From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 

From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
> E-mail verificado pelo Terra Anti-Spam.
> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
> http://mail.terra.com.br/cgi-bin/reportspam.cgi?
+_d=SCYyOTE4MjU3NiNwZXJtIXRlcnJhJjEsMTIyODA1MzY3Ny40NTgwOTQuMTAzMzAuY2FtZW5hbmEuaHN0LnRlcnJhLmNvbS5iciw5Mzc
0
> Verifique periodicamente a pasta Spam para garantir que apenas mensagens
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> 




From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
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> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
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> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
> E-mail verificado pelo Terra Anti-Spam.
> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
> http://mail.terra.com.br/cgi-bin/reportspam.cgi?
+_d=SCYyOTE4MjU3NiNwZXJtIXRlcnJhJjEsMTIyODA1MzY3Ny40NTgwOTQuMTAzMzAuY2FtZW5hbmEuaHN0LnRlcnJhLmNvbS5iciw5Mzc
0
> Verifique periodicamente a pasta Spam para garantir que apenas mensagens
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
> E-mail verificado pelo Terra Anti-Spam.
> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
> http://mail.terra.com.br/cgi-bin/reportspam.cgi?
+_d=SCYyOTE4MjU3NiNwZXJtIXRlcnJhJjEsMTIyODA1MzY3Ny40NTgwOTQuMTAzMzAuY2FtZW5hbmEuaHN0LnRlcnJhLmNvbS5iciw5Mzc
0
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com










From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

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 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com




From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com







From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



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From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

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 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



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Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

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 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



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From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

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--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



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From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



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From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




---------- Cabe?alho original -----------

De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
> instructions.
> Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
> 
> including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I
> came from.
> 
> Jos?
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be>
> 
> > Dear list,
> >
> > This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
> > that Piet passed away on November 19th.
> >
> > His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are
> > substantial.
> >
> > To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
> > - co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
> > - editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
> > - guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
> > user instructions' (2007)
> >
> > However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
> > his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
> > the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
> > his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
> > involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
> > professional.
> >
> > Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
> > of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
> > inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Karel.
> > waarde at glo.be
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
> >  infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
> >
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
> >  http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
> >
> > For all Information Design matters:
> >  http://InformationDesign.org
> >
> > Problems? Write to:
> >  InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org
> > ___________________________________________________________________
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
> PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of
> Reading (UK)
> Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication
> Conference 2009, Atlanta)
> 
> E-mail verificado pelo Terra Anti-Spam.
> Para classificar esta mensagem como spam ou n??o spam, visite
> http://mail.terra.com.br/cgi-bin/reportspam.cgi?
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From conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk  Mon Dec  1 12:46:11 2008
From: conrad at ideograf.demon.co.uk (Conrad Taylor)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:46:11 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
Message-ID: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>

I want to add my voice to those expressing our sadness at losing
our esteemed and witty colleague, Piet Westendorp.

I believe I only met him in person once, at TU Delft on a visit
with Karel van der Waarde, but I enjoyed working online with him
in two contexts:

   #  firstly, in the little team of moderator/editors working
      together on compiling the InfoDesign list;

   #  secondly, as proofreader-cum-illustrator for Information
      Design Journal, in those happier days when Karel and Piet
      were the joint editors.

I also have a happy memory of the animated multimedia presentations
which Yuri Engelhardt curated for the "InfoArcadia" exhibition at the
Stroom Centre for Visual Arts at Den Haag in 2000.  One was a rolling
presentation of illustrations from "Open Here", and another intriguing
and funny one by Piet was a quickfire presentation of scores and scores
of people's freehand sketches of maps of the Netherlands...

Conrad
-- 


From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Mon Dec  8 01:41:44 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:41:44 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>
	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
Message-ID: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

I thought some of you might be interested in Linda Gordon's short
essay for _The Nation_ describing an alternative (feminist) modeling
of medical translation:

	Gordon, Linda.  "Translating _Our Bodies, Ourselves_."  _The
	Nation_ 286.23 (16 June 2008): 36-8.

	Download PDF at:
	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

_Our Bodies, Ourselves_ (1st published in 1970 by the Boston Women's
Health Book Collective) was, from its inception, a remarkable
experiment in the feminist-inspired move towards "a democratic
politics of knowledge and expertise."

