Graphic design & communications lab
We care about design and communication stuff. This is a place where we test things, and make notes.
Curious about design
We do this because we’re curious about various online publishing tools and techniques and we care about user experience, readability, information architecture and accessibility.
Design and communications
External link icon shortcode preference
There are a number of WordPress plugins that will allow you to apply external link icons automatically, but that’s not really my preference. I like to use an external link…
Comics creator Sam Hester: How visual storytelling creates better health care
Sam Hester is a graphic recorder and comics creator in Calgary. This TED talk is a brilliant insight into the power of visual learning. Her diagrams and signs and comics…
Bad beliefs: Misinformation is factually wrong – but is it ethically wrong, too?
The impact of disinformation and misinformation has become impossible to ignore. Whether it is denial about climate change, conspiracy theories about elections, or misinformation about vaccines, the pervasiveness of social media has given “alternative…
