Graphical abstract — a catalytic cycle on a 2:1 canvas
The whole mechanism in one frame, sized for the journal that asked for it, and still legible when the publisher scales it to 600 pixels wide.
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CF360 Lab
A design studio that reads the paper first. Graphical abstracts, schematics, infographics, posters and animations — produced to the specification your target journal or conference actually publishes.
What this covers
Custom design service for research figures, infographics, graphical abstracts and presentations.
Send the manuscript, the rough sketch on the back of a notebook, or nothing but a conversation. Everything comes back with an editable source file, so your next revision does not mean starting again.
Illustrations for Journals and Conferences
Graphical abstracts, mechanism schematics, cover art and figure panels, delivered at journal resolution in the colour mode and file format the submission portal asks for.
Data Visualizations and Infographics
Your data, redrawn so the result is visible at a glance and still defensible at full size. Raw file in, publication figure out.
Impactful Presentation and Poster Design
Conference posters and talk decks designed for the room they will be seen in — readable at two metres, legible on a projector, and still yours to edit afterwards.
Easy Calculations and Conversions
A free, no-account converter covering more than six hundred units across sixty categories, plus CODATA constants and the periodic table. Open in the Tools section.
Open the converterScientific Animations
Short animated sequences for mechanisms, instrument workflows and conference screens — supplied as MP4 and GIF, with a silent loop for poster displays.
Free tools
Open the converter without leaving the page
Six hundred units across sixty categories, the CODATA constants and the periodic table. No account, no limit, no cost.
See all the research tools
Opens in a panel over this page. Everything you convert stays on your machine.
Samples
What the work looks like
These four are demonstration pieces made in-house, not client work — they show the treatment, the type scale and the colour discipline applied to every commission.
Latest
Recent work
Newest first. Every piece here was made for a real submission, a real poster or a real screen.
Mechanism animation — ion transport across a membrane
Twelve seconds, silent, looping. Built for a conference screen and reused in the supplementary material without a second commission.
Cover art — shortlisted for a journal front cover
What the editors asked for, what they actually chose, and the three revisions in between.
Get a figure quoted
Describe the figure in a paragraph and attach whatever you have. Scope, price and a turnaround date usually come back within two working days.
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The rest of the ecosystem
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Personalised career counselling and resources for research professionals worldwide.
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