Category: Good practice
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New book and tutorial at HCII26: Aaron Marcus, Bridging Art, Design and Technology
After eight years of development, the new book by Aaron Marcus about his life’s work in design/art will be released by Springer UK in February 2026. Part autobiography, part designer monograph, the book tells the story of the early days of computer-based graphic design, supported with compelling images and backstories behind Marcus’s innovative HCI/user-experience designs…
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IIID Conversation with Nina Hansopaheluwakan Edward: Thu, 24 April 2025 09:00 – 10:00 UTC / 20:00 – 21:00 AEDT
This talk will provide an overview of the Information Design Journal (IDJ), highlighting its mission, scope, and contributions to the field. As a peer-reviewed international publication, IDJ focuses on how design enhances the communication of complex information, making it clearer, more accessible, and more effective for various audiences.
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IIID Conversation with Angela Morelli: Visualising climate science, Thu, 20 Mar 2025 17:00 – 18:00 UTC
How can we use Design to foster clarity in a landscape where complexity and confusion can unintentionally fuel misinformation? Through case studies, Angela will share her journey in visualising climate science to inform decisions, create engagement, and capture the imagination of an audience.
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Book: Interaction of Symbols
A new, detailed, and profusely illustrated book about the practice and theory of icon design.
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IIID Conversation with David Sless: Between ritual and reality, 5 December 2024, 09:00 UTC
Rituals may be awesome and reassuring, but they don’t make the world safer. Today information design is playing an ever-increasing role in trying to make real life safer and easier for people. But we need to distinguish between the rituals that only reassure and the designed information that really helps.
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IIID Conversation: Legibility of pictograms for healthcare, 12 Sep 2024, 15:00 UTC
Pharmaceutical pictograms and other graphic symbols are increasingly used to convey critical health information, but their design can be challenging due to the complexity and small size required. This time, Pia Pedersen will share her insights into the legible use of pictograms in healthcare.
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Book: A New Semiotics
An introductory guide to the field of semiotics. Assuming no prior knowledge of semiotics, this accessible text takes a fresh look at semiotics and suggests that many of the forebears and many contemporary contributors to semiotics have misconstrued the nature of their work.
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TEDx talk by Karel van der Waarde
Karel’s TEDx talk is published right on time. It highlights some arguments why the European legislation about medicines information in package leaflets needs to be changed.
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IIID Conversation with Rui Caminha, 1 June 2023, 15:00 UTC
Rui Camilha introduces award-winning legal information design from Villa – Visual Law Studio, in Brazil.
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IIID Conversation with Sheila Pontis, 4 May 2023, 15:00 UTC
Information 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.