The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) is a global network for people who work to make information clearer – for everyday life, business, education and science.
AI Unleashed: 27 to 29 November 2023 (hybrid)2023-11-17Exploring the Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence: An excellent opportunity for creative professionals to acquire the most up-to-date AI knowledge.
IIID Conversation with Sigitas Gužauskas, 6 July 2023, 15:00 UTC2023-07-03To enhance clarity, information design often simplifies complex real-world phenomena into basic visual representations. By adding an experiential layer to the dry data, designers can aim to captivate a wider audience and offer a broader range of interpretations.
Live lectures: Swiss Center for Design and Health2023-07-03The Swiss Center for Design and Health AG (SCDH) offers the opportunity to link digitally to five lectures on July 10 and 11. Three keynote in-person lectures and two online interviews will be focused on opening discussions, pose questions, and…
Visualizing Knowledge conference 2023 – Visualizing Uncertainty2023-06-1216 June 2023, Aalto University, Finland – livestream available! We’re going through uncertain times. In a complicated world where it seems that everything we encounter brings doubt and unpredictability, it is easy to forget that this can be a positive…
On Data and Design #24 – Data and Design2023-06-01On Data And Design is an evening lecture series initiated by Darjan Hil in 2018. The goal is to connect design, data science, coding, and many other disciplines at the intersection of data visualization.
IIID Conversation with Sheila Pontis, 4 May 2023, 15:00 UTC2023-04-15Information designers know that they should create solutions that address users’ needs. But while some of us claim to do it all the time, in reality many find it hard to integrate this way of working into our daily practice.
Summer School preview, 14 March 14:00 UTC2023-03-12Thinking of coming to the Information Design Summer School this May? To help you decide, join our free taster session on 14 March.
IIID Conversation with Karel van der Waarde, 6 April 2023, 15:00 UTC2023-03-12Taking medicines is a stressful activity. Opening a cardboard box, reading a leaflet, handling tiny pills, checking the dosage and the time, and considering potential side-effects require the capacities of a strong, astute, and healthy adult.
IIIDaward 20232023-02-17Open for submissions until 25 March 2023. The IIIDawards are a showroom for professional information design with international exposure in many different categories of information design applications.
Data And Design #23 • Visualizing Knowledge2023-02-16What do we know about an issue? What really is knowledge compared to the actual practice? Shedroff’s theory states that data leads to information, information leads to knowledge, and knowledge leads to wisdom of an individual.
Catch the early bird for IIIDaward entries 20232023-01-25The IIIDawards are a showroom for professional information design with international exposure in many different categories of information design applications.
IIID Conversation with Maxwell Roberts, 2 February 2023, 15:00 UTC2023-01-25We’re marking the 90 year anniversary of the London Underground network diagram with a talk by Maxwell Roberts, who is the pre-eminent expert on the diagram and author of several books on it.
Conversation with Rupesh Vyas, 1 December 2022 at 1500 UTC2022-11-17Public participation is crucial in the present-day context of increasing complex scenario of data-driven approaches in various domains. I will discuss the challenges and exploration of information design approaches …
IIID Conversations2022-10-20As the name suggests, they are conversations as much as talks. The speakers make short presentations of their work or ideas, then the conversation will open out to include everyone.
Updated book series by Rune Pettersson2022-08-26Prof. Dr. Rune Pettersson updates his series of 12 books on Information Design. Download these for free.
Infographics Conference2022-08-26A one-day conference on Infographics on Friday September 2 in Hilversum, The Netherlands.
New book: Visualizing Complexity2022-05-29A guide to transform complex or unstructured numbers and texts into creative and playful designs.
Conversation with Alex Tyers, 3 May 2022 at 1300 UTC2022-04-29Information design for financial communications The next in our series of IIID Conversations is with Alex Tyers of Transmission Design, one of Australia’s leading information designers. With over 20 years experience of every variety of information design, he is an expert in…