Information Design Journal
Editor-in-Chief
Editors
Information Design Journal (IDJ) is a peer-reviewed international journal that bridges the gap between research and practice in information design.
IDJ is a platform for discussing and improving the design, usability, and overall effectiveness of ‘content put into form’ — of verbal and visual messages shaped to meet the needs of particular audiences. IDJ offers a forum for sharing ideas about the verbal, visual, and typographic design of print and online documents, multimedia presentations, illustrations, signage, interfaces, maps, quantitative displays, websites, and new media. IDJ brings together ways of thinking about creating effective communications for use in contexts such as workplaces, hospitals, airports, banks, schools, or government agencies. On the one hand, IDJ explores the design of information, with a focus on writing, the visual design, structure, format, and style of communications. On the other hand, IDJ seeks to better understand the ways that people understand, interpret, and use communications, with a focus on audiences, cultural differences, readers’ expectations, and differences between populations such as teenagers, elderly or the blind.
IDJ publishes research papers, case studies, critiques of information design and related theory, reviews of current literature, research-in-progress, interviews with thought leaders, discussions of practical problems, book reviews, and conference information. Contributions should be relevant to a multi-disciplinary audience from fields such as: communication design, writing, typography, discourse studies, applied linguistics, rhetoric, usability research, instructional design and graphic design. Contributions should be based on appropriate evidence and make clear their implications for practice.
IDJ publishes its articles Online First.
[Volumes 12 (2004) and 13 (2005) were published under the title Information Design Journal + Document Design]
Latest articles
12 November 2024
When multiple route map designs are used by the same bus company: Cause, usability testing, and implications
Ilma Yusrina, Hisayasu Ihara & Shoji Sunaga
10 June 2024
Social commitment and challenges of information design
IDJ 29:1 (2024) pp. 1–2
27 May 2024
From vulnerability to accessibility, and expansion possibilities: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and implications of information design for vulnerable populations
Anqi Rong, Nina Hansopaheluwakan Edward & Dian Li | IDJ 29:1 (2024) pp. 55–83
Visualizing biodiversity on maps: Conflicting goals and limits of conventional presentation methods
Katharina Scheller | IDJ 29:1 (2024) p. 3
24 May 2024
Script-style degrees: Letter recognition in regular versus special fonts
Chiron A. T. Oderkerk & Sofie Beier | IDJ 29:1 (2024) pp. 25–35
S. Pontis & M. Babwahsingh. 2023. Information Design Unbound: Key Concepts and Skills for Making Sense in a Changing World
Reviewed by Jeanne-Louise Moys | IDJ 29:1 (2024) pp. 84–88
23 April 2024
Visual instructions for writing Chinese for beginners
Tian Tian, Maria dos Santos Lonsdale & Vien Cheung | IDJ 29:1 (2024) pp. 36–54
12 January 2024
Testing the effectiveness of a supportive digital information tool for patients recovering from bowel surgery, their
surgeons and nurses
Maria dos Santos Lonsdale, Matthew Baxter, Qinxin Yao, Luwen Yu & Stephen J. Chapman | IDJ 28:3 (2023) pp. 231–274
21 December 2023
Using a U-turn construction in information design
Carel Jansen | IDJ 28:3 (2023) pp. 195–199
1 December 2023
Combining common heuristic sets for a new exhaustive usability evaluation of e-learning interface
design
Nadia Menad | IDJ 28:3 (2023) pp. 200–214
27 November 2023
How visualisations with typography are used in Persian and English corporate identity logos
AmirHossein Pormehr Yabandeh, Hossein Abeddoost & Ziba Kazempoor | IDJ 28:3 (2023) pp. 215–230
The effectiveness of visual instructions in the memorization of Chinese Semantic Radicals by Beginners
Tian Tian, Maria dos Santos Lonsdale & Vien Cheung | IDJ 28:3 (2023) pp. 275–302
7 September 2023
Empirical assessment of the legibility of the Naskh-style typeface used on Arabic road signs
Shaima Elbardawil | IDJ 28:2 (2023) pp. 178–194
31 August 2023
Design of tailored asthma control status infographics
Adriana Arcia, Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch & Maureen George | IDJ 28:2 (2023) pp. 115–140
Improving the design of public health infographics using a motion graphic educational resource to enhance design principle application
Matthew Baxter & Maria dos Santos Lonsdale | IDJ 28:2 (2023) pp. 141–177
Pondering a persistent paradigm
David Sless | IDJ 28:2 (2023) pp. 113–114
30 June 2023
Is artificial intelligence coming for information designers’ jobs?
