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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0015.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0016.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0017.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0018.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0019.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0020.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0021.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0022.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0023.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0024.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0007.htm From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0025.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0026.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0027.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0010.htm From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0028.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0011.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0029.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0012.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0001.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0030.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0013.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0003.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0031.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0014.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0004.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0032.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0015.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0005.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0033.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0016.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0006.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0034.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0017.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0007.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0035.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0018.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0008.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0036.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0019.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0009.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0037.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0020.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0010.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0021.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0011.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0039.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0022.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0012.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0040.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0023.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0013.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0041.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0024.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0014.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0042.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0025.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0015.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0043.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0026.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0016.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0044.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0027.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0017.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0045.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0028.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0018.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0046.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0029.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0019.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0047.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0030.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0020.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0048.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0031.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0021.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0049.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0032.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0022.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waarde wrote: > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________ From r.waller at reading.ac.uk Mon Nov 3 18:04:41 2008 From: r.waller at reading.ac.uk (Rob Waller) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:04:41 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Postgraduate open day at Reading Message-ID: <77778F24-F277-44CE-A8E9-FA16D36CEF63@reading.ac.uk> The next postgraduate open day at Reading is on 27 November. You are welcome to come along and discuss our MA programmes in Information Design, Book Design or Typeface Design. Please email Carolyn Davidson to find out more. Prospective PhD students are also welcome. __________________________________ Rob Waller Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of Reading, UK T +44 (0) 118 378 6411 M +44 (0) 7850 665933 r.waller at reading.ac.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081103/6b063eec/attachment-0050.htm From waarde at glo.be Mon Nov 17 17:08:54 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:08:54 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 Message-ID: Dear all, Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be * Information Design Conferences * (Calls for papers) 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Enhancing social, economic and environmental progress Paris (France), June 18-20, 2009 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich (UK), April 2-3, 2009 _________________________________________________________________ 1) DD4D Data Designed for Decisions Paris, 18-20 June 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.dd4d.net/DD4D.aspx CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.dd4d.net/Call-for-Speakers.aspx Deadline for abstract: December 12, 2008 THEMES: We base our decisions on our own experience, gut-feeling, social pressure, cultural environment, economic circumstance or habit just as much if not more than on actual data available. Whether we distrust data or we are persuaded by it depends to some extent on who it is presented by and how it is presented. Data tells its own story, but it needs intermediaries to find it, to visualise it, to communicate it, to help understand it and act on it. - Finding the Story: In this session we would like to explore how the story begins. Those who research, who explore, who document and collect. And who can see the bigger picture. They are the first link in the chain of communication and understanding. - Telling the Story: A classic topic for all those who visualise and communicate data. DD4D will also look beyond visual representation at the connection with the main storytellers of our age, the media. - Living the Story: This is where we find out whether and how the story is working for the user. How people use and interact with data, how it can support groups and individuals to make decisions. This is a conference for intermediaries between data, knowledge and empowerment. We will investigate selection, visualisation, interpretation and communication of data, and how it can be effectively used to: * help understand complex issues, * make data relevant at a personal level, * close the gap between objective measurement and perception, and * take decisions based on evidence. ORGANIZERS: IIID - International Institute for Information Design (http://www.iiid.net/) OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (http://www.oecd.org/) _________________________________________________________________ 2) Information Design Conference 2009 Greenwich, April 2-3, 2009 WEBSITE: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/ CALL FOR PAPERS: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/2009-conference/call.php Deadline for abstract: December 31, 2008 THEMES: Since the 1980s, the Information Design Conferences have been a great place to discuss and debate information design ? the next event will take place on 2-3 April 2009 in London, organised by the Information Design Association. We see?Information Design as a broad field that encompasses work in graphic communication, interface design and information architecture, technical writing, and wayshowing, among other areas. Submissions can touch on practice or research on any topic, including: ?