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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 10, issue 2):
* Editorial
- Icons: Support or substitute?
  P. Westendorp & K. van der Waarde

* Theme: Pictograms
- Images as the text: Pictographs and pictographic logic
  J. Drucker & J. McGann (pp 95-106)
- Development and testing of the IIID safety symbols system
  N. Olgyay (pp 107-114)
- Graphical symbols for consumer products in an international 
  context. F. Brigham (pp 115-123)
- Predictors of pictorial symbol comprehension
  S. Young & M. Wogalter (pp 124-132)
- The view from the drawing board or, what I have learned from 
  Otto Neurath and Gerd Arntz (and jazz). N. Holmes (pp 133-143)

* Conference: IDN conference, Cambridge 1999
- Processing text and pictures in procedural instructions
  F. Ganier (pp 146-153)
- An exploratory study of reading procedural pictorial sequences
  C. Spinillo & M.C. Dyson (pp 154-168)

* Additional papers
- Iconicity, diagrammatics and aesthetic preferences: a semiotic 
  perspective on visual literacy and information design
  A. Kazmierczak (pp 176-187)

* Case study
- Sabre booking system
  A. Marcus (pp 188-206)

* Book reviews
- James Elkins: The domain of images
  Reviewed by Carey Jewitt
- Patrick Jordan: Designing pleasurable products: an introduction
  to the new human factors
  Reviewed by Michael Andrews
- Per Mollerup: Marks of excellence
  Reviewed by Alex Visser
- Mark Monmonier: Air apparent: How meteorologists learned to
  map, predict, and dramatize weather
  Reviewed by Alard Weisscher
- Alan J. Munro, Kristina Hook, David Benyon (Eds.): Social 
  navigation of information space
  Reviewed by Dena Fletcher
- Richard Saul Wurman: Understanding USA
  Reviewed by Alan Davis

The accompanying website: http://www.benjamins.com/idj

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

Single issue:
  Institutional/Library/Company: EURO 34.10 / USD 34.00
  Prices exclude 6% VAT for EU residents. Postage included.
  IIID members receive issue 10(1) as part of their membership.

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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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