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It is possible to create great visual slides without design experience or professional design help. m62 is keen to showcase slides from individuals and organisations that utilise the principles of visual communication advocated on this website. These slides may not necessarily look as impressive as those designed professionally, but they all show how it is possible to use visual cognitive dissonance, and four-dimensional presenting, to create effective slides, without the use of bullet points. These slides are not self-explanatory, use animation, and help support a presenter's message without rendering the presenter redundant.
Please note that these slides were created by users of this website (not by m62). Please use the 'Submit a Slide' functionality on this website if you wish to have your own work considered to be showcased.
EUROCONTROL
This slide was created by Dr Manfred Barbarino at EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation. The message of this slide is that design decisions, and how these decisions impact fallible human beings, can have profound effects on human performance and safety. This slide sits at the beginning of a longer presentation, to introduce some of the complex material that Manfred goes on to present.
Manfred uses two images to illustrate his message - and makes effective use of visual cognitive dissonance; the slide is not self explanatory. This slide needs a presenter, and the audience will engage with the presenter in order to understand the slide. The spoken words that accompany this slide would explain that the pictures are of two layouts for a gear stick in a car - with the position of 'reverse' different in each. Drivers - who are used to the other layout - may put the car into the wrong gear by mistake. This inconsistency and lack of standardisation in gear stick design needs special attention when drivers swapping cars and in some cases can even lead to accidents.
This example makes the topic of the subsequent presentation accessible for non-specialists - by showing how design, operator behaviour, and safety can interact - by using an example from everyday life.
