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Critique: How a pigeon went extinct
Jessica Stanton was kind enough to send this poster, which she presented at Student Conference on Conservation Science in New York this past fall. She wrote:I got a ton of really positive feedback on...
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Saving your voice
NeuroPolarbear wrote:In the real story that inspired the movie, the little mermaid lost her voice because she presented a poster the day before.It doesn’t take much for some people to lose their voice,...
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Link roundup for January 2013
New Scientist has an article about typefaces that covers issues like readability and judgment. (Registration or payment may be required to read).More on how to dress at conferences.Sometimes, we need...
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Science Online 2013: Impressions Matter #sciostyle
Last week, I attended Science Online 2013. There’s not much “online” about posters, but there was a relevant session, co-moderated by Liz Neely and Holly Bik: “Impressions Matter: balancing art &...
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Critique: Protein biosynthesis
This poster was made by Michael Barton, and was originally posted here. It’s used with his permission, and you can click to enlarge:Michael wrote about this poster:I never enjoyed making posters that...
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Critique and makeover: Glow worms
The last few weeks on the blog, I’ve been talking about the power of using found objects to inspire design. This week, Bronwyn Carlisle provides us with another excellent example. It won third prize in...
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Link roundup for February 2013
On Quora, a great question and answer: can anyone recognize the difference between good design and bad design?Tired of “lorem ipsum” for quick layouts? Blokk is the typeface for you.I salute Alexis...
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Fourth birthday
Four solid years of poster advice! Hooray!Photo by jonlarge on Flickr; used under a Creative Commons license.
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More than marketing
I gave a presentation about conference posters today. I talked about many of the tips that I often talk about on this blog: the importance of an entry point, using grids for layout, the advantages of...
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Critique and makeover: Peptides
Today’s poster comes from Triet Nguyen, who will be a grad student starting this fall. Click to enlarge...When I first looked at this, I noticed that the poster switches from an up-down reading order...
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Critique: Mozzie genes
Today’s poster is courtesy of Brantley Hall. Click to enlarge...Brantly writes that this poster was partially inspired by twoothers that have been featured here, both of which featured circles. He...
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Link roundup for March 2013
Karl Fast manages to neatly summarize my approach to posters on this blog (hat tip to Julie Dirksen):Design is not about right and wrong, or even good and bad. It's about better or worse. It's about a...
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Poster plagiarism problems pester Purrington persistently
One of the best websites for conference poster advice was created by Colin Purrington. At the end of last month, he tweeted:I accuse company of plagiarizing. They respond by suing me. Retweet if you...
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De-cluttering
“Cluttered.”This is one of the most common problems with academic posters. “Clutter is a failure of design,” as Nancy Duarte wrote in Slide:ology. The good news is that you don’t have to know that much...
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Critique and makeover: atlases
Today’s poster comes from Justin Ducote, who was kind enough to give me permission to show this poster. Click to enlarge:Justin made with a PowerPoint template, and sent me the original file. This made...
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Critique: antifungal drugs
The call came out on Twitter:presenter wants feedback on layout of poster. Thoughts?The tweet contained a link to this picture (click to enlarge):The image size prevents a more detailed critique, but I...
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Link roundup for April 2013
Hat tip to Matt Thompson for spotting this comic:An interview with Amanda Cox on data visualization. Cox is the graphics designer for the New York Times, which has a reputation for fine graphics. Lots...
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Lessons from Samurai Jack
The animated television show Samurai Jack (created by Gennedy Tartakovsky) won rave reviews for its bold, distinctive designs. A key element to the show’s look was the extensive use of colour holds (at...
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Critique and makeover: Healthcare
Today’s poster comes from reader Chris Skedgel, and is shown with permission (click to enlarge):Chris wrote:I recognise that it is heavy on text, and although I appreciate your advice to think of a...
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Undo the underline
Next time you’re reading a book – or, indeed, any professionally typeset publication, whether it be a journal or a magazine or a newspaper – look for something. Look for underlined text. You know, like...
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