Karen A. Schriver | IDJ 28:1 (2023) pp. 1–6
5 June 2023
Beyond Intuition: An Empirical Study of Typeface Selection in a Bilingual Context
Dian Li & Stephen Westland | IDJ 28:1 (2023) p. 7
1 June 2023
A Background to the Information Design Library: More than a Personal Memoir
Rune Pettersson | IDJ 28:1 (2023) p. 93
25 May 2023
Language independent optimization of text readability formulas with deep reinforcement learning
Arya Hadizadeh Moghaddam & Masood Ghayoomi | IDJ 28:1 (2023) pp. 33–52
10 May 2023
Type does matter! A systematic literature review on typographic considerations in
publications on electronic documentation in aviation and medicine
Pascale Schmid, Guido Carim jr., David Sargent & Dominique Falla | IDJ 28:1 (2023) pp. 53–92
16 February 2023
Information design in the times of the COVID-19 pandemic
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 27:3 (2022) pp. 233–234
26 January 2023
Wayfinding and waygiving
David Sless | IDJ 27:2 (2022) pp. 141–143
2 January 2023
Effective colors for information design: A color-coding study of China’s high-speed railway map
Zheng Wang, Vien Cheung & Maria Lonsdale | IDJ 27:2 (2022) pp. 191–212
23 December 2022
Editorial: Information+ 2021 conference
Isabel Meirelles, Marian Dörk & Yanni Loukissas | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 1–4
9 December 2022
A quantitative framework for analyzing distinctive features of typography
Christian Mosbæk Johannessen, Mads Nedergård Qwist & Anders Glent Buch | IDJ 27:3 (2022) pp. 278–294
Scrolling into the Newsroom: A vocabulary for scrollytelling techniques in visual online articles
Jonas Oesch, Adina Renner & Manuel Roth | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 102–114
6 December 2022
The power of information design in enhancing the organization of information and course material in an online Virtual
Learning Environment (VLE)
Maria dos Santos Lonsdale, Xiaoxiao Qin, Yun Chen, Heather Green, Maha Algethami & Jiawen Xu | IDJ 27:3 (2022) pp. 235–277
2 December 2022
“I learned it on the job”: Becoming a Data Visualization professional in news media
Salomé Esteves & Marco Neves | IDJ 27:3 (2022) pp. 309–319
Immersive architectures for visual data literacy
Dario Rodighiero, Eveline Wandl-Vogt, Elian Carsenat, Jules Döring, Oliver Elias, Michaela Fragner & Stepha Farkashazy | IDJ 27:3 (2022) pp. 295–308
21 November 2022
Visualising vapours: Graphical representation of Covid-19 transmission
Will Stahl-Timmins | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 115–125
Effects of changes in spacing on dual-script sign
legibility: The role of vertical connecting spacing in bilingual (Chinese-English)
traffic signs
Yuchan Zhang & Jeanne-Louise Moys | IDJ 27:2 (2022) pp. 213–231
17 November 2022
Isotype of the conquest: Pictographic numeracy in sixteenth-century colonial México
María del Mar Navarro | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 35–51
10 November 2022
Surprise machines: Revealing Harvard Art Museums’ image collection
Dario Rodighiero, Lins Derry, Douglas Duhaime, Jordan Kruguer, Maximilian C. Mueller, Christopher Pietsch, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Jeff Steward & metaLAB | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 21–34
7 November 2022
Seeing what is not shown: Combining visualization critique and design to surface the limitations in data
Nicole Hengesbach, Greg J. McInerny & João Porto de Albuquerque | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 64–75
Communicating qualitative uncertainty in data visualization: Two cases from within the digital humanities
Georgia Panagiotidou & Andrew Vande Moere | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 52–63
A dynamic topography for visualizing time and space in fictional literary texts
Andrew Richardson & Duncan Hay | IDJ 27:1 (2022) p. 5
“This figure could be better, but how?”: Advancing design critique in STEM research labs
Vassilissa Semouchkina, Yeechi Chen, Kevin Larson & Karen Cheng | IDJ 27:1 (2022) p. 85
25 October 2022
Instructions for COVID-19 self-tests: What parts of the test are the most difficult to get right and how can information design help?
