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Visual aids can turn a dense data dump into a single, clear chart that instantly highlights trends. The PresEngage blog reminds us that slides packed with bullet points and images boost retention far more than text‑heavy decks. What visual tool has transformed your toughest topic? Check the full post for more ideas.

https://presengage.com/blog/visual-aid-ideas-that-make-complex-topics-easy-to-understand/

#VisualCommunication #PresentationTips #EdTech

complexity is the enemy of climate action.

if people cannot understand your impact data in 5 seconds, you lose the chance for change. i help climate pioneers and ngos build visual systems that get respect.

What I do: just clear, professional branding and hand-drawn illustrations for high-stakes missions.

let's make your work look as good as the future you are building.

#ClimateTech #VisualCommunication #ScienceComm #Branding

Analyzing Der Spiegel's iconic cover: "The End of the World (as we know it)" 🎨
European editorial tradition of provocative visual commentary vs. abstract climate statistics. This is journalism as intervention, using design to communicate urgency when words fall short. A lesson in how visual storytelling can spark public discourse.
#EditorialDesign #VisualCommunication #ClimateMedia #GraphicDesign #Journalism #MediaStudies #DesignThinking

Untitled ( December 2025 One )

Mixed media on canvas
100cm x 100cm / 39.3 x 39.3 in.
2025

#art #canvas #abstractart #mixedmedia #mixedmediaoncanvas #mixedmediaart #analogart #papiercollé #collage #collageart #decollage #artist #painting #visualcommunication #basel #algorithmandblues #anthropocene #ylem #soma

A new video just visualised on our channel:

Catalina Hildebrandt teaches on Data Visualisation for Public Engagement with Flourish.

learn about...
🔸 how to use Flourish or similar tools to visualise your data.
🔸 different kinds of graphs and charts to emphasise your key points. 📊
🔸 the importance of a clear visual concept.

Watch the video here:

https://youtu.be/CCJ-kqIlLT0

#visualcommunication #visualdesign #datacommunication #WiNoDa #Webinar

It’s not you – some typefaces feel different
#Psychology #Linguistics #Typography #Design #Fonts #VisualCommunication #TypeFaces
https://the-14.com/its-not-you-some-typefaces-feel-different/

“Nano Banana Pro is the ‘ChatGPT Moment’ for Visual Communication”
... I'm a bit skeptical/ambivalent of this claim, but nevertheless an interesting read. → https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/nano-banana-pro
#ai #VisualCommunication #dataviz

Keith Haring 'Talk To Us' AIDS Hotline Outreach Poster 1989 / Spanish
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#AIDSEducation #HIVAwareness #KeithHaring #PublicHealthPoster #Art #HaringArtwork #AIDSHotline #HealthOutreach #NYCHealth #HIVTesting #VisualCommunication #CommunityHealth #ArtForAdvocacy #GraphicPublicHealth #LGBTQHistory #worldsaidsday

he image is a public-health poster featuring artwork by Keith Haring. The upper portion contains a yellow square bordered in black, with three stylized blue human figures holding up a large red telephone handset with a coiled red cord. Radiating black lines around the handset indicate sound or urgency. The artist’s signature “© K. Haring 89” appears along the right edge of the yellow panel. At the top of the poster, in large black letters, is the Spanish headline “¡LLÁMANOS!” meaning “Call us!”

Below the artwork, black text provides information about HIV testing locations in Spanish. It states that callers can obtain anonymous, free counseling, support, and referrals to medical services. The central focus of the lower section is the bold telephone number 1-718-485-8111, identified as the “LÍNEA INFORMATIVA SOBRE EL SIDA.” Hours of operation (seven days a week, 9 A.M.–9 P.M.) are included. The footer identifies the New York City Department of Health and notes “HABLAMOS ESPAÑOL.” A small code number appears in the lower right.

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As a ﬁlmmaker, when you “speak” the common cinematic language, you will be able to communicate your story to an incredibly diverse, worldwide audience. They will see it. They will hear it. They will get it.

