TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving information design practice
T2 - A closer look at conceptual design methods
AU - Pontis, Sheila
AU - Babwahsingh, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - As novel tools and techniques for visualizing information grow popular, many information design solutions are increasingly demonstrating high technical and visual sophistication, but often at the expense of thoughtful, effective communication. This recurring phenomenon highlights an overemphasis on the production of design outputs and failure to understand the initial problem, content, and audience early in a project. We assert that ineffective information design results primarily from a lack of rigor in the conceptual stage of the design process, when critical decisions determine the end result. We propose 23 methods information designers may adopt to reinforce their conceptual design activities.
AB - As novel tools and techniques for visualizing information grow popular, many information design solutions are increasingly demonstrating high technical and visual sophistication, but often at the expense of thoughtful, effective communication. This recurring phenomenon highlights an overemphasis on the production of design outputs and failure to understand the initial problem, content, and audience early in a project. We assert that ineffective information design results primarily from a lack of rigor in the conceptual stage of the design process, when critical decisions determine the end result. We propose 23 methods information designers may adopt to reinforce their conceptual design activities.
KW - Conceptual design
KW - Design process
KW - Information design
KW - Methods
KW - Professional practice
KW - Understanding
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U2 - 10.1075/idj.22.3.06pon
DO - 10.1075/idj.22.3.06pon
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009798670
SN - 0142-5471
VL - 22
SP - 249
EP - 265
JO - Information Design Journal
JF - Information Design Journal
IS - 3
ER -