Understanding Visual Communication

Participation

For doctoral candidates and postdocs of all disciplines.

Objectives

The aim of the workshop is to learn the language of the Visual.

Based on the course leader’s twelve years’ experience as a graphic designer and his subsequent experience in training small printing companies to transform themselves into design consultancies, this course examines the principles of visual communication that will enable primarily verbal communicators to become more effective at expressing their ideas in a compelling visual format

Content

Developing visual awareness – how to learn to become more visual

• Visual design principles: visual focus, differentiation, pattern, contrast, simplicity, consistency, colour, typography

• Interactivity and motion graphics

• Integration of words as part of the image

• Applying the principles of visual design to scientific contexts

• Presentation of data and research results in visual forms

• Visual storytelling

• Information visualisation

• Use of photographic images

• Designing icons and graphic representations