From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment.htm From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0001.htm From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0002.htm From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0003.htm From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0004.htm From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0005.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0006.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0007.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0008.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0009.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0010.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0011.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0012.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0013.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0014.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0015.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0016.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0017.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0018.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0019.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0020.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0021.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0022.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0023.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0025.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0026.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0027.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0028.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0029.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0030.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0031.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0032.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0033.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0034.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0035.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0036.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0037.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0038.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0039.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0040.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0041.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0042.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0043.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0044.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0045.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0046.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0047.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us on Twitter:?http://twitter.com/InfodesignUK Add the event on upcoming: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/4572088 Email us on: eventadmin at infodesign.org.uk From d.sless at communication.org.au Sat Oct 24 00:04:51 2009 From: d.sless at communication.org.au (David Sless) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:04:51 +1100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: new graduate course Message-ID: Members of this list might be interested in our new graduate course. http://communication.org.au/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=125 David -- blog: www.communication.org.au/dsblog web: http://www.communication.org.au Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA CEO ? Communication Research Institute ? ? helping people communicate with people ? Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795 Phone: +61 (0)3 9489 8640 Skype: davidsless 60 Park Street ? Fitzroy North ? Melbourne ? Australia ? 3068 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.webtic.nl/pipermail/infodesign-cafe/attachments/20091024/6221b73e/attachment-0048.htm From caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk Wed Oct 28 11:20:34 2009 From: caroline.jarrett at effortmark.co.uk (Caroline Jarrett) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:20:34 -0000 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Rob Barnett In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <01c901ca57b8$493353e0$db99fba0$@jarrett@effortmark.co.uk> Dear Caf?-denizens The email on another list, below, has announced the news that Robert Barnett has died. Those of you who are forms enthusiasts will know him as a hugely influential person in the world of forms, and a tremendous evangelist for usability. http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/ I last saw him in Canberra in November last year, when he already knew that he had terminal throat cancer. He was a lifelong non-smoker and believed the cause to be dental x-rays. By that time, he could no longer travel but continued to work as hard as he could, updating his blog until quite recently. Best Caroline Jarrett www.formsthatwork.com >------------------- From: formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org [mailto:formspace-admin at lists.bfma.org] On Behalf Of Ray Killam Sent: 27 October 2009 21:24 To: formspace at lists.bfma.org Subject: [bfma] Rob Barnett I just heard today that Rob Barnett passed away yesterday. He had been quite ill for some time. He was an avid participant on Formspace, prolific author, Jo Warner award winner, a top forms professional and a good friend. He will be missed. I will post any additional information on Formspace as it becomes available. Ray H. Killam, CFSP, CFC Essociates Group, Inc. 913-284-6573 "When Forms Matter" From waarde at glo.be Tue Oct 6 08:56:23 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:56:23 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Carnegie Mellon School of Design Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Communication Design Message-ID: Dear all, This might be of interest to some ... Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be >> The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Communication Design, starting in Fall 2010. At Carnegie Mellon?s School of Design, we believe design to be a humanistic discipline?initiating, planning, and shaping products, ideas, and services that meet the needs and desires of people. We believe that design will help people shape a responsible world that values the quality of human life in balance with a healthy and sustainable planet. We build on the humanistic, scientific, and creative strengths of Carnegie Mellon as a leading research university to seek, identify, engage, and address new problems as they emerge. The person filling this position must be able to work effectively with undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff of the school and university. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication design and typography skills, with an understanding of their influence in both digital and print formats. The ideal candidate will bring to the position strong professional skills in designing and developing digitally-mediated environments that enable rich, interactive, and social experiences. Demonstration of creative thinking in the design of content that responds, changes, and adapts over time, based on different contexts or the actions of participants is essential. Evidence of a rapid, exploratory ideation process that appropriately utilizes physical and/or digital media to weave together critical thinking and problem solving is vital. Excellence in design may be demonstrated through a proven track record of teaching, researching, and practicing communication design. This position is at the rank of assistant professor. Within our school, we are 15 design educators working with 50 graduate and 180 undergraduate students. We actively collaborate with industry, work with other units on campus, and focus energy on educating future designers who see design as a means of asking broad questions, solving problems, and advancing design thinking, practice, and scholarship. Review of applications begins January 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. The optimal start date is August 1, 2010. Interested candidates should submit: A statement of interest; samples of teaching, research, and/or professional activities; current curriculum vitae; and names of three references with contact information. Mail your package to: Stacie Rohrbach Chair, Communication Design Search Committee School of Design, MMCH 110 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 Send electronic submissions or inquiries via email to stacie at cmu.edu The School of Design offers BFA degrees in Industrial Design and in Communication Design. We offer Master of Design programs in Interaction Design and in Communication Planning and Information Design; a Master of Product Development, and a Ph.D. in Design. We have formal degree arrangements and strong relationships with many units on campus, including the departments of English and Mechanical Engineering, the Tepper School of Business, and the Human Computer Interaction Institute. For more information, visit us at www.design.cmu.edu. Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. From matt at studiolift.com Tue Oct 6 14:03:15 2009 From: matt at studiolift.com (Matt Carey) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 13:03:15 +0100 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Information design perfection... Message-ID: I thought Cafe members might enjoy seeing this example of Health Centre infographics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mbiddulph/3987041680/ Matt From waarde at glo.be Sat Oct 10 08:31:39 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:31:39 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium - October 30 - Washington, DC Message-ID: Dear all, >>> Center for Plain Language - 2009 Symposium Achieving transparency through plain language Date: October 30, 2009 Workshop: 9:00 ? 11:00 AM Registration: 12:00 - 12:30 Symposium: 12:30 ? 5:00 PM Reception: 5:00 ? 7:00 PM Place: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC Website: http://www.centerforplainlanguage.org/events/symposium_2009.html >>> Kind regards, Karel. waarde at glo.be From waarde at glo.be Thu Oct 15 09:39:01 2009 From: waarde at glo.be (Karel van der Waarde) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: InfoD-Cafe: London UK: IDA meeting November 4: Chris Campbell Message-ID: Hello all The next evening event from the Information Design Association will be on 4 November. Chris Campbell will speak about Mapping international crimes: the use of information graphics by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. The talk will look at the benefits and challenges of using information graphics to aid the investigation and prosecution of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Since 2007, Chris Campbell has worked at the International Criminal Court in The Hague as the Infographics Designer in the Analysis Unit of the Office of the Prosecutor. He has produced infographics for all the cases currently going to trial as well as for those situations under preliminary examination. Wednesday 4 November, 2009 at 6:30pm The Swedenborg Society 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London, England?WC1A?2TH Standard ticket ?10 IDA member ticket ?5 Book tickets through our website: http://www.infodesign.org.uk/events/mapping-international-crimes.php Follow us