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This is a poster I am going to present at the annual meeting of the Biophysical Society 2010 in San Francisco where 6000 scientists from around the world take part. [link]

For this year's poster I wanted to do something entirely different. Here are some typical poster designs: [link]

Recently I came across the work of Chad Hagen, I especially love his nonsensical Infographics and Analog Controls series: [link]
For some reason their Fifties (or is it Sixties? I am too young) look reminds me of my childhood in Eastern Germany.

The poster took me about two days to make (just the poster, not the research - that would be two years) and I am quite happy in general, though there is a bit too much text and I did not have the time to adjust the colors properly. (I had a certain color scheme in mind.)

Thanks a lot to Jay Hilgert [link] for providing the grunge texture I used as background!

Initially I planned to take part in the poster competition but I missed the deadline.
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RubenVerborgh's avatar
A while ago, I analyzed this poster on my blog (ruben.verborgh.org/blog/2013/0….

While I don't really comment on the aesthetics, I argue that this poster is not more effective than ordinary—perhaps less attractive—posters. In particular, the design doesn't help to solve the crucial communication questions such as: what is this poster actually about?

I think design should foremost help with the communicative process (especially for scientific posters); aesthetics are secondary.