* government and administration ?* healthcare and health promotion ?* technical instruction and user guides ?* reference and learning materials ?* transport information and signage ?* forms and transaction interfaces ?* financial and billing information The Programme Committee are particularly keen to see submissions based on: ?* case studies from design practitioners which offer generalisable conclusions, methods and ideas; and ?* research studies that provide evidence which can be acted on by designers in practice. But, whatever your focus, we'll be glad to hear from you with any ideas related broadly and imaginatively to advancing the field of Information Design. As before, we are not focusing on any particular theme, such as education or health... though we will nurture and shape themes, if they seem to have emergent value. ORGANIZERS: IDA - Information Design Association (http://www.infodesign.org.uk/) From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:29:24 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Beste Karel, At 17:08 17-11-2008, you wrote (to InfoDesign): >Sorry for possible repetition. Both conferences are worth a closer look. Wat ik zojuist bedacht: ik zie deze aankondigingen omdat ik op de InfoDesign mailing list zit. Maar als ik ooit mijn bestuurslidmaatschap van STIC neerleg, dan is er niemand meer die deze infodesign-gerelateerde aankondigingen op de agenda van de STIC-site kan zetten. Niet dat ik van plan ben ermee op te houden hoor, maar zou je desondanks willen overwegen om een kopietje van dergelijke berichten te sturen naar secretariaat at stic.nl? Op het moment komt dat ook bij mij aan, maar eens niet meer. En dan zou ook in de toekomst vermelding op de STIC-site gewaarborgd zijn. Groetjes, -Brigit van Loggem PS-- de STIC-conferentie was echt leuk! Jammer dat je er niet bij was! =================== www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From brigit at byteryte.nl Mon Nov 17 17:41:33 2008 From: brigit at byteryte.nl (Brigit van Loggem) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:41:33 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Two Information Design conferences in 2009 In-Reply-To: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> References: <200811171629.mAHGTVO7065101@smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <200811171649.mAHGnXDC097177@smtp-vbr15.xs4all.nl> Oh dear oh dear, I wrote to the List trying to write to Karel! I am so sorry, please accept all due apologies. -Brigit www.byteryte.nl View my LinkedIn profile at www.linkedin/in/brigitvanloggem or see who we know in common at www.linkedin.com/e/wwk/24120274/ From d.sless at communication.org.au Fri Nov 21 03:39:17 2008 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:39:17 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: classic cri texts Message-ID: <85E7FD1C-D9F2-4A5E-8553-52CF0A994602@communication.org.au> Hi All, We recently moved our library and archives to a new location. As we unpacked the boxes, we discovered one box that had not been opened since we left Canberra in 2004. Inside, to our surprise, were multiple copies of books that we published over a decade ago. We thought that we had sold them all but it seems not. Two of these books in particular are much sought after among practitioners and teachers of information and communication design: Designing information for people Readings towards science communication So we have put them on sale in our shop. As I said, there are not many copies left. You may want to take a look at them and buy copies before they REALLY do go out of print. http://www.communication.org.au/modules/oledrion/category.php?cat_cid=1 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081121/26388301/attachment-0033.htm From waarde at glo.be Sun Nov 30 12:47:37 2008 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:47:37 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) Message-ID: 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 From marconi2006 at googlemail.com Sun Nov 30 14:55:11 2008 From: marconi2006 at googlemail.com (Jose de Souza) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:55:11 +0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: 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 > 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) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20081130/544fc400/attachment-0023.htm From kschriver at earthlink.net Sun Nov 30 20:59:27 2008 From: kschriver at earthlink.net (Karen Schriver) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 14:59:27 -0500 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0E7DEC3A-A0E7-4DFA-86E2-2F3D86EE0C32@earthlink.net> Dear Karel and Info Cafe List members, I'm so saddened to hear of Piet's passing. I cannot believe it. It is not fair. Piet was a smart, talented, crazy, and wickedly funny man. I met Piet in the early 1990s and have been in touch on and off since then. I recall his early interest in visualizing instructions and he came to visit me at Carnegie Mellon to learn about a course I was teaching called "Integrating Visual and Verbal Texts." His excitement for the subject was contagious and he re-ignited my interest in the area (I like so many of us was working in virtual isolation at the time). He was indeed a kindred spirit with interests in animated instructions, flowcharts, picture-text interactions, signage, navigation systems, use of visual cues such as arrows and call outs, and more. At the time Piet was en route to NYC to see a show on visual instructions and told me he wanted to do a dissertation in the area. I knew he would do it. As it worked out, he fulfilled his goals and eventually completed his thesis in the area and became a professor at Delft in the department of Industrial Engineering & Innovation Sciences. In the mid 1990s I was fortunate to have held a visiting professor position at Utrecht and Piet and I spent many afternoons talking about ways to visualize instructions for cordless telephones, VCRs, copy machines, virtually anything electronic. I remember some of his advisors giving him a hard time for persisting in an area in which there was almost no research literature. I told him that I disagreed wholeheartedly and encouraged him to follow his interests and do it anyway. Just because an area doesn't have a decent literature doesn't mean it can't be studied with rigor and perception. I recall sitting around a table with Piet and Paul Mijksenaar at Delft and they showed me a giant box full of visual instructions of all sorts--everything from how to brush your teeth to assembling an aircraft motor. Many of those pictures eventually went into "Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design"?a wonderful visual tribute to as they say in their preface "the unfamous artists who produced those little pieces of great day-to-day instructional art." Piet was a friendly giving soul. He spent quite a while giving me an insider's tour of Delft and Eindhoven, showing me all the coolest spots and orienting me to Dutch culture. He was full of life and funny as could be. He will be missed not only for his excellent work in information design but also because he could light up a room with wit and enthusiasm. Karen On Nov 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Karel van der Waard