{"id":6300,"date":"2015-12-16T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T17:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2024-04-19T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:00:46","slug":"1512_event-posters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/events\/1512_event-posters\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the scenes: Event poster design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What makes a good poster?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A good poster is smart in telling its story. It also has enough room for its content to breathe, meaning that it is not clustered: it should have enough information but not too much. Good typography, and the careful arrangement and formatting of text are really important, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is your process for poster design? How does this compare to other design projects?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The process for different types of graphic design is fairly similar: you start by asking your client what they want, and go from there. I do not have a science background, so this is an especially interesting process. The scientific organisers send a reference image, which for them is important to their research field; for me, however, it is often a pattern or motif within it that draws my attention. Next, I ask related questions, which are sometimes quite basic: DNA base pairs might be simple stuff, but the last time I learnt about biology was at school 12 years ago! Recently, when I was designing the poster for the EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Biological Oscillators, I learnt about the circadian clock \u2013 after talking with the organisers, we agreed to make a gradient from light to dark to represent day to night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where do you find your inspiration?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I started making posters for EMBO-funded meetings, which are based on various templates (there are so many meetings in a year it saves time to use pre-designed templates). Of course, we can apply our own creativity: sometimes I browse through other designers\u2019 work, exploring their ideas and trying to recreate their style. This works well for recurring meetings, when I like to keep a similar style while incorporating some of my own design ideas. I often look at other meeting posters, and browse online for inspiration, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What has been your favourite poster so far?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In general, the EMBO | EMBL Symposia posters are my favourites. If I had to choose, it would be the Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Biological Oscillators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-6304 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"438\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"http:\/\/news.embl.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/posters_etc.jpg\" alt=\"Designs by Aditya, EMBO|EMBL Symposia Biological Oscillators and Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration\" class=\"wp-image-6304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/posters_etc.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/posters_etc-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">EMBO|EMBL Symposia Biological Oscillators and Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration posters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How long have you been designing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I graduated in 2009 and start working at EMBO in 2010, so I have been designing professionally for more than five years. In reality this is longer, since I was required to do at least two internships while studying. I grew up designing: as a kid I used to read Japanese comic books, and would always draw the characters!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":6301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17593],"tags":[388,59,92,27],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-6300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-people-perspectives","tag-behind-the-scene","tag-careers","tag-event","tag-training"],"acf":{"article_intro":"<p>We all see them: posted in university corridors, adorning the offices of postdocs and graduates students, layered on noticeboards. 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