Episode 107: Scientific Advances

This week, Jessica and Michael discuss the need to improve the posters scientists show at conferences, which are so dense that they often communicate little more than the complexity of sophistication of the researcher’s mind. Graduate student Mike Morrison spent a year developing a proposed alternative, and has made templates available for other scientists to download.

The posters may grab your attention from across a crowded room, Jessica says, but they have a long way to go to solve this important problem

Also mentioned this week:

• Poster House
• Mike Morrison, How to create a better research poster in less time
• NPR, To Save The Science Poster, Researchers Want To Kill It And Start Over
• Eva Amsen, Forbes, A Graphic Design Revolution For Scientific Conference Posters
• Eli Baden-Lasar, New York Times, A Family Portrait: Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
• Jony Ive Designs Things, Tumblr
• Mashable, Jony Ive Parodies, 
• Capitalism’s Greatest Hit?

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