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Designing information for people

Designing information for people
Edited by R Penman & D Sless

Understand information design: the process of creating information which is accessible and usable.

This collection of papers from our highly influencial symposium in 1990 is the classic text on Information Design in Australia.

Long before most people had heard about usability or 'user-centred design', and before the internet, the Institute had developed methods for designing accessible and usable information.

Contents

  • Introduction: Robyn Penman
  • Opening address: informing Australia: Ian Castles
  • What is information design?: David Sless
  • New design standards for ABS publications: a case study: Maureen MacKenzie
  • Presenting mathematical information: Edwin Coleman
  • Product labelling regulation: can it lead to good information design?: Arthur D. Shulman and David Sless
  • The Telecom Bill: redesigning a computer generated report: David Sless
  • Multimedia presentation of information: communication solution or communication problem?: Richard K. Lowe
  • A science of graphical data display: William S. Cleveland
  • Understanding forms as communication: a case study: Robert Barnett
  • The power of literacy: myths and fallacies: Rosie Wickert
  • Standard letters: how standard are they? what do they really say? : Nicolette Stasko
  • The cybe etic frontier: speculations on the future of human computer interaction: Brenda Laurel
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