Re: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)

There will be many, many stories which reflect on Piet's wit, wisdom, generosity and support. Personally, I am indebted to him in several ways for the direction of my on-going PhD research. His very thorough PhD has provided a key part of my literature research, as well as other references personally given through e-mails. In 2006, I was treated to a personal tour of the wonderful and unique Delft archive of user instructions - a veritable Aladdin's Cave. His co-authored book remains the primary popular text on the subject. He deserves to be remembered - along with many other things I am sure - as one who played a major role in demonstrating the importance of user instructions as graphic communication.

Paul Linnell



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From: [email protected] on behalf of Carina Andersson
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Subject: Re: InfoD-Cafe: Piet Westendorp (1950 - 2008)
 
It is such piece of bad news to hear that Piet Westendorp is no longer with us. I am my colleague at Mälardalen University (department of Information Design) have met him both in Sweden and in Holland. I find it difficult to understand... he was such a vivid person. May I in this forum express my condolences to his family and friends?

Carina Andersson


Carina Andersson
PhD-student
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Mälardalen University
Box 325
SE-631 05 Eskilstuna
Sweden
Phone: +46 (0)16-15 36 89
Cellphone: +46 (0)73-182 23 19
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Från: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] För Jose de Souza
Skickat: den 30 november 2008 14:55
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Colleagues,

Shocking and sad news.

Piet Westendorp's work was an inspiration for my PhD research on software instructions.
Indeed, his contribution will continue to inspire and inform many designers,
including colleagues from the Portuguese and Brazilian community, which I came from.

José


2008/11/30 Karel van der Waarde <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Dear list,

This morning, I received a message from Piet Westendorp's partner
that Piet passed away on November 19th.

His achievements in Information Design and many related areas are substantial.

To pick just three out of his long lists of publications and presentations:
- co-author of 'Open Here. The art of instructional design' (1999)
- editor of Information Design Journal (2000-2004)
- guest editor of a Visible language issue on 'Visual metaphors in
user instructions' (2007)

However, just mentioning a few publications does not do justice to
his influence on education, research and practice. His involvement in
the Technical Universities of Delft and Eindhoven (the Netherlands),
his publications in a variety of research areas, and his continuous
involvement in commercial practice made him a true all-round
professional.

Piet Westendorp has been a remarkable person. I'll miss his clarity
of thinking and his direct aproach, but even more, I'll miss his
inspirational enthusiasm and curiosity.

Kind regards,
Karel.
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José Marconi Bezerra de Souza
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