Your starting point
Discuss your experience, your tools and a design you want to make.
Private graphic design courses · London & online
Design with purpose.Learn by making.
Individual learning in typography, colour, composition and marketing materials. Bring a project and develop the skills to make your message clearer. Graphic design and creative work is one of Hexa Academy’s learning directions.
What goes into the work
A practical exercise
Work through typography, colour and composition using an agreed brief.
Review and improve
Explain the decisions, check the output and choose what to practise next.
Our clients
A word from our customers.
FDS Cards Ltd on Trustpilot“Customer service is amazing, web page is very clear and understandable and the product is great!”
“Superfast response and delivery, excellent quality. Highly recommended.”
“FDS cards were very helpful and on point with all the requests.”
“Excellent product range & quality & very proffesional & quick service. I strongly reccomend them.”
“Responsive and forthcoming staff, great communication”
“Fast service and good quality.”
“It was better than advertised :)”
From a brief to a useful design
Graphic design skills.
Your own project.
Start from your experience, whether you are learning the basics or improving an established workflow. Agree the tools, project and depth of the programme before booking. Current sessions follow the 60-minute Hexa Academy format; prices are by enquiry.
Composition, colour & type
Build a visual hierarchy, choose a readable type system and use colour with a clear purpose. Discuss the audience and the message before opening the software.
Identity & marketing materials
Apply the design principles to a logo, social post, brochure or presentation. Work towards consistency across the pieces your business uses.
Images, layouts & artwork
Explore image editing, vector artwork and page layout through an agreed project. Discuss which software you use and the skills you want to develop.
Prepare, present & improve
Check readability, prepare artwork for its print or digital destination and explain your design decisions. Review the work and identify a useful next exercise.
A programme shaped around what you need
The earlier Design Studio courses covered CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, with individual exercises, marketing principles and preparing files for print and the web. These remain useful subjects to discuss when arranging a tailored course. Confirm the software, required licences and lesson plan for your current programme.
Bring a sample of your work, the kind of material you want to make and any questions about your existing tools. The lecturer can use these to help define an appropriate starting point.
Explore the current Hexa Academy programme
Business. Design. Technology.Your lecturer & author
Vitalij
Kolotikov.
20+years in business
9+years teaching
02books authored
Entrepreneur, marketing and AI lecturer, and founder of HexaTech Technology Group. Vitalij is CEO of FDS Cards and co-founder of First Design Studio and Malta Houses. His work connects building businesses with the design and technology that support them.
Teaching draws on that working experience: understanding an audience, shaping a useful offer, designing the customer journey and choosing tools with a purpose. Sessions follow your questions and your pace, with practical exercises and time to review the result.
From the original course feedback
Room to ask.
Time to understand.
“I liked that the lessons were held individually, so I could dictate my own pace, and I had undivided attention.”
“Thanks to the individual approach, the answers to all the questions I am interested in and the extensive homework, I have mastered and understood everything I need without any difficulties.”
Before your first session.
Can I start without design experience?
Explain your experience and what you want to make. The programme can start with the foundations and work through practical exercises at an agreed pace.
Is this the earlier 24-lesson course?
The old page described fixed 24-lesson packages. Current learning is arranged through Hexa Academy, with 60-minute sessions and a scope agreed around your needs. Ask for the number of sessions, software requirements and current quote before booking.
Will I receive a qualification or a job placement?
A professional completion certificate can record the agreed programme. This is not an accredited academic qualification or a guarantee of employment. Any internship is discussed and arranged separately.
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Start with something you want to make.
Tell us about your experience, your tools and the design work you want to do. We can discuss a practical learning plan.