The first week is dedicated to orientation. You will familiarise yourself with the Red & Yellow online learning platform and receive your Adobe Illustrator and Creative Cloud login details so you are ready to start designing from week one.

Before you can design, you need to know your tools. These two modules give you a thorough grounding in Adobe Illustrator, the industry standard application for professional graphic design. By the end of week two you will be navigating the interface, working with vector shapes, managing layers, and producing clean, correctly structured files. Everything that follows builds on what you learn here.

Before you can design, you need to know your tools. These two modules give you a thorough grounding in Adobe Illustrator, the industry standard application for professional graphic design. By the end of week two you will be navigating the interface, working with vector shapes, managing layers, and producing clean, correctly structured files. Everything that follows builds on what you learn here.

Good design does not happen by accident. This module introduces the five-step design process that professional designers use to move from brief to final output, covering how to unpack a client brief, conduct research, generate ideas, build prototypes, and test your work. You will apply the full process to your first real design brief.

Colour is one of the most powerful tools in a designer's kit. This module covers how colour works, how to build palettes that communicate mood and meaning, and how to use contrast, harmony, and hierarchy to make design decisions that hold up under scrutiny. You will apply colour theory to a real design brief in Adobe Illustrator.

This module gives you the visual language that underpins every design decision you will ever make. You will learn the elements of design, line, shape, space, tone, colour, and texture, alongside the principles that govern how they work together: balance, hierarchy, contrast, emphasis, and unity. Understanding these is what separates intentional design from decoration.

Type is not just text. It is tone, personality, hierarchy, and meaning. This module covers the history and anatomy of type, the principles of typesetting, and how to use typography as a primary visual tool rather than an afterthought. You will design a typographic poster that communicates through type alone.

A logo is the most concentrated expression of a brand. This module covers the strategic and creative process of designing one, from concept and simplification through to a complete brand identity system with logo, stationery, and brand guide. It is the most demanding project in the course and the one most likely to anchor your portfolio.

The final module extends everything you have built into the social media environment. You will learn how to design for platform-specific formats, maintain visual consistency across a campaign, and develop a brand guide that keeps your identity coherent across channels. The module closes with a complete social media asset set that completes your portfolio.