InfoD: Information design journal 9/1

[Paul Stiff]

   * Information design journal *   (publication announcement)

     message by:  Paul Stiff


`Information design journal' volume 9, number 1,
 has just been published.

 In its 84 pages:

ARTICLES:

 *  David Sless -- Building the bridge across the years
       and disciplines

 *  Replies to David Sless from Karen Schriver, Patricia Wright,
       Robert Horn, Conrad Taylor, and Michael Turton;
       and a rejoinder from David Sless

 *  Susan King Roth -- Disenfranchised by design: voting systems
       and the election process

 *  Martin Cutts -- 'Unspeakable Acts' revisited

 *  Michael Macdonald-Ross -- Books and libraries:
       the threat from 'New information and communication
       technologies'

 *  Christopher Burke -- From functionalism to information design:
       Jan Tschichold's 'The new typography'

 *  Ian Mumford -- I am here - where are you?
       (How to get lost in map design)

REVIEWS:

 -  Thomas Merz: 'PostScript & Acrobat/PDF',
       reviewed by Rick le Vert
 -  Robert L. Harris: 'Information graphics: a comprehensive
       illustrated reference', reviewed by Carolyn Vose
       and Alan Davis
 -  Henry G. Burger: 'The Wordtree', reviewed by Robert Horn
       and Rebecca Salome Shaw
 -  David Sless and Rob Wiseman (eds): 'Readings towards
       science communication', reviewed by Robert Horn
 -  Colin Wheildon: 'Type & layout: how typography and design
       can get your message across - or get in the way',
       reviewed by Ole Lund
 -  Elaine Kempson & Nick Moore, 'Designing public documents:
       a review of relevant research', reviewed by Linda Reynolds
 -  Karen A. Schriver, 'Dynamics in document design',
       reviewed by Robert Waller

SUBSCRIPTIONS:

  *Information design journal* costs 22 pounds sterling
  (44 US dollars) for a volume of 3 issues.

  The institutional rate (libraries, corporations, businesses,
  etc.) is 48.50 pounds sterling (100 US dollars).

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