# Graphic Design Fundamentals: The Complete Set

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## Overview

The fundamentals of graphic design lay the foundation for becoming a graphic designer. This set of classes includes everything you need to get started. It starts with an overview, then breaks out every important topic in the field of design.

## Curriculum
1. **Graphic Design Fundamentals: Getting Started with Timothy Samara**
2. **Graphic Design Fundamentals: Color with Timothy Samara**
3. **Graphic Design Fundamentals: Form & Image with Timothy Samara**
4. **Graphic Design Fundamentals: Layout with Timothy Samara**
5. **Graphic Design Fundamentals: Type with Timothy Samara**

## Instructors

### Timothy Samara

Timothy Samara is a New York–based graphic designer and educator whose twenty-five-year career has so far focused on visual identity and branding, communication design, and typography. Since 2000, he has split his time between professional practice and academia, defining a highly respected reputation as an instructor at the School of Visual Arts, Parsons/The New School for Design, Purchase College SUNY, New York University, The University of the Arts, and Fashion Institute of Technology. Mr. Samara is a frequent university lecturer and contributor to design publications both in the U.S. and abroad. He has written eight books on design to date (all from Rockport Publishers), which have been translated into ten languages and are used by students and practitioners around the world.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $99