Visual notes

You've probably seen them around every time a creative conference ends: beautifully hand drawn notes that summarize big ideas using simple visuals. If

See Your Words: graphic recording (visual note taking) from Cleveland.

Here’s a set of sketchnote layouts to try, plus some ideas about why they work so well, and which layouts to use for which particular purpose. One of the questions I get asked a lot in the training sessions I do about sketchnoting (or visual note-taking) is: how do I organise content on the page? …

Sketch notes aren't just pretty notes, but the best way to remember the information. This is a detailed guide to help you start with visual note-taking and improve how you work with information.

Slides and audio from a panel with Austin Kleon, Dave Gray, Mike Rohde, and Sunni Brown from SXSW 2010.

Last week, the Berlin Letters Festival happened for the first time. Filling the gap that the end of the TYPO conference left in the Berlin Design calendar in May, the three days were lovingly organised by Claudia Guminski and Nils Töpfer and excellently curated by Chris Campe and Ulrike Rausch. Th

What are sketchnotes? Sketchnotes are becoming an increasingly popular way for students to take notes for lectures. However, there is much value to be gained from using them along with – or instead of – traditional methods like Cornell notes and annotation. Studies have shown that engaging the visual part of the brain as ... Read more

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Hand drawn visual notes and digital sketchnotes on iPad by Nicki Hambleton