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<div>We interviewed Vip while he is in the midst of the <a href="http://www.seedsumo.com/">Seed Sumo</a> (early-stage startup accelerator) summer program in Texas.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>What inspired you at the age of 16 and continues to inspire you today?</b><br></div><div>I believe that anybody can do anything with access to knowledge. <a href="https://twitter.com/drawscience">Draw Science</a> is my way of helping open the gates to knowledge, by making cutting edge research accessible to anyone.<br></div><div><br></div><div>When I was 13, I was handed my first academic paper. I spent weeks trying to understand it, searching almost every other word on Wikipedia. After two more years of that, I landed my first lab position. Soon after, I published in the World Forum in Biology. But since day 1, I've had an acute hatred for jargon as a barrier to knowledge dissemination.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>What does being a scientist and artist mean to you? How does art promote open science?</b><br></div><div>We can break down paywalls and publishing fees, but the biggest hurdle in open science is language. Jargon prevents even scientists from communicating with each other, let alone the remaining 99.98% of the world. My goal is to translate science through art. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Written language used to be in the form of cuneiform and hieroglyphics: symbols that resembled the items they represented. <a href="https://www.authorea.com/users/96042/articles/115395/_show_article">Infographics</a> are merely a revival of such illustrative modes of communication: more tedious to create, but more rapidly understood.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>What are some not-so-intuitive <a href="https://www.authorea.com/users/96042/articles/115550/_show_article">tips</a> you have for telling the most compelling story via design?</b><br></div><ul><li><div>Avoid being chronological: instead go from big idea to specific conclusion.<br></div></li><li><div>Conclusion first, story second: catch your reader's attention with the impact of your work--then explain it.<br></div></li></ul>