Sue Walker, Josefina Bravo, Al Edwards, Julie Hart & Gemma Little | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 126–139
14 October 2022
JPL/Caltech ArtCenter: Towards a collaborative methodology for interactive scientific data visualization
Maggie Hendrie, Hillary Mushkin, Santiago Lombeyda & Scott Davidoff | IDJ 27:1 (2022) pp. 76–84
3 October 2022
Applications of the Document Towers method of representing document
structures
Vlad Atanasiu | IDJ 27:2 (2022) pp. 144–190
4 August 2022
Designing pension communication: Lessons from the medical domain
Jelle Strikwerda, Bregje Holleman & Hans Hoeken | IDJ 26:3 (2021) pp. 260–281
14 July 2022
From pen to movable type: Teaching typography as an experience
Christopher Hammerschmidt & Dominique Leite Adam | IDJ 26:3 (2021) pp. 237–259
15 June 2022
The effects of different narrative structures in public service announcements on transportation and counterarguing
Perina Siegenthaler, Andreas Fahr & Alexander Ort | IDJ 26:3 (2021) pp. 216–236
23 May 2022
End-User License Agreements (EULAs): Investigating the impact of human-centered design on perceived usability, attitudes, and anticipated behavior
Jonathan D. Ericson, William S. Albert, Benjamin P. Bernard & Elizabeth Brown | IDJ 26:3 (2021) pp. 193–215
15 April 2022
Simplification of pharmaceutical pictograms to improve visual acuity
Pia Pedersen, Chiron Oderkerk & Sofie Beier | IDJ 26:3 (2021) pp. 175–192
27 January 2022
Editorial: Hello from your new editor
IDJ 26:2 (2021) pp. 89–90
20 December 2021
An interview with Joanna Suau from Infobip on the design of application programming interface (API) documentation
Thomas Bohm | IDJ 26:2 (2021) p. 91
7 December 2021
Generous and inviting interfaces revisited: Examples of designing visual structures for digital archives
Sarah Oberbichler, Katharina Gallner-Holzmann & Theo Hug | IDJ 26:2 (2021) pp. 157–174
1 December 2021
Utilising design principles to improve the perception and effectiveness of public health infographics
Matthew Baxter, Maria dos Santos Lonsdale & Stephen Westland | IDJ 26:2 (2021) pp. 124–156
13 September 2021
Perceptions about the design of informational materials used in the fight against COVID-19 in Portugal and
Brazil
Cláudia Renata Mont’Alvão, Emilia Duarte & Julia Teles | IDJ 26:2 (2021) pp. 105–123
19 July 2021
Dear readers
IDJ 26:1 (2021) p. 1
10 May 2021
An eye-tracking study examining information search in transit maps: Using China’s high-speed railway map as a case study
Zheng Wang, Maria dos Santos Lonsdale & Vien Cheung | IDJ 26:1 (2021) pp. 53–72
28 April 2021
Increased letter spacing and greater letter width improve reading acuity in low vision readers
Sofie Beier, Chiron A. T. Oderkerk, Birte Bay & Michael Larsen | IDJ 26:1 (2021) pp. 73–88
Beat Bad Microbes: Raising public awareness of antibiotic resistance in Rwanda
Sue Walker, Manjula Halai, Rachel Warner & Josefina Bravo | IDJ 26:1 (2021) pp. 17–32
26 April 2021
Understanding the impact of supporting conceptual information design: Structure, externalizations and flexibility matter
Sheila Pontis | IDJ 26:1 (2021) pp. 33–52
23 April 2021
An interview with Paul Jerome from Kent County Council on easy read
Thomas Bohm | IDJ 26:1 (2021) pp. 1–16
22 October 2020
Information design and multimodality: New possibilities for engagement across theory and practice
John A. Bateman | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 249–258
Information design from my window
Jorge Frascara | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 334–347
Uncle George’s illustrated map
Nigel Holmes | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 330–333
Designing animated information graphics: Challenges and opportunities
Richard Lowe | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 300–306
Instructional design as a form of information design
Richard E. Mayer | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 258–263
ID practice and theory
Rune Pettersson | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 242–248
The DNA of information design for charts and diagrams
Clive Richards & Yuri Engelhardt | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 277–292
Visual communication design: Caught between two stools
Peter Simlinger | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 314–324
IDJ at my side
David Sless | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 325–329
Learning from Vernon’s Isotype test: A design history footnote
Robert Waller | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 264–276
Change is not the only constant
Patricia Wright | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 293–299
Information about medicines in Europe: Considering possible principles?
