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When you land a new project, where do you start?
Not knowing the first step or point of contact in your team can kick things off to a rocky start. It’s important to know who and where to go first to get the project rolling on the right foot.
It's hard to get your team organized.
Say you find the right starting point. But throughout the project, all organization goes out the window. Deadlines are past due, your team’s lost focus, and the client’s getting impatient.
Learn how to make more money by running jobs more efficiently.
With no process, you’re lost. By getting your team aligned from the get-go, you can delegate effectively, manage projects with ease, and meet deadlines. Not to mention, make clients very happy.
Run your projects profitably and friction-free.
Scale your business
Learn how to delegate tasks among your internal team that makes scaling smooth and efficient.
Feel confident in your process
Finally have transparency with your clients, maintain control in the relationship, and get work approved faster.
Do great work
Remove the guesswork, and focus on great work that delights clients every time.
Learn from the pros
Matthew Encina and I walk you through our entire project management approach, from onboarding to delivery, in over 70 video course lectures. Each lecture is packed with information, presentation materials, and is easy to digest.
Save time writing
Do you find yourself writing the same emails over and over again? To save time, Ben and Matthew have created templates that you can use with your clients and teams.
Get peace of mind
A form you can send to your clients when it’s time to sign off on milestones or entire projects. Know that revisions are done when they’re marked ‘done.’
Review what went well
A simple, easy-to-use worksheet to help your internal team conduct retrospectives on each project after completion.
Learn from the pros
Matthew Encina and I walk you through our entire project management approach, from onboarding to delivery, in over 70 video course lectures. Each lecture is packed with information, presentation materials, and is easy to digest.
Save time writing
Do you find yourself writing the same emails over and over again? To save time, Ben and Matthew have created templates that you can use with your clients and teams.
Get peace of mind
A form you can send to your clients when it’s time to sign off on milestones or entire projects. Know that revisions are done when they’re marked ‘done.’
Review what went well
A simple, easy-to-use worksheet to help your internal team conduct retrospectives on each project after completion.
Matthew Encina
Matthew Encina is an award-winning creative director of branding, interactive experiences, and video content for Fortune 500 brands, music artists, and video games. For over ten years he has been working on top-tier campaigns at LA’s premier design studios and agencies.
Ben Burns
Ben Burns is a designer that helps growing businesses increase revenue, expand brand awareness, and earn happier customers. Currently, he serves in a dual role as both the Chief Operating Officer of The Futur and as Digital Creative Director at Blind.
This framework is for anyone who manages projects, regardless of experience
From the start to the finish of your project, it’s nothing without the right process in place. This course was made for you:
- Students
- Freelancers
- Creative Directors
- Studio Owners
Practical Project Management
Run projects profitably and friction-free so you and your team can do great work.
- 70+ video classes
- Email templates
- Work approval form
- After-action review sheet
- Bonus content
- Lifetime updates
Practical Project Management
Run projects profitably and friction-free so you and your team can do great work.
- 70+ video classes
- Email templates
- Work approval form
- After-action review sheet
- Bonus content
- Lifetime updates
- 6+ hours of video lectures
- Self-study assignments
- Design critique videos
- Watch Chris work
- Bonus videos
- Lifetime updates
Learn the fundamentals of typography to create visually stunning, impactful work. Start to see type differently when you practice and apply typographic principles, and finally understand why and how layouts look good.
InDesign recommended
Take a look at some of the incredible progress our students have made. We’ll let their before and after’s do the talking here.
As a self-taught designer typography 01 course improved my approach towards design dramatically. It is way differentiated me from my peers at work even though they were more experienced. The way Chris critiques taught me how to explain my design and point out when its not working/something is missing. Typography 01 course on my CV also landed me a lot of interviews. (which I really thought were not even in my league back then).
Typography 01 was my very first online course after being in the field for over 20 years. I learned more about myself and my skills in the Typography 01 course than I had in those 20 years. I rediscovered passions for type that I had let slip and the input from all the instructors was amazingly valuable. I'm super grateful for the whole experience as it has already helped me in my work setting, results were basically next project after taking the course. Thank You to all the folks that make Futur happen.
The Typography course is an impactful journey that takes you through the process of learning how good typography came to be and how it can be implemented throughout any composition. Coming out of this course, anyone will have a strong set of eyes and skill in delivering substantial typography choices in design projects. The Future team has done an excellent job capturing the history, practicality, and opportunity typography provides when it is approached in a creative but methodical way; so much appreciation for this course!
Without any traditional design education, I always used to struggle with understanding the fundamental design principles. One of the most valuable parts of the course was seeing the way Chris critiques design work. That helped me improve my design thinking and process as well, and it made me understand what clients are looking for in design work. I would highly recommend the Typography 01 Course to anyone struggling with deeply understanding what good design is built upon.
Take a deep dive into all things type
In each video lesson, Chris will teach you about typographic principles, the history of type, and how to apply the fundamentals across your design work.
Stretch and flex your design muscles
Practice what you’ve learned in the video lectures to push your skills further. Do the homework as many times as you need to fully grasp the material.
Watch Chris work
See how Chris makes improvements to previous students’ work using typographic principles. Then, take notes of how you can apply these same techniques to your own work.
Watch your skills develop
See your designs take on a whole new shape and meaning as you move through the course. Start to feel comfortable and confident with typography.
Get access to the community
Your enrollment includes access to our private Slack channel and an invitation to Circle. Connect and keep learning with your instructor, Chris Do, and Typography students around the world.
Take a deep dive into all things type
In each video lesson, Chris will teach you about typographic principles, the history of type, and how to apply the fundamentals across your design work.
Take a deep dive into all things type
In each video lesson, Chris will teach you about typographic principles, the history of type, and how to apply the fundamentals across your design work.
Watch Chris work
See how Chris makes improvements to previous students’ work using typographic principles. Then, take notes of how you can apply these same techniques to your own work.
Watch your skills develop
See your designs take on a whole new shape and meaning as you move through the course. Start to feel comfortable and confident with typography.
Get access to the community
Your enrollment includes access to our private Slack channel and an invitation to Circle. Connect and keep learning with your instructor, Chris Do, and Typography students around the world.
This course is for any designer looking to understand type to improve their layout and design skills.
I learned more about typography in this course than during my BA in graphic design. This gives me confidence that I can make effective layouts and better design of any kind. I also felt I was part of a community, who learned together. Once a week for seven weeks, Chris critiqued our submitted layouts and this motivated us to put knowledge into practice and submit our work. This course is the best investment I've made in myself in becoming a better graphic designer. And I've invested in a lot of courses and books.
Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.
He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as: advisory board member for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College and Woodbury University.
Selected Videos
Graphic Design Tutorial: 10 Typography rules to help you improve your type skills. Get better at graphic design by understanding how to use type. Improve your layouts instantly by following these 10 easy to follow rules.
What makes for good type, layout and design? How can you art direct a designer when it comes to typography. Are there any examples or tutorials on critiquing typography for something with a lot of type?
Is it necessary to use a grid for your designs? In this video, Chris gives his honest answer, and shows how to create a grid using the Fibonacci Sequence.
Get ready to expand your knowledge and understanding of design. Take a look at what you’ll learn in each module, plus a few bonuses along the way.
Course
Curriculum
Typography 01
Our most popular course will show you the tools, techniques, and principles to use type like a master.
- 6+ Hours of video content: grid systems, contrast, balance, type choices, hierarchy
- Self-study assignments
- Watch Chris work
- Design critique videos
- Bonus Videos
- Lifetime updates
