Piet Westendorp
List of John Benjamins publications for which Piet Westendorp plays a role.
2004 Presentation media for route instructions for pedestrians in urban environments Information Design Journal 12:1, pp. 5–18 | Article
GPS-based route-guidance systems are used for various types of transport, such as airplanes, boats, cars and motorbikes. Such systems have also been developed for pedestrians, focusing initially on hikers in rough terrain. Recently, some devices were developed for pedestrians in urban environments. read more
2003 Editorial: From avionics to aviation information architecture Information Design Journal 11:1, pp. 1–3 | Miscellaneous
2003 Editorial Information Design Journal 11:2/3, pp. 103–105 | Miscellaneous
2001 Editorial introduction Theme: Bertin; Conference: Vision +6, pp. 1–3 | Article
2001 Icons: Support or substitute? Theme: Pictograms, pp. 91–94 | Article
1987 De Gebruiksaanwijzing Bestaat Niet Communicatie in bedrijf en beroep, pp. 118–132 | Article
Various fields of research are valuable for the writer of user manuals: readability (formulas), ergonomics, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, instructional research and typography. Elements of these fields appear in 'How to write manuals books'. Yet these books do not answer the writer's… read more