Karel van der Waarde | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 307–313
IDJ retrospective: Looking back at 40 years of Information Design Journal
Carla G. Spinillo & Claudio H. Silva | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 237–241
Information design/visualization and IDJ: An interview with Aaron Marcus
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 25:3 (2019) pp. 348–354
7 July 2020
The visual organization of handwriting: Teaching elementary practices of information design in Brazilian primary schools
Renata Cadena & Solange Coutinho | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 157–170
Pervasive and perplexing pies: Our evolving relationship with a data display genre
Charles Kostelnick | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 192–213
Information design for bowel cancer detection: The impact of using information visualisation to help patients prepare for colonoscopy screening
Maria dos Santos Lonsdale, Li-Chin Ni, Chenyi Gu & Maureen Twiddy | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 125–156
Information, typography and persuasion in Brazilian late 19th and early 20th century ephemera
Fabio Mariano Cruz Pereira & Priscila Lena Farias | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 171–191
Editorial
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 123–124
An interview with Barbra Kingsley from Kleimann Communication Group on information design
Thomas Bohm | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 214–221
An interview with Anne-Marie Chisnall from Write on plain English and information design
Thomas Bohm | IDJ 25:2 (2019) pp. 222–236
16 March 2020
Feeling numbers: The emotional impact of proximity techniques in visualization
Sarah Campbell & Dietmar Offenhuber | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 71–86
Dendrochronology of U.S. immigration
Pedro Cruz, John Wihbey, Avni Ghael, Felipe Shibuya & Stephen Costa | IDJ 25:1 (2019) p. 6
Design as externalization: Enabling research
Stephen Boyd Davis & Olivia Vane | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 28–42
Belief at first sight: Data visualization and the rationalization of seeing
Doris Kosminsky, Jagoda Walny, Jo Vermeulen, Søren Knudsen, Wesley Willett & Sheelagh Carpendale | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 43–55
Who wants to be a self-driving car? A mixed-reality data-trust exercise
Joey Lee, Benedikt Groß & Raphael Reimann | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 21–27
Gaps between the digits: On the fleshy unknowns of the human
Romi Ron Morrison | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 56–70
Designing bowel preparation patient instructions to improve colon cancer detection: Evidence-based design criteria for patients’ documents
Guillermina Noël, Jorge Frascara & Clarence Wong | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 110–121
The evolution of the elevator pictogram: Pointing out trends for the future
Sibylle Schlaich & Anita Meier-Walter | IDJ 25:1 (2019) p. 87
Pragmatic evaluation of The BMJ’s visual abstracts
Will Stahl-Timmins, Jonathan Black & Paul Simpson | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 101–109
Editorial: Information+ 2018 Conference
Marian Dörk & Isabel Meirelles | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 3–5
Introduction: On the representational competence of images, texts and schematic elements
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 25:1 (2019) pp. 1–2
23 September 2019
User experience (ux) in health education apps: Interaction testing with physicians in a work context in Brazil
Eurides Castro Junior | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 203–219
A study on the comprehension of graphic representations of architectural project designs by elderly users
Ivana Figueiredo de Oliveira Aquino | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 254–269
How users find their way in hospitals: Contributions from a study on human information behaviour in wayfinding
Kelli C. A. Silva Smythe | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 236–253
Compass: A personal organization mobile app for individuals with mental disorders
Aurora Cristina Bunn Vieira da Silva & Juliana Bueno | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 220–235
Editorial
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 201–202
A discussion on the past, present and future of paper: An interview with Renée Yardley (Senior Vice-president Sales and Marketing for Rolland Papers) and Robert Mannix (Creative Papers Director for Antalis)
Thomas Bohm | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 277–286
User experience research and SoundCloud in Berlin: An interview with Brian Snead, senior user experience researcher at SoundCloud
Thomas Bohm | IDJ 24:3 (2018) pp. 270–276
18 April 2019
