Essential design principles for science presentations

Yuma Takahashi; Natsu Katayama

Presentation information

[JJ] Oral

O (Public) » Public

[O-01] [JJ] How to win a research fund, write a successful paper and design an effective presentation

Sun. May 21, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 201A (International Conference Hall 2F)

convener:Wonsuh Song( Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties ), Chisato Yoshikawa(Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Yuki Suzuki(Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts of Sciences, Waseda University), Chairperson:Chisato Yoshikawa(JAMSTEC)

2:40 PM - 3:05 PM

[O01-03] Essential design principles for science presentations

★Invited papers

*Yuma Takahashi¹, Natsu Katayama² (1.Chiba Univ., 2.Japan Women's Univ.)

Keywords:presentation, design, typography

The information design helps us to convey information and idea to audiences accurately and effectively. However, we scientists have little opportunities to learn the necessary skills and knowledge for information design. We here introduce the essential principles of information design and tips to improve our presentation with slides and posters written in either Japanese or English. In our talk, we are especially focusing on the principles of typography consists of selecting a typeface, choosing weight and size of the font, and the principles of paragraph writing including settings of a typographic hierarchy, line length, line height and letter spacing.