Unconventional balance sheet visualization

Financial statements are completely unsuitable to put on a PowerPoint slide: too dense, too much information. I like to use column charts to represent this information and dramatically cut the number of categories in the process. After a while, even…

Motion graphics: Stuxnet virus explained

Designing good keynote slides

Some random thoughts on designing keynote slides (in no particular order):

• A keynote is a specific presentation setting. A large audience, an audience that sits there because of its own free will (i.e., not the annual budget review). An audience that…

Good VC pitch presentations

A copy of a new section I wrote for my corporate web site.



In the very beginning, the only asset a startup has is often the VC pitch deck. Here are some suggestions for designing good VC pitch presentations. In the end I will list some of the resources you can tap in. There is…

Poster design: “If you have to explain it, it ain’t workin’ “

Currently I am in the process of reading book after book about graphics design and typography and it interesting to see see the similarities and differences between presentation slide design and poster design.

Product presentations and product catalogues are not the same thing

“Let me talk you through our exciting products!” And up comes the agenda page: product 1, product 2, product 3, product 4. Uh oh. Your audience starts checking whether there is guest WiFi to check some emails on…

My new Macbook Pro setup

So I replaced my computing infrastructure over the past week. Things are moving fast in the world of IT.

• Laptop. A few years ago having decent graphical power still restricted you to using desktops. No longer. I have gone mobile. (Maybe motion graphics will…

A reason why competent graphics designers design ugly templates?

Most corporate PowerPoint templates are ugly and take up too much screen real estate. Most corporate PowerPoint templates are designed by professional graphics designers. This does not make sense? I just realized, here…