Robert Waller
List of John Benjamins publications for which Robert Waller plays a role.
Journal
Articles
2019.
This paper goes back to the 1970s, the decade when IDJ was born, to recall a collaboration with Marie Neurath of the Isotype Institute. The project challenged a widely published research project on Isotype charts by psychologist Magdalen Vernon, and the original sketches and design drafts are used… read more | Article
A one-day transformation project for overdose emergency kits. Health Information Design, Noël, Guillermina (ed.), pp. 319–333
2017. Article
Borries Schwesinger. The Form Book. Healthcare Information, Simlinger, Peter (ed.), pp. 275–278
2010. Review
2007.
This study combined three research methodologies to inform the choice of a typeface for signs at London’s Heathrow Airport. The methodologies were legibility testing, qualitative consumer research, and expert review. The study showed that, contrary to a number of expert predictions, the serifed… read more | Article
Branding and relationship communications. Information and Document Design: Varieties on Recent Research, Carliner, Saul, Jan Piet Verckens and Cathy de Waele (eds.), pp. 27–59
2006. Article
The transformer revisited. Information Design Journal 9:2/3, pp. 177–193
2000. Written in 1974 while the authors were with the Open University, this paper first appeared in the 1976 Penrose Annual. The original abstract, written by the Penrose editor, read: Break down the barriers in the interests of the reader. Take responsibility for the success or failure of the… read more | Article
1986.
Miscellaneous
1984.
Review
1984.
This paper describes a case history of the design of a government form. In particular, three kinds of problem are identified and discussed: contextual problems of relevance and interpretation; problems of reading sequence and conditional branching instructions; and a range of typographic problems.… read more | Article
Daniel B Felker, Frances Pickering, Veda R Charrow, V Melissa Holland, Janice C Redish, Guidelines for document designers. Information Design Journal 3:2, p.
1982. Review
Administrative forms in governmen, Forms under control, Sir Derek Rayner, Review of administrative forms: report to the Prime Minister. Information Design Journal 3:2, pp. 142–148
1982. Review
1981.
Article
Ruari McLean, The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography. Information Design Journal 2:2, pp. 143–144
1981. Review
Jan V. White, Graphic idea notebook, Philip Thompson and Peter Davenport, The dictionary of visual language, Edward Booth-Clibborn and Daniele Baroni, The language of graphics. Information Design Journal 2:1, pp. 59–61
1981. Review
1979.
Although functional objectives have concerned designers for many years, and psychologists have published research on issues related to graphic design, fruitful cooperation between the two specialisms has only rarely been achieved. In this paper it is suggested that the traditional objectives and… read more | Article