Carnegie Mellon University

Research Poster Visual Design

Download PDF Handout: Designing a Viewer-Friendly Research Poster

Watch Recorded Workshop: Designing Research Posters

A good research poster functions much like a visual abstract: it provides a viewer with a snapshot of your research, emphasizing the main ideas and results.

This handout provides tips on how to create a visually polished conference poster, including:

  • How to make your poster skimmable
  • How to incorporate visuals such as graphs and charts
  • How to visually lay out sections of an IMRD report
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