The downloadable PDF (above) has more information about the timing of each session.
Correct at 23 March 2012. Please note the programme may change.
Thursday 12 April
Keynote: Per Mollerup, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
Per Mollerup ran the Copenhagen information design agency Designlab for twenty-five years, before moving to Melbourne where he is Professor of Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology. He holds a doctorate from Lund University, Sweden, and is President Elect of the IIID. His books include Wayshowing, Marks of Excellence, Collapsibles and Brandbook.
Wayfinding
Smart wayfinding on street and on app – a case study in Derby city centre
Sue Manley1, Guy Warren1, Jo Mckiernan2, 1Placemarque, London, UK; 2Arup, London, UK
Map design: a wayshowing experiment in Sweden and China using maps in different orientations
Thomas Porathe1, Zhengjie Liu2, 1Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden;2Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, China
Network Rail: wayfinding guidelines and specifications for managed stations
Fred Gangemi, Juan Rioseco, Steer Davies Gleave, London, UK
Information design for interaction
Labels and buttons on forms: a review of the evidence
Caroline Jarrett, Effortmark Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, UK
Inclusive and accessible information design for self service terminals
Jenny Darzentas, John Darzentas, University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece
Document design
Tune in or tune out: readers and document typography
Jeanne-Louise Moys, University of Reading, UK
Designing on-screen literacy materials for children with dyslexia: exploring the issues
Myra Thiessen, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Data visualisation
Interactive information graphics and comics – the future of a dynamic relationship
Hans-Martin Rall1, Wibke Weber2, 1Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; 2Stuttgart Media University, Germany
Information design interventions for data dissemination of Census India, 2011
Rupesh Vyas, Sangeeta Balasubramani, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
Data visualisation to develop social and political awareness
Maria Gonzalez de Cossio1,2, Lourdes Fuentes1, 1CEAD, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico,; 2Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico
(Animated) graphics with a cause: Neurath, Rosling, and data visualisation in contemporary documentaries
Yuri Engelhardt, Ekaterina Yudin, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Seeing is believing: the comparative effects of textual vs visual presentation of the health impacts of climate change on attitudes and behavioural intentions of the UK general public
Will Stahl-Timmins1,3, Sabine Pahl2, Michael Depledge3,1, Anthony Lilley4, 1European Centre for Environment and Human Health, Truro, UK; 2University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK; 3Peninsula Medical School, Devon & Cornwall, UK; 4Magic Lantern, London, UK
Beauty and the beast: a critique of data visualisations
Sally Bigwood, Plain Figures, Wakefield, UK
Poster session
The first IIIDaward
Martin Foessleitner, International Institute for Information Design
Why statistical graphs use dots instead of lines and lines instead of areas?
Ana Alexandrino da Silva, Cohesion Policy (NRSF) Observatory, Lisbon, Portugal
The promise and the pitfalls of a personal project
Robert Hempsall1, Caroline Jarrett2, 1Independent designer; 2Effortmark Ltd, Leighton Buzzard, UK
MeeTTable: a multi-user, multi-touch meeting room table and design planning application to support collaborative design planning meetings
Kevin O’Mahony, Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
Visual explanations for the Hong Kong community
Brian Kwok, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
A signage system proposal for Anadolu University’s main campus
Mehtap Uygungöz1, Bengisu Kelesoglu1, Gökhan Numanoglu2, 1Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey; 2Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
New integrated urban systems of visual communication: contributions to greater legibility of the historic centre of V.N.Gaia
Alexandra Cabral, University of Porto, Portugal
Visual dialogues: ‘Pakistani Truck Art’ a metaphoric literacy
Hena Ali, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
Bilingual wayfinding systems in the Arab Gulf economic cities
Sara Eid, Dar Alhekma College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
The role of information design in improving health literacy and relationships between users and healthcare system in Portuguese context
Mónica Santos, University of Porto, Portugal
Unlocking the small print
Rob Waller, The Simplification Centre, London, UK
A new tourist map for European cities: design contributions that increase reading speed
Luisa do Valle, University of Porto, Portugal
The Data Journalism Handbook: Version 0.1
Liliana Bounegru1,3, Jonathan Gray2,3, 40+ international contributors4,3, 1European Journalism Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 2Open Knowledge Foundation, Cambridge, UK, 3Mozilla Festival 2011, London, UK, 440+ organisations worldwide
Friday 13 April
IIID update: Clive Richards (President, IIID), Brighton University, UK
Language and content
We need to talk about... content strategy
David Farbey, Medidata Solutions Worldwide Inc., New York, USA; Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
Turning conscripts into revolutionaries: Introducing clear English and basic information design to a deeply resistant audience
Abi Searle-Jones, and/or/if, Northants, UK
A (necessarily) linguistic approach to a communication problem: marketing-prompted conversations in bank branches
Judy Delin, Roe Delin Ltd, London, UK
Collaboration in design
Visualising the process of transformation
Pia Pedersen, Kolding School of Design, Kolding, Denmark
Two heads are better than one: a first-hand report on a collaborative approach to information design and sciences
Marek Kultys, Independent Designer and Researcher, London, UK
Just enough content management: a case study in managing user-contributed information on a public website
Mark Barratt, Text Matters, Reading, UK
The role of the transformer in the Natural History Museum in the 1970s
Sue Perks, University of Reading, UK
Case study: teaching information design: why? what? where? to whom?
John Darzentas, Jenny Darzentas, University of the Aegean, Syros, Greece
Information design for health
Effects of deliberately puzzling HIV and AIDS billboards in South Africa
Carel Jansen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Reducing violence and aggression in A&E through a better experience
Sally Halls1, Francesca Ulivari1, Tom Lloyd1, Gianpaolo Fusari2, 1PearsonLloyd, London, UK; 2Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, London, UK
Case study: designing a pain assessment scale for people with dementia and their carers
Alison Black1, Annette Gibb2, Sarah Barker1, Clare Leake1, Mari Longworth2, Luke Solomons2,1University of Reading, UK; 2Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, UK
Pictograms and visual representations on drug bags: a communicative approach
Tingyi S. Lin, National Taiwan University of Science & Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
Designing effective medicine labels for senior citizens in Hong Kong
Brian Kwok, Keith Tam, School of Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Addressing the ‘daunt factor’: the effect of user-centred design in medicine leaflets
David Dickinson, Suzy Gallina, Consumation Ltd, London, UK
Concluding remarks: Rob Waller (Chair, Information Design Association), The Simplification Centre, London, UK
Information Design Association Annual General Meeting