1. Poster Design: Some
Hints and Tips
James Cheshire, UCL Department of Geography
spatialanalysis.co.uk
james.cheshire@ucl.ac.uk

2. • 2 Posters
• 5 Tips

3. 1st Poster:

4. 1
• Know your audience
• Probably the hardest aspect to get
right.Certainly the easiest to get
wrong!

5. 2
• Know when to stop.
• More content != More impressive.
• 80/ 20 rule.

6. 3
• Include something eye-catching.

7. 4
• Show your poster to critical friends and
non-specialists (before it is printed!!).

8. 5
• Use a good graphics package:
• Adobe Illustrator (Vector)
• Corel Draw (Vector)
• Inkscape (Vector, free)
• Adobe Photoshop (Image)
• The GIMP (Image, free)

9. Poster 2:

10. Favourite Poster?
james.cheshire@ucl.ac.uk
spatialanalysis.co.uk
@spatialanalysis