The word's out, so I feel free to announce: A few of my sketchnotes will be included as a small part of the new Mike Rohde book The Sketchnote Handbook, which is on press and will be released on Nov. 30 worldwide! There will be companion video podcasts and a Flickr group where readers can try sketchnoting. Mike's brilliant, and has become a friend in the past few years. I hope you'll check it out. Read more or Purchase from Peachpit Press
After over-doing it a bit on BBQ at lunchtime, I wanted something simple for dinner. I was happy to remember that I had yet to use our new cheese board from the Brooklyn Slate Co. I swung into Central Market and chose the following (I'm a cheese novice, but the choosing was fun): I grabbed a one-year old (red-label) Piave vecchio — an Italian hard cheese; I also chose an award-winning flavored cheddar: a Lavender-Coffee (!) Cheddar, described thusly by the Beehive Cheese Company: "A labor-intensive cheese that’s hand-rubbed with a blend of Colorado Legacy Coffee (Roasted by the Cheesemaker's brother) and French lavender buds. The rub imparts a nutty, exotic and bold flavor (stronger near the rind) that’s tempered by a buttery sweetness in the cheese. It’s the café-breve of cheeses. Straightforward yet complex." Lived up to its billing, but doesn't play well alongside other cheeses in a single tasting. I got some straightforward Tillamook so that Abi could enjoy some (it's the world' best medium cheddar, so I figured it was a safe pick for the kids), and some chèvre (goat cheese), which, mmm, is the one cheese I consistently crave (the Bibb salad at Piatti appears in my dreams from time to time).
Hey friends — Paul here. I don't post here as often as I used to, but wanted to share this note about a new book available in April 2012: A few months ago I was asked to contribute some illusrtrations to Sketchnotes 2011 by Eva-Lotta Lamm — a designer and illustrator based in London, UK, where she currently works as an interaction designer at Google.
"Besides her daytime mission of making the web a more understandable, usable and delightful place, she regularly takes sketchnotes at all sorts of talks and conferences.
Eva-Lotta also teaches sketching workshops and is interested in (something she calls) Visual Improvisation. Exploring the parallels between sketching and improvisation, she experiments with the principles from her theater improvisation practice to inspire visual work."
In 2011 EVa-Lotta visited lots of UX and design events and took visual notes of over 100 talks by inspiring speakers and panelists.
As a special treat, Eva-Lotta invited 10 of her favourite sketchnoters to contribute a piece to her book. Everybody sketched the same TED talk and the book brings together the results for you to compare the different approaches to synthesizing the content and explore the great variety of styles.
Sketchnotes 2011
Authored by Eva-Lotta Lamm
With contributions by Mike Rohde, Craighton Berman, Carolyn Sewell, Amanda Wright, Matthew Magain, Len Kendall, Gerren Lamson, Bauke Schildt, Paul Soupiset, Timothy J. Reynolds
This book gathers Eva-Lotta's sketchnotes from over 100 talks taken at design events and conferences in 2011.
Sketchnotes are visual summaries created in real time during a lecture. They invite the viewer to revisit, remember and re-discover the main thoughts and ideas of the speaker after the talk.
Margin white space affected both reading speed and comprehension; participants read the Margin text slower, but comprehended more than the No Margin text. In general, the results favored the use of Margins. The manipulation of Leading did not seem to impact reading performance, but did result in lower satisfaction with the layout and perceived eyestrain when paired with No Margins. Forty-seven percent of participants chose the Margins, Optimal Leading layout as their favorite, while 50% of the participants chose the No Margins, Sub-Optimal Leading text as their least favorite.
Paul Soupiset is a graphic designer, illustrator, songwriter, liturgist, youth media consultant, journalist, mentor, typophile, husband, father, and self-described armchair theologian who lives in San Antonio, Texas, USA, with his wife Amy and four children.
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