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In search of simplicity, plus a makeover
In a blog post on The Conversation, Jordan Gaines Lewis extols the virtues of simplicity, both as a viewer and presenter:Also, forget the wordy background information, paragraphs and long conclusions –...
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Better Posters on the road: The MEOPAR workshop
I spent the first part of last week in beautiful Québec City giving a poster workshop for MEOPAR. I’d given presentations about making posters before, but this was the first time I’d tried to turn this...
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Link roundup for February 2015
Miss Mola Mola has our latest contender for best poster title:However, there was differences of opinion on this:Apparently one judge scolded him and told author it was inappropriate.I think the title...
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Are posters a visual aid, or a stand alone document?
Jason McDermott has an excellent question:SciTweeps - which camp are you in? The A) “poster as a visual aid to a presentation w/minimal text” or B) “poster as a complete manuscript”? There are some...
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The Capra principle
At the most recent Oscars, Ben Affleck quoted this man, legendary director Frank Capra:Capra said:There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.Despite being a bit of a...
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Critique: Inexhaustible sediment
Today’s poster comes from Sokratis Papaspyrou. As always, click to get a closer look!Sokratis notes:It was designed and made in two days... could be better (always). I used a colour wheel to select...
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Posters at the front of Science
It’s a little unusual to see posters mentioned in one of the magazines that likes to position itself as a “journal of record,” namely Science. Here’s what editor in chief Marcia McNutt had to say on...
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Link roundup for March 2015
It’s hard to ignore an article that claims to have found the “best poster ever made.” It’s below, and you can read more about the author’s approach here. Hat tip to Catherine Scott.I’ve talked about...
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Critiques: Icy bodies
Today's poster is from Terik Daly, and was presented at the last Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. As always, click to enlarge! Enlarging always helps, but this one is particularly enhanced by...
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Belated blogiversary: six years on
Wow, I have been so busy recently that I completely blew past the sixth blogiversary of Better Posters! (The proper blogiversary date was the start of March, not, um, April.)That this blog is still...
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Critique: Build a better turbine
Today’s award-winning poster is courtesy of reader Jennifer Rinker. It was presented at the CU Energy Frontiers conference, where Jennifer walked away with the win in the “Electricity Generation and...
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Variations on a theme: crayfish nociception
Back in 2010, I had just co-authored a paper on crustacean nociception with Sakshi Puri. At the time, we had already started the follow-up experiments that have just been published.Now there was a bit...
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Link roundup for April 2015
While this blog is mainly about poster sessions, poster sessions happen in the larger context of academic conferences. I love conferences, and part of the reason I write this blog is so that people can...
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Announcing the #SciFund poster class!
I’m very excited to announce a new poster making class, sponsored through the #SciFund Challenge!#SciFund started out as an experiment in science crowdfunding, but has expanded its mission to include...
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Register now for #SciFund poster making class!
The poster design class I mentioned last week is now ready for you to sign up! Click here to register for the class!The official announcement on the #SciFund blog has a few more nitty gritty...
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Bullets versus sentences
Some other resources on poster design recommend that people use bullet lists extensively for their posters. I advise against it, most of the times.The pros of bullet lists is that by their nature,...
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Critique: The final four
It’s long past March, but poster design knows no season! This week’s poster comes from author Cameron Fuqua, and is used with permission. Click to enlarge!In a reversal of the norm, the tables –...
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Link roundup for May 2015
I love this deep meditation on pixel-based art from video games. Even though it’s slightly off-topic for the blog, this is my “must read” of the month. It’s revelatory to read someone who know details...
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Interview at Crastina
I did a short interview over at Crastina, which bills itself as:A networking platform for the exchange of knowledge, skills, experience and opinion regarding scientific communication and science...
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Critique: Many-body dispersion
This week’s poster comes from Jan Hermann, and is used with permission. Click to enlarge:This is quite lovely. Everything is aligned. The text boxes are not enclosed in heavy lines. The colours are...
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