Water Whys Fall 2025 Visual SciComm Seminar Series
When
Where
October 17, 2025, 11am-noon AZ time (2-3pm ET)
Design, for Scientists: Help people pay attention to research and love it.
Mike Morrison
Scientist Experience Designer, Curvenote
In 2019, Mike Morrison, then a graduate student, sent a virtual shockwave through the scientific poster world by proposing a new way of designing posters in a YouTube video that has now been seen more than 1.3 million times!
His message...posters as we know it are too cluttered and overwhelming for people to digest. His solution, drawn from psychology and graphic design, continue to have an impact in almost every field of science.
This Friday, October 17, he will be the second speaker in the Water Whys Visual SciComm Seminar Series, talking about "Design for Scientists: Help people pay attention to research and love it!"
Design and psychology principals are at the core of making visual communication (slides, posters, research reports — anything) engaging.
In his presentation, designer and psychologist, Mike Morrison will explore this through games and silly graphics. You’ll see data from eye tracking and other studies beautifully illustrating how the power of good design can make science move faster and be more pleasant to learn (even for scientists). And you’ll get a glimpse into the future of scientific publishing.
In the end, you’ll learn immediately-applicable tips that will help you design things that impact more people, and get your science message out further.
This virtual talk is from 11am-noon Arizona Time / 2-3pm ET and is FREE and open to everyone.
Register to get the Zoom link. https://waterwhys.org/seminar/fall-2025/