Analysis of graphic codes for colour representation: ColorADD and Feelipa Color Code in Portuguese companies
Mariana Iamaguti, Marcella Gadotti, Fernanda Henriques & Paula Trigueiros | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 116–130
Developing tools to support patients and healthcare providers when in conversation about obesity: The 5As Team program
Guillermina Noël, Thea Luig, Melanie Heatherington & Denise Campbell-Scherer | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 131–150
Effectiveness of homologous Thai letterforms presented in parafoveal vision
Rachapoom Punsongserm, Shoji Sunaga & Hisayasu Ihara | IDJ 24:2 (2018) p. 92
The impact of neglecting user-centered information design principles when delivering online information: Cyber security awareness websites as a case study
Maria dos Santos Lonsdale, David J. Lonsdale & Hye-Won Lim | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 151–177
HCI International Conference 2018: The 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 15–20 July 2018 | Caesar Palace, Las Vegas, USA
Claudio Henrique da Silva | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 197–199
Michael Mitchell & Susan Wightman. 2017. Typographic style handbook
Reviewed by Thomas Bohm | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 178–182
Editorial: Inclusive and user-centered information design
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 89–91
Design@Communities Award 2017: Doing, seeing, understanding
Andreas Schneider | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 190–196
Nigel Holmes on charts: Ways of seeing his work at Time Magazine
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 24:2 (2018) pp. 183–189
19 November 2018
Metaphoric moral framing and image-text relations in the op-ed genre
Ahmed Abdel-Raheem | IDJ 24:1 (2018) pp. 42–66
Discourse and place of speech in graphic/information design: Some philosophical considerations
Marcos N. Beccari | IDJ 24:1 (2018) pp. 67–79
An interface design for urban recreational walking: A practice-based case study
Brian Dixon | IDJ 24:1 (2018) pp. 26–41
Improving obesity prevention among university students through a tailored information design approach
Haoran Liao & Maria dos Santos Lonsdale | IDJ 24:1 (2018) p. 3
Information design in the Pan American Health Organization/ World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO): The Regional meeting on research to support front-of-package labeling (FOPL) regulation
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 24:1 (2018) pp. 85–87
A personal view
Karel van der Waarde | IDJ 24:1 (2018) pp. 80–84
Beyond the functionality and communicative efficiency of informational artifacts: Listening to and giving voice to users
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 24:1 (2018) pp. 1–2
18 May 2018
Applying design methods to care delivery science: Improving the care of minority children with uncontrolled asthma and their caregivers who present to six Emergency Departments in Chicago through a stakeholder-optimized discharge tool
Kim Erwin, Sarah Norell, Molly A. Martin, S. Margaret Paik, Valerie G. Press, Trevonne M. Thompson & Jerry A. Krishnan | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 248–267
Teaching advocacy and evidence-based design to undergraduate graphic design students
Claudine Jaenichen | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 334–356
Picture sheets as visual aids for medical consultations
Beatrice Kaufmann, Murielle Drack, Maja Steinlin, Sandra Bigi & Arne Scheuermann | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 290–309
Editorial: The value of information design in healthcare: Collaborating with healthcare practitioners to deliver better care
Guillermina Noël | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 245–247
The impact of design on research teams in health services: A case study of the significance of the design artifact for interdisciplinary research and the generation of theoretical and applied lines of inquiry
Helen Sanematsu & Larry D. Cripe | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 310–318
Introduction: Health Information Design: Building bridges, empowering people
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 243–244
Designing clinical guidelines to support effective decision-making in emergency surgery
Byron Thornhill, Eden Potter, Ivana Nakarada-Kordic & Steve Reay | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 268–289
A one-day transformation project for overdose emergency kits
Robert Waller & Stephanie VandenBerg | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 319–333
Welcome to the beginning
Kim Erwin & Jerry A. Krishnan | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 357–359
On the design of shared-decision making tools: An interview with Maggie Breslin & Ian Hargraves
