Critique: Computing crocetin

This week's is courtesy of the extremely patient Dimitra Bezantakou. Dimitra was nice enough to say that she found the blog helpful as she was creating the poster below. Click to enlarge!

This is a common three column poster, but there are a few things that help set it apart.

Bolding key words and phrases in the introduction makes reading the text faster. The text has ample spacing, which also helps readability.

The methods are shown in a way that add some visual interest to the poster. There is a lot of text and anonymous graphs, so the blocks of colour were quite badly needed to stop the poster from being too monotone.

The title is the biggest thing on the poster. And while I am not excited about the logo to the left of the title, the subdued colour and size stop it from distracting from the title.

Wider margins might improve the look of the poster. As clean and orderly as the columns are, the space between the columns looks extremely tight. The graphs in the centre column are just too close to the text on either side. 

Here is a quick revision with the central graphics reduced to 95% of their original size:

This helps. Probably the same approach could be used to bring the text away from the edges of the page, which are also closer than readers might expect.