I have a feeling that no matter what the current state of the poster design is, it needs more pictures. More than 50% of the poster should be made up of objects that are not blocks of text.
I don’t agree. Text as the primary content can be very visual with good graphic design. It’s hard to find pictures that are informative and not merely illustrative. Non-informative pictures just distract and feel condescending.
Maybe non-informative pictures just distract you, and feel condescending to you, but everything I’ve ever read besides your post indicates pictures are the way to go to attract and keep attention in general.
Could be your reaction is indicative of the target audience’s? I doubt it though.
If we went with a more text-based design… I was thinking maybe incorporating the tag cloud into the design somehow might be cool? Some alterations could be made for visual appeal.
I have a feeling that no matter what the current state of the poster design is, it needs more pictures. More than 50% of the poster should be made up of objects that are not blocks of text.
I don’t agree. Text as the primary content can be very visual with good graphic design. It’s hard to find pictures that are informative and not merely illustrative. Non-informative pictures just distract and feel condescending.
Maybe non-informative pictures just distract you, and feel condescending to you, but everything I’ve ever read besides your post indicates pictures are the way to go to attract and keep attention in general.
Could be your reaction is indicative of the target audience’s? I doubt it though.
If we went with a more text-based design… I was thinking maybe incorporating the tag cloud into the design somehow might be cool? Some alterations could be made for visual appeal.
Just throwing out ideas.
This sounds very desirable, but what pictures can we use? Links would be very much appreciated—thanks!
A start would be the map/territory banner at the top of Less Wrong itself, but you may already be using this.
Oh, so that’s what that logo is about.