Guillermina Noël | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 360–368
The role of information design in patient safety: An interview with Jorge Frascara & Keith King
Guillermina Noël | IDJ 23:3 (2017) pp. 369–375
3 November 2017
Approaching the design factor: In search of the graphic value Some thoughts on the nature of graphic design
Anna Calvera | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 194–207
Semiotic inquiry and distributed significations: The sole purpose of inquiry is to fix belief-habit
Bernard Darras | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 148–161
The semiotics of design in media visualization: Mereology and observation strategies
Maria Giulia Dondero | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 208–218
Visualizing triadic relations: Diagrams for Charles S. Peirce’s classifications of signs
Priscila Lena Farias & João Queiroz | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 127–147
Editorial
Priscila Lena Farias & João Queiroz | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 125–126
Inexplicable in the last resort: A critique of Theo van Leeuwen’s identification of typography as a ‘mode’
Shane Morrissy | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 184–193
The semiotics of non-virtuous data visualization: Why information design can never be pure
Steven Skaggs | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 219–233
From Semiotics to Choreography
David Sless | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 173–183
Introduction: Semiotics: a way of thinking & approaching information design
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 123–124
The What, Who, How & Why: Building interpretive support models for the design of pediatric health education materials
Willhemina Wahlin & Belinda Paulovich | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 162–172
Information design, research and practice
Reviewed by Jorge Frascara | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 238–242
Information Design—ID Theories
Reviewed by Virginia Tiradentes Souto | IDJ 23:2 (2017) pp. 234–237
20 July 2017
Proving the value of visual design in scientific communication
Karen Cheng, Yeechi Chen, Kevin Larson & Marco Rolandi | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 80–95
Creative data literacy: Bridging the gap between the data-haves and data-have nots
Catherine D'Ignazio | IDJ 23:1 (2017) p. 6
Visualization as assemblage: Exploring critical visualization practice
Patricio Dávila | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 19–31
One view is not enough: High-level visualizations of a large cultural collection
Marian Dörk, Christopher Pietsch & Gabriel Credico | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 39–47
Anticipative interfaces for emergency situations
Klaus Kremer | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 32–38
Designing diagrams for Wikipedia
Michele Mauri, Azzurra Pini & Paolo Ciuccarelli | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 65–79
Improving the quality of healthcare data through information design
Guillermina Noël, Janet Joy & Carmen Dyck | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 104–122
Visualising medical evidence on sepsis treatment: A case study about interactive graphics in scientific publishing
Will Stahl-Timmins | IDJ 23:1 (2017) p. 96
Subjectivity in personal storytelling with visualization
Alice Thudt, Charles Perin, Wesley Willett & Sheelagh Carpendale | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 48–64
Editorial: Information+ Special issue of IDJ
Isabel Meirelles & Katherine Gillieson | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 3–5
Introduction: Information visualization, a design challenge
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 23:1 (2017) pp. 1–2
19 January 2017
Swing Compass: A metaphorical and embodied approach to structuring choices for user reflection
Kenny K.N. Chow | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 221–236
Legibility of medicine labels: User studies on Chinese typefaces and font size for senior citizens in Hong Kong
Brian Sze-Hang Kwok | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 202–220
Improving information design practice: A closer look at conceptual design methods
Sheila Pontis & Michael Babwahsingh | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 249–265
Vision Plus 2015 Symposium Selected Articles
Clive James Richards | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 247–248
Information design opportunities with augmented reality applications
Patricia Search | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 237–246
Unbounded: Integrating real-world problems into an undergraduate information design course
Susan Verba & Sarah Tinker Perrault | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 266–280
The design of information on Ibuprofen: A minor headache?
