Social Sciences Poster Design

If you choose to create your poster as a single large-format document, here are a couple of options for printing:

General Advice

• If you're designing a poster for a conference, read the sponsoring organization's guidelines and/or specifications carefully.
• If you're designing a poster for a class, check with your professor regarding expectations for poster design. S/he may be able to refer to you models or best practices for poster design in the relevant subject area.
• Design Better With CRAP: discusses the importance of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity in creating a strong, easy-to-interpret design.

Tips and How-To

• Advice On Designing Scientific Posters. Colin Purrington, Department of Biology, Swarthmore College.
• Creating Effective Poster Presentations. North Carolina State University.
• Designing Effective Posters. Jeff Radel, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center. Online tutorial that discusses planning, layout, design, and assembly.

Books

• Tufte, Edward R. Envisioning information. 
• Williams, Robin. Non-designers design book: design and typographic principles for the visual novice. 

Poster Handout