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       Information Design Journal

Information Design Journal is an international refereed journal
which provides a forum for theoretical and practice-oriented
discussions concerning the effective, efficient and attractive
presentation of information. Topics include the design of
infographics, public information signs, forms, product labelling,
typography, instructions for use, user interfaces, websites and
instuctional textbooks.

CONTENTS (Volume 11, issue 1):
- Editorial introduction: From avionics to aviation information
   architecture (Piet Westendorp & Karel van der Waarde)

THEME: Information design for Air traffic
- Displays in air traffic control: Arrival/Departure
   coordination. (Markus Ort)
- Designing for the future advanced controller displays.
   (Ed Knapen & Ernst Kesseler)
- Computer graphics in the cockpit.
   (Erik Theunissen & Tim Etherington)
- Displaying multi-domain graphical databases: an evaluation
   of scanning clutter, display size, and user activity.
   (Paul Kroft & Christopher Wickens)

CARTOON
Romedi Passini

CONFERENCE: InfoDesign 2000 conference Coventry
- A model of genre in document layout.
   (Judy Delin, John Bateman, Patrick Allen)
- Social issues infotainment: Using emotions and entertainment
   to attract readers' attention in social issues leaflets.
   (Judy Gregory)
- Designing Information Design. (Dino Karabeg)

Selected conference summaries
- Usability evaluations: what it can tell you - and what it
   can't. (Caroline Jarrett)
- How can we support effective reading from screen? (Mary Dyson)
- Only just: the role of information design in legal
   communication. (Frances Rock)
- A unifying framework for analyzing graphic representations.
   (Yuri Engelhardt)
- Fun (or what playing games might tell us about information,
   representation and interaction). (Nigel Power)
- The importance of design to the success of online courses
   (Audrey Cantley)
- Between philosophy and panacea: some thoughts on the
   philosophy of information design.(David Sless)

SUMMARY OF AN INFODESIGN-CAFE DISCUSSION
- Classifying information types (Michael Andrews)

BOOK REVIEW
Agnes Kukulska-Hulme: 'Language and Communication: Essential
concepts for user interface and documentation design'.
(Michael J. Albers)


The accompanying website:
http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=IDJ_11_1

This issue can be ordered from:
John Benjamins Publishing Company (Amsterdam/Philadelphia)
http://www.benjamins.com/idj
e-mail: [email protected]

Subscriptions include access to the electronic edition with
full text.
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InfoDesign Journalwatch is compiled and edited by Piet Westendorp
and Karel van der Waarde. Suggestions for titles are welcome,
and may be sent to: [email protected]

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