Karel van der Waarde | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 281–297
HCI International Conference 2016: 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
17–22 July 2016 | Westin Harbor Castle Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Judith Moldenhauer | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 298–299
Information+ Conference: A necessary reflection. 16–18 June 2016 | Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada
Guillermina Noël | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 300–301
Editorial
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 22:3 (2016) pp. 199–201
11 November 2016
The design of RutaCL: Developing and measuring performance for highway typeface
IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 127–146
Radi(c)al departures: Comparing conventional octolinear versus concentric circles schematic maps for the Berlin U-Bahn/S-Bahn networks using objective and subjective measures of effectiveness
IDJ 22:2 (2016) p. 92
The virtual railway station: Wayfinding experiences in a virtual environment and their application to reality
Veronika Egger (is-design GmbH) | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 116–126
What next for legible cities: An assessment of the potential future for urban wayfinding
Tim Fendley | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 165–171
Railway in Mexico: Understanding history through information design
Maria González de Cossío | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 147–164
Information design in nautical charts: Dynamic NoGo areas
Thomas Porathe | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 82–91
Continuity in travel information
Oliver Wrede | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 172–178
Licht. Sehen. Gestalten. by Walter Witting
Reviewed by Veronika Egger (is-design GmbH) | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 179–180
Current status of ISO 7001 Graphical symbols: Public information symbols
Keiichi Koyama | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 181–186
Standards and literature on wayshowing
Peter Simlinger | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 187–197
Editorial
Peter Simlinger | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 80–81
Introduction
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 22:2 (2016) pp. 77–79
28 July 2016
Does detail matter? The effect of visual detail in line drawings on task execution
Kerstin Alexander, Andreas Schubert & Michael Meng | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 49–61
Investigating typographic differentiation: Italics are more subtle than bold for emphasis
Mary C. Dyson & Sofie Beier | IDJ 22:1 (2016) p. 3
International Design Congress 2015—Eeum: Design Connects
Priscila Lena Farias | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 72–73
Challenges: ATypI annual conference
Christopher Hammerschmidt | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 70–71
HCI International Conference 2015
Aaron Marcus | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 66–67
Emotions in design: Considering user experience for tangible and ambient interaction in control rooms
Jennie Schaeffer & Rikard Lindell | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 19–31
7th IDIC: Information Design International Conference (CIDI 2015)
Virginia Tiradentes Souto | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 68–69
Optimization of assembly instructions for a low-cost housing solution
Carmen Torres-Sanchez, Changxi Huang & Garry Steel | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 32–48
A curator's reflection GraphicsRCA: Fifty Years and Beyond
Teal Triggs | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 74–75
Comparative Causal Mapping: The CMAP3 Method by Mauri Laukkanen & Mingde Wang
Reviewed by Stephania Padovani | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 62–65
Editorial
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 22:1 (2016) pp. 1–2
7 January 2016
Typography in patient information leaflets for mobile devices: Typesetting information about medicinal products
Christopher Hammerschmidt | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 244–259
An evidence-based template proposal for patient information leaflets
Leo Lentz, Henk Pander Maat & Daphne Dost | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 225–243
The effect of text layout on performance: A comparison between types of questions that require different reading processes
Maria dos Santos Lonsdale | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 279–299
Data-driven techniques to assist design of perceptually effective visual displays
Xiaojuan Ma | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 207–224
Persuasive Technology 2015
Aaron Marcus | IDJ 21:3 (2014) p. 302
Navigation and orientation in smartphone interfaces: A user-centered study
Stephania Padovani, Paula R. Napo, André Schlemmer & Eron M.C. Rocha | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 260–278
Introduction
Carla G. Spinillo | IDJ 21:3 (2014) p. 185
Encoding complex data in popular science genetics illustrations
Han Yu | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 189–206
Editorial
Karel van der Waarde | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 186–188
Lorri Zipperer (Editor) Knowledge management in Healthcare
Reviewed by Jorge Frascara & Guillermina Noël | IDJ 21:3 (2014) pp. 300–301
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Call for Papers
IDJ Call for Papers
Information Design in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Two years on since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of the virus still reverberate across almost every aspect of life. As society adjusts itself to a ‘new normal’, researchers from a wide range of areas all over the world have either joined forces in finding solutions to an unprecedent health crisis, investigating its effects or, in some cases, facing new challenges and finding new opportunities in their ways of doing research.
This special issue of the Information Design Journal will be dedicated to papers addressing the contribution of Information Design in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Human-centred research to help understand and/or tackle a global pandemic.
- The design and evaluation of informative materials on COVID-19 prevention and treatment.
- Responses to the impact of COVID-19 on research in design.
- Adapting to a new way of research by conducting online remote research method, hybrid research methods, etc.
- Data visualization and scientific communication of COVID-19.
- COVID-19 and data journalism.
- Perspectives on how information design changed and adapted during and post Covid.
- Where is Information Design going next?
For the benefit of production efficiency, the publisher and the editor ask you to follow the following submission guidelines strictly. Papers that do not follow these guidelines will be returned to the author.
- Contributions should be consistent in their use of language and spelling.
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- Articles are to be submitted electronically through IDJ Editorial Manager – EM.
The deadline to submit papers for this special call is 30 April 2022. Any submissions after this date will be returned to the author.
Subjects
Communication Studies
Linguistics
Psychology
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AK: Industrial / commercial art & design
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LAN004000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies