Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending the Design of Understanding conference. Organised by Max Gadney and held at St Bride, it was as interesting and diverse as the previous year’s conference, which made a nice change from the usual UX conference scene. 

My favourite speakers were Luis Rey’s talk on illustrating dinosaurs and his work with paleontologists to accurately represent them, Gill Ereaut’s look at how a company uses language in order to reflect back their silent assumptions and Lee Coventry’s take on how stock photography companies like Getty expand their collection and work with companies like Flickr to do so. 

Sketchnotes for Timo Arnall and Alan Patrick

Sketchnotes for Luis Rey, Gill Ereaut and James Bridle

Sketchnotes for James Bridle (cont.), Lee Coventry and Tom Armitage

Sketchnote for John Walters, Alice Taylor and Dan Hill

Thanks to my lovely employers — RMA Consulting — for giving me the day off and paying for my ticket. As always, views expressed on this blog are my own. 

Awhile back I attended the Design of Understanding at the St Bride Library. The conference focuses on how the design of ideas can make them more understandable. The conference organiser made a very good choice as St Bride is one of the world’s best printing and graphic arts library. 

Unfortunately, the St Bride Foundation struggles to maintain funding and support, so I signed up to become a Friend of St Bride. All friends receive a copy of Ultrabold, the journal of St Bride Library. If you are anyway interested in Graphic Design, then it’s worth getting your hands on a copy. 

St Bride Library
Bride Lane, Fleet Street

London EC4Y 8EE

Phone: +44(0)2073534660
http://stbride.org/