Scientific posters – vividly summarised – are the ideal form of presentation to effectively
communicate research to a conference audience, stimulate discussion and make important contacts.

To draw your audience in, you need a clear content structure, a text format optimized for
best readability and well-chosen graphics. Above all, you need to think carefully about how to organize
your research contents on the required A0-paper format.

Basic principles of graphic design and layout techniques will help you to present your research
visually perfectly organized and eye-catching. The course will equip you with both the concepts
and the practical design skills to compellingly design your own poster during the practise session.
At the end of the workshop, you receive useful feedback from group and trainer, in order to know how to further improve, optimize and finalise your poster draft.

Part 1 | 13 Juni 2024 | 09:00 – 16:00 |
Conceptual considerations | basic elements of design: typography, colour, image | key principles of graphic design | corporate design and templates | the use of grids |
practice session poster layout | feedback and analysis | tipps how to work on |

Part 2 | Online Feedback Follow-Up | 23 August 2024 | 09:00 to 16:00 |

• Poster evaluation with all participants
• Revision and finalisation of the posters, preparation for printing
• Individual corrections and counselling

Participants are asked to bring material (text, images, graphics etc.) of their current research work or recently designed posters.
Please bring your laptop equipped with PowerPoint or the application that you prefer.

Dozentin: Birgit Lukowski | Communication Designer | Berlin
designspace.suedstern-grafik.de