Information Design Journal

Volume 15, Issue 2 (2007)

2007. 104 pp.

Publishing status: Available

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.15.2

Table of Contents

Creating effective illustrations for pictorial assembly instructions Peter Schumacher	97–109
Problems in the Field
Laying out software architecture diagrams Jim Curran	110–113
Does typographic design of examination materials affect performance? Maria dos Santos Lonsdale	114–139
Research Challenges in Text, Discourse and Communication Max M. Louwerse	139
Language quake: Symbolic activity in information design Maria Giaele Infantino	140–143
Website hierarchy and the interaction between content organization, webpage and navigation design: A systemic functional hypermedia discourse analysis perspective Emilia Djonov	144–162
Interview
Ten years after: An interview with Karen Schriver about the lasting impact of the Dynamics of Document Design Saul Carliner	163–170
Weighing-up line weights: The value of differing line thickness in technical illustrations Clive James Richards	171–181
Research Watch	182–189
Book Reviews
Edward R. Tufte. Beautiful Evidence. Graphics Press LLC, Cheshire, Connecticut, 2006. Reviewed by Yuri Engelhardt	190–193
Luuk van Waes, Mariëlle Leijten and Chris Neuwirth (Eds.) Writing and digital media. Studies in writing, 17. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006. Reviewed by Mike Z. Yao	193–195

Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Psychology

Cognitive psychology

Main BIC Subject

GTC: Communication studies

Main BISAC Subject

LAN004000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies