If you're going to design an online course to teach design, you actually have to know something about teaching design.
The foundation of a solid design education is actually the fine arts -- that's why since the days of the Bauhaus first year students study fine arts in a foundation year, and then spend the next few years studying applied design. The reason? Because before you can play with layout and typography you need to know about color theory and yes even subjects like art history. Learning the techniques of design without the basics is like trying to be a writer by learning all the functions of MS Word but not having read Shakespeare.
PS It's also slightly dishonest to put to put a photo of Steve Jobs down there which indirectly implies that he would approve.
> Learning the techniques of design without the basics is like trying to be a writer by learning all the functions of MS Word but not having read Shakespeare.
You can be a perfectly good writer without having read a word of Shakespeare.
I agree the people appear to be social proof even though they are no more than quotes from famous people. Not really false advertising, but false implications.
The quotes are headed by the question "Why learn design?" This site doesn't have a monopoly on design, so I had no inclination to think they were endorsing the site.
The foundation of a solid design education is actually the fine arts -- that's why since the days of the Bauhaus first year students study fine arts in a foundation year, and then spend the next few years studying applied design. The reason? Because before you can play with layout and typography you need to know about color theory and yes even subjects like art history. Learning the techniques of design without the basics is like trying to be a writer by learning all the functions of MS Word but not having read Shakespeare.
PS It's also slightly dishonest to put to put a photo of Steve Jobs down there which indirectly implies that he would approve.