The class opens with the core principles of design and visual hierarchy. You study how contrast, alignment, repetition, proximity, and balance guide the eye, then apply them to short exercises that show the difference a single change can make.
From there the class moves into color and type. You learn how color theory shapes mood and meaning, how to build a working palette, and how to choose and pair typefaces that read well and match the tone of the message.
The final sessions bring everything together in layout and composition. You work with grids, margins, and white space, complete a short applied project, and practice presenting and critiquing design work the way design teams do on the job.
Design Fundamentals is scheduled with each Advanced Graphic Design and Digital Media Production cohort and is open to individual registration. Private sessions are available by request. Contact DWC to arrange a session for you or your team.
Why teams book DWC
- Content, datasets, and examples built around your work before delivery
- Live online with a real instructor, or on-site at your location
- Invoicing and purchase order documentation for your organization
What your team gets
This course includes
- 17.5 hours of live, instructor-led training over five sessions via Zoom
- Small class size with real-time feedback from the instructor
- Hands-on design exercises and a short applied project
- Class materials and lesson files
- Class recordings available on request
- Credit toward the Advanced Graphic Design and Digital Media Production certificates
- DWC certificate of completion
Course outline
How the workshop runs
Every session is live with a real instructor, and the exercises are built around your team's work.
Every strong design, from a social post to a brand system, rests on the same small set of decisions: what the viewer sees first, how the type reads, how the colors work together, and how the elements are arranged on the page. Most people new to design skip straight to the software and never learn why one layout works and another does not.
Design Fundamentals for Beginners closes that gap. In five live, instructor-led sessions you learn the principles professional designers rely on, practice them in hands-on exercises, and get real-time feedback on your work. You leave with a clear process for making and explaining design choices, and a foundation that carries into any design tool.
This class opens the Advanced Graphic Design and Digital Media Production certificate programs and is also open to individual registration for marketers, communicators, and anyone who creates visual content as part of their job.
Outcomes
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Apply the core principles of design, including contrast, alignment, repetition, proximity, and balance
- Build visual hierarchy so viewers see the most important information first
- Use color theory to choose palettes that support the message and the audience
- Select and pair typefaces for readability and tone
- Organize layouts with grids, margins, and white space
- Explain design decisions clearly and give and receive useful critique
- Apply these fundamentals to a short design project ready for print or screen
Duration
Prerequisites
- No prior design experience required
- Basic digital literacy: comfortable using a computer, managing files and folders, and using a web browser
- Familiarity with common software such as Google Workspace or Microsoft Office
- Interest in design, visual arts, or digital media
- A reliable computer and internet connection that meet the DWC equipment and software requirements
Format
Online for most groups; on-site delivery by request.
Adobe software is not included
Participants need access to the Adobe application this workshop covers, and the software has its own cost. Once enrolled, DWC students are eligible for Adobe student pricing.
Dates and options
Join a public session or book your teamBook this workshop for your team
Public sessions
Train your team privately
Schedule this workshop for your team, live online or on-site, with content built around your work. Tell us your group size, goals, and target dates.
How team training works
From first call to trained team
- 20,000+Participants trained
- 90%Completion rate
- 1,500+Organizations served
Scope it
A short call about your team, your tools, and what needs to change after the session.
Customize it
Your instructor builds examples, exercises, and datasets around your actual work before delivery.
Deliver it live
Live online for most groups, or on-site at your location, scheduled around your team.
Make it stick
Every participant leaves with reference materials and a certificate of completion.
Pricing
Tuition and ways to buy
$499.00 per participant
- Individual registration: $499 per person
- Included in program tuition for students enrolled in the Advanced Graphic Design or Digital Media Production certificate
- Private sessions for an individual or a team: quoted on request
Design Fundamentals is scheduled with each certificate program cohort and is open to individual registration. Private sessions are available by request. Request a quote
Adobe software is not included in tuition. Once enrolled, DWC students are eligible for Adobe student pricing.
- Per participant
Enroll a few employees at the per-participant rate.
- Private team session
Your group only, built around your data, tools, and schedule.
- Invoice your organization
DWC invoices your company directly and provides purchase order documentation.
- Multi-workshop programs
Combine workshops into a series for a department or a cohort of new managers.
Adobe Creative Cloud training
Adobe Creative Cloud training for teams
Marketing, communications, and in-house creative teams rely on Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Adobe Express. DWC teaches each one live, in beginner and advanced levels, with exercises built around your brand and the assets your team produces.
Train a whole creative team at once, or upskill the people outside it who need to produce on-brand graphics, documents, and video without waiting in the design queue.
Can you customize this workshop for our team?
Yes. Content, datasets, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery, so participants practice on the files, tools, and situations they deal with every day.
Is the training online or on-site?
Most groups train live online with a real instructor. On-site, in-person delivery is available by request.
Is there a minimum group size?
Most workshops booked for a team have a three participant minimum, and the Tuition section on each workshop page lists its exact terms. One-on-one sessions and smaller groups are priced case by case, and larger groups are quoted based on group size, schedule, and delivery format.
Do participants need Adobe software?
Yes. Participants need access to the Adobe application the workshop covers, such as Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, or After Effects. The software has its own cost and is not included in tuition. Once enrolled, DWC students are eligible for Adobe student pricing.
Do you offer beginner and advanced levels?
Yes. Most Adobe workshops come in a beginner level and an advanced level, so new users and experienced staff each get the right starting point.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Every participant receives a certificate of completion, along with digital learning materials and take-home reference guides.
Can we pay by invoice or purchase order?
Yes. DWC invoices your organization directly and provides purchase order documentation.
Can individual employees join a public session?
When a workshop has public dates, they appear in the Dates section of this page with a registration button. If none are listed, request a quote and we will share your options.
Bring this workshop to your team
Tell us about your group and your goals. A training advisor follows up within one business day with options and pricing.