Designing for All: Creating Accessible Graphics for Science

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

This workshop will introduce participants to key principles of graphic design and their application in scientific graphics, with a strong emphasis on accessibility, including considerations for dyslexia, color contrast, color blindness, and alternative text. We will explore common scientific graphics such as graphical abstracts and posters, with hands-on exercises using lnkscape, a free and widely used vector-based software. Led by Science Graphic Design, a company specializing in custom scientific graphics and training (and run exclusively by vertebrate palaeontologists), this workshop will help scientists at all levels enhance their figures using simple, effective design techniques while ensuring their work is clearer and more inclusive.

Venue: International Convention Centre, Birmingham, UK

Materials Provided
Organisers will provide participants with relevant slides and materials on the day of the workshop. Participants are asked to bring their own laptop with lnkscape installed.

Organisers: Dr. Nuria Melisa Morales Garcia, Director, Science Graphic Design, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bristol; Miranta Kouvari, MPhil, Design Manager, Science Graphic Design

Cost per person: £33

Minimum and maximum number of participants: 25-50