This radical experiment in medical communication carried forward with
the book's recent translation into _Nuestros Cuerpos, Nuestras Vidas_:

	"As their global sophistication increased, the Boston group
	came to a new understanding of what 'translation' requires:
	Words, sentences, images and anecdotes have different meanings
	in different contexts. What was oppositional and radical for
	the Boston authors, such as challenging mainstream medicine,
	made no sense to women who lacked access to medical care.

	"The authors realized that you could not just hire a
	translator, or allow publishers in other countries to hire
	translators. The non-English versions of _Our Bodies,
	Ourselves_ were adaptations, and they could emerge only from
	protracted discussion. The authors work closely with
	'translators,' discussing how to present controversial
	material and providing help with publishing arrangements,
	information resources, graphics, fundraising and connections
	with activists worldwide."

Gordon here tells some of the story behind the book's
translation/adaptation from English into Spanish (the longer narrative
is given by Kathy Davis in _The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves: How
Feminism Travels Across Borders_).

It's an interesting story ... especially for me, as I ponder new ways
& means of developing polyglot physician podcasts.

(And yes, I am a proud owner of a dog-eared copy of _Our Bodies,
Ourselves_ ... and of _Ourselves, Growing Older_, too. ;-)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com











From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:11:48 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:11:48 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: translating medical information
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B14.9030500@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe,

> Download PDF at:
>	< http://www.thenation.com/archive/detail/32202248 >.

It's been pointed out to me that I gave the wrong URL here.

This one is for journal subscribers only (which I am, so didn't notice
that _The Nation_ charges for PDF downloads).

The editors do post a certain percentage of each printed issue of _The
Nation_ to their website, and an HTML version of Gordon's essay is
available for FREE at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/gordon >.

My apologies for the mix-up,
Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com





From dtp at she-philosopher.com  Wed Dec 17 22:12:40 2008
From: dtp at she-philosopher.com (Deborah Taylor-Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:12:40 -0800
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: The "new aesthetics"
In-Reply-To: <493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
References: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>	<a06200747c5597cb90bd6@[192.168.0.2]>
	<493C6D48.90208@she-philosopher.com>
Message-ID: <49496B48.30201@she-philosopher.com>

Cafe --

This recent title from Barbara Johnson is very much in the "theory"
vein many of you on this list deplore, but still, I know a few of you
will be interested:

	Johnson, Barbara.  _Persons and Things_.  Cambridge, MA:
	Harvard University Press, 2008.

Product Description:

	"Moving effortlessly between symbolist poetry and Barbie
	dolls, artificial intelligence and Kleist, Kant, and
	Winnicott, Barbara Johnson not only clarifies psychological
	and social dynamics; she also re-dramatizes the work of
	important tropes -- without ever losing sight of the ethical
	imperative with which she begins: the need to treat persons as
	persons.

	"In _Persons and Things_, Johnson turns deconstruction around
	to make a fundamental contribution to the new aesthetics. She
	begins with the most elementary thing we know: deconstruction
	calls attention to gaps and reveals that their claims upon us
	are fraudulent. Johnson revolutionizes the method by showing
	that the inanimate thing exposed as a delusion is central to
	fantasy life, that fantasy life, however deluded, should be
	taken seriously, and that although a work of art 'is formed
	around something missing,' this 'void is its vanishing point,
	not its essence.' She shows deftly and delicately that the
	void inside Keats?s urn, Heidegger?s jug, or Wallace Stevens?s
	jar forms the center around which we tend to organize our
	worlds.

	"The new aesthetics should restore fluidities between persons
	and things. In pursuing it, Johnson calls upon Ovid, Keats,
	Poe, Plath, and others who have inhabited this in-between
	space. The entire process operates via a subtlety that only a
	critic of Johnson?s caliber could reveal to us."

Johnson deals here with themes we've been discussing in other threads
relating to "iconicity" and *prosopopeia* (the Greek rhetorical term
for the personification of a non-human being or idea -- such as
Nestle's use of cuddly bears to sell its Bear brand creamer, the
contradictory effects of which we spoke of earlier).

I know this sort of theory tends to emphasize the verbal over the
visual, but the theoretical insights of "the new aesthetics" and its
critics do translate pretty easily across disciplinary boundaries,
including to information design.