#FilmMaking
#VisualCommunication

From the introduction:

It is this concept of grammar (meaning gleaned from structure) that motion picture creators rely upon so heavily. Fictional narrative ﬁlms, documentaries, news reports, situation comedies, television dramas, commercials, music videos, talk shows, “reality” programming and the like, all use the same basic visual grammar to help to communicate to the viewer.
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#FilmMaking
#VisualCommunication

For most of us living in the 21st century, the majority of our daily experiences are inseparable from interactions with digital media. We are constantly communicating with someone or something or being communicated to by someone or something: texting or speaking via smartphones; watching television or streaming media; using the internet; listening to the radio; playing networked video games; reading books, newspapers, and magazines;
looking at billboards and advertisements; going to the movies; and on and on it goes. Our ability to understand these communications and gain further meaning from them is reliant upon our education and experiences: can we read, write, and speak a language, recognize images and sounds, decipher symbols, etc.?
This “education,” whether it is from schooling or just living life, helps to determine how well we can compute what we take in, and there is a lot to take in. Collectively, over time, we have learned to codify our visual communications – from pictographs to written words, to paintings, photographs, and now motion pictures. What we depict has a recognizable
meaning. Viewers know how to decode the images that they are shown. Understanding, or clear interpretation of what is viewed, stems from the established grammar or rules of depiction that have evolved over time.

Grammar of the Shot by Christopher Bowen, 2023

The newly revised and updated fifth edition of Grammar of the Shot teaches readers theoretical principles behind successful visual communication in motion media through discussions of shot composition, depth cues, lens choices, lighting, screen direction, camera movement, and shooting for editing.

#books
#nonfiction
#FilmMaking
#VisualCommunication

Many general practices are outlined that will help readers create rich, multi-layered visuals. Designed as an easy-to-use reference, this book presents each topic succinctly with clear photographs and diagrams illustrating key concepts, practical exercises, and quiz questions, and is a staple of any filmmaker’s library. New to the fifth edition: Instructional and student resources offer downloadable and editable raw footage so that students can practice the techniques described in the book, and instructional videos showcasing examples of different editing choices and types of shot transitions Thorough chapter content reviews and refreshed exercises and quizzes help test readers on their knowledge using real-world scenarios New sections, Principles in Practice (PIPs), concludes each chapter by presenting unique scenarios that a video maker may encounter in their own video-editing work and offers creative solutions and advice on how one might handle them Together with its companion volume, Grammar of the Edit, the core concepts discussed in these books offer concise and practical resources for both experienced and aspiring filmmakers.

Nano Banana Pro is the “ChatGPT Moment” for Visual Communication - Jakob Nielsen jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/nano-banana-… (lots of details and ideas about use of these types of images) #AI #UX #NanoBanana #images #VisualCommunication

A smiling person in a full banana costume uses a pencil to point at a whiteboard filled with colorful drawings and a flowchart about illustration methods, including digital painting, vector graphics, hand-drawn sketches, concept art, and data visualization.

Nano Banana Pro is the “ChatGPT Moment” for Visual Communication - Jakob Nielsen https://jakobnielsenphd.substack.com/p/nano-banana-pro (lots of details and ideas about use of these types of images) #AI #UX #NanoBanana #images #VisualCommunication

d*sign week 2025

Linz, Monday, November 24 at 10:00 AM GMT+1

d*sign week is a week format dedicated to experimental and independent design practices, taking place in Linz (AT).

For who(m) is the making?
d*sign week 2025
24th – 30th November 2025
Linz, Kulturverein zur Schießhalle, Stadtwerkstatt, University of Arts Linz

For whom do we design? And who has actually access to the tools for making?
How can we combine accessibility with the evolving language of visual communication?
d*sign week is a festival for experimental and independent design. The 2025 edition features workshops, lectures and conversations on design tools, graphic software and autonomous printing and publishing processes. Its programme investigates how access, participation and inclusion can be values that guide the making.

The d*sign week is a project initiated by the local cultural platforms Potato Publishing and servus.at and organized in collaboration with Kunstuniversität Linz, Timebased Media & Visual Communication.

The current edition takes place 24th–30th November 2025.

Programme details at the website: https://dsignweek.servus.at

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For who(m) is the making?
d*sign week 2025
24th – 30th November 2025
Linz, Kulturverein zur Schießhalle, Stadtwerkstatt, University of Arts Linz

Für wen gestalten wir? Wer hat Zugang zu den Gestaltungswerkzeugen? Wie können wir Zugänglichkeit mit der sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Sprache der visuellen Kommunikation kombinieren?

Die d*sign week ist ein Festival für experimentelles und unabhängiges Design. Die Ausgabe 2025 bietet Workshops und Gespräche zu Designwerkzeugen sowie zu autonomen Druck- und Veröffentlichungsprozessen. Das Programm untersucht, wie Zugang und Inklusion die Gestaltung begleiten können.

Die d*sign week wird von den unabhängigen Initiativen Potato Publishing und servus.at gemeinsam mit der Abteilungen Visuelle Kommunikation und Zeitbasierte Medien der Kunstuniversität Linz organisiert.

Details zur Programm: dsignweek.servus.at

https://kulturkarte.servus.at/event/dsignweek