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Critique: Dem bones dem bones, dem jaw bones...
Today’s contribution comes from Ram Vaidhyanath! Click to enlarge:Radiology’s whol deal is taking pictures, which makes it a very visual field. This poster takes advantage of that, and uses lots of...
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Link round-up for March, 2019
Mike Morrison has a 20 minute video describing what a poster session is and how to make a poster. Unlike Mike, however, I do not believe poster sessions are “holding the human race back in a non...
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The automated Twitter feed for this blog (@Better_Posters) is currently down.I had logged in to make a few cosmetic changes to the feed. When I did, I was prompted to add a birthday, so I picked the...
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Critique: Stars with a bang
Mia de los Reyes is today’s contributor, with a pair of posters for perusal. Since both have similar styles, I’m going to mostly talk about both in one go at the end. Click to enlarge the first one!Mia...
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Better Posters Twitter account is back
After a few days suspension, the automated Twitter feed for this blog is now back up and running! Please follow @Better_Posters if you want updates of new posts.Thanks to Twitter customer service for...
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Critique: The Morrison billboard poster
A couple of weeks ago in the link round-up, I featured a video from Mike Morrison. Mike’s year-in-the-making video attracted plenty of attention, and is at the bottom of this post in case you missed...
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Critique: Chemistry comics
This week’s contributor is Purav Patel. Click to enlarge!Purav writes: It combines some elements from Mike Morrison’s better poster, Bret Victor’s Seeing Spaces poster, and my own touches.If displayed...
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Link round-up for April, 2019
We’ve had many nominees for best poster, but this is one of the first for “best poster presenter.” Spotted by ForsGroup.My favorite poster I’ve seen so far at #ACSOrlando. I hope he’s giving a talk...
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The Morrison billboard poster, part 2
Since its debut on YouTube a few weeks ago, Mike Morrison’s suggested format has been getting a fair share of people trying it out. This one appeared in my feed via Hannah Hobson.I’m fascinated by...
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More than just visual cheesecake
I want academics to create objects with high quality graphic design. But I imagine there are people who might admit that a well designed conference poster (or what have you) may be nice and all, but...
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Critique: Child care
Today’s contribution comes from Mary Bratsch-Hines. Click to enlarge!Mary writes:I’ve realized that although I have removed the boxes, it still feels boxy. This is likely because it’s laid out like a...
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Critique and makeover: Snap, the magic dragon
Today’s contributor is Mathilde Mousset. She sent along two posters and said I could use either, but I thought, “Why not both?” Click to enlarge!Portrait style posters are often tricky beasts, and this...
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Link roundup for May 2019
In our semi-regular “Best poster I’ve seen” dredged from social media, Fabian Roger calls this “absolutely brilliant”:Poster by Therese Karlsson, who said, “Never had as much fun making a poster as...
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Critique and makeover: Something in the water
Today’s contribution is by Francesca Rubino. Click to enlarge!Francesca writes:I recently presented the attached poster at a public health conference, but it seemed to be a flop with the audience...
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Critique or makeover? I forget
This week’s poster comes from Hanna Isotalus. Click to enlarge!This is a project that might be better served by a talk than a poster. With over a dozen complex graphs and images, this poster does not...
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Critique: Quantum circuits
It’s time to descend into the quantum realm...Today’s contribution comes from Adam Kelly. Click to enlarge!When I first opened this up, I could see a few things. I liked the colour. I liked some...
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Link roundup for June 2019: National news edition
Did you know that this year may mark the fiftieth anniversary of the conference poster? The Federation of European Biochemical Societies boasts of having the first international conference poster...
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Critique: ROMS comm
A poster about ROM? I remember ROM!Oh? It’s ROMS, you say? An acronym for Regional Ocean Modelling System? Okay, that’s almost as good as old Marvel Comics. This acronym is part of this week’s...
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Critique: Artseed
Today’s poster is from contributor Chetan Keshav. Click to enlarge!Chetan wrote, “ It’s not as scientific as most of the posters featured on your blog though.” That is a good thing! One of my biggest...
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Critique and makeover: Biodiversity in a time of change
Today’s contribution comes from Tamara White. Click to enlarge!This is a work in progress; it does not have references.This feels busy. At first glance, it’s tempting to blame this on the colourful...
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