E.g., Patricia Williams applied Johnson's theories to U.S. political
discourses in her 6 Oct. 2008 column for _The Nation_ ("Lipstick
Jungle"), wherein Williams interpreted the Republicans' choice of
Sarah Palin for vice presidential candidate as *prosopopeia* -- Palin
as the salable icon ("self-proclaiming, yet concealed") of an
increasingly unpopular Republican masculinity: "what gun-toting,
warmongering, polar-bear extinguishing, creationist, antiabortionist
man could have gotten away with" Palin's generic acceptance speech,
asks Williams rhetorically.

FWIW, Williams' column, which opens with the provocative claim "Andy
Warhol would have loved Sarah Palin", is available online (for free
;-) in HTML format at:

< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081006/williams >.

(Note to Gunnar et al.: where would political cartoons of Palin fit in
Scott McCloud's Big Triangle?)

Deborah
_____

Deborah Taylor-Pearce
dtp at she-philosopher.com








From r.waller at reading.ac.uk  Sun Dec 21 12:38:31 2008
From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller)
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:38:31 +0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Reminder: Information Design Conference call for papers
Message-ID: <3CCF736C-7EB8-4622-86FB-D2431F5CCDA3@reading.ac.uk>

This is a reminder that the Information Design Conference 2009 call  
for papers closes on 31 December. You can talk on any theme connected  
to information design, or present less formally in the form of a  
display in our poster session.

The conference is on 2-3 April in the beautiful surroundings of the  
University of Greenwich, London.

You can find out more at http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/index.php

__________________________________

Rob Waller

Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
T +44 (0) 118 378 6411
M +44 (0) 7850 665933
r.waller at reading.ac.uk


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From carina.andersson at mdh.se  Mon Dec  1 08:54:47 2008
From: carina.andersson at mdh.se (Carina Andersson)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 08:54:47 +0100
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
In-Reply-To: <d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101>
	<d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>

It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

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 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

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 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

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--
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PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)
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From pagl at dmu.ac.uk  Mon Dec  1 10:10:06 2008
From: pagl at dmu.ac.uk (Paul Linnell)
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:10:06 -0000
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
References: <a06240808c5582a399b5b@192.168.1.101><d14a175a0811300555h73d4afa7ua9209fccb61abe2@mail.gmail.com>
	<80DAB1E7B9936448A084E71CC703AFF22E96329D7F@MBXCLUSTER.mdh.local>
Message-ID: <C306D0FC2E2FB441974B596305B9DF2E028D88A8@PENDRAGON.LEC-ADMIN.dmu.ac.uk>

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 



-----Original Message-----
From: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org on behalf of Carina Andersson
Sent: Mon 12/1/2008 7:54 AM
To: Discussions about information design
Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at M?lardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
M?lardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
Fax: +46 (0)16-15 36 50



Fr?n: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org [mailto:infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org] F?r Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
Till: Discussions about information design
?mne: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

Jos?


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
waarde at glo.be<mailto:waarde at glo.be>
___________________________________________________________________

Use the following address to post a message to all subscribers:
 infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org<mailto:infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org>

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your options, visit:
 http://list.InformationDesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe

For all Information Design matters:
 http://InformationDesign.org

Problems? Write to:
 InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org<mailto:InfoDesign-Cafe-Admin at list.InformationDesign.org>
___________________________________________________________________



--
Jos? Marconi Bezerra de Souza
PhD - Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, The University of Reading (UK)
Manager of Applied Research Track (Society of Technical Communication Conference 2009, Atlanta)


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From cgspin at terra.com.br  Mon Dec  1 12:29:32 2008
From: cgspin at terra.com.br (cgspin)
Date: Mon,  1 Dec 2008 09:29:32 -0200
Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
Message-ID: <KB73X8$C94E0301401508CB2040451DE8F7B846@multidominios>

Dear cafe colleagues

I was very shocked with the news about Piet... He was a dear colleague and his work in instructional information design was also 
an inspiration to my work.
 
He was here, in Brazil, in 2005 at The Information Design International Conference, sharing with us his views on wayfinding, in an 
alive and inquisitive manner, as always. 

Without Piet, we will certainly have less brightness in the information design field.


Carla Spinillo




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De: infodesign-cafe-bounces at list.informationdesign.org
Para: "Discussions about information design" infodesign-cafe at list.informationdesign.org
C?pia: 
Data: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000
Assunto: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

> Colleagues,
> 
> Shocking and sad news.
> 
> Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software
>