Information design

Information design is a discipline that deals with the intelligible and target audience, preparing information to enable the most effective and efficient use of people. The Information Design is located between the disciplines of computer science, graphic design and psychology. Information designers working for various target media, so for example for print media as well as web pages.

Basics

The frequent use of many technical devices has become commonplace for many people around the world. You need to process a lot of information in a very short time and adapt to new situations. This can lead to information overload. These issues play an important role in the psychology of perception.

"Information design is defined as the art and science of preparing information so it can be used by did human beings with efficiency and effectiveness. "

"Information design is defined as the art and science of information processing, so that this information can be used by people with efficiency and effectiveness. "

" Efficient " and "effective" So these are the keywords that turns out one of the founders of this new discipline as the main characteristics of good information presentation.

Information Design is also regarded as an integrator between the individual disciplines of information technology.

The strictly logical mathematical presentation of information does not correspond to the human perception and processing of information. In contrast, for example, the display includes Chernoff faces is well adapted to human perception.

Study

Information design, there are some universities as a separate course or as a focal point of a design program.

  • Berlin Technical Art School - Information and Interface Design
  • Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle - Information Design (selectable as a focus in Communication Design (BA ) )
  • Danube University Krems - Information Design (MA), Short Programs: Information Design (AE), information design (CP )
  • Fachhochschule Münster - information design
  • Fachhochschule Potsdam - Interface Design
  • Fachhochschule Würzburg -Schweinfurt - Communication Design (BA ), Information Design (MA)
  • FH JOANNEUM - Information Design
  • University of Augsburg - Information Design / Infographics (selectable as a focus (technical grade) in Communication Design (BA ) )
  • Stuttgart Media University - Information Design
  • University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd - interaction design and communication design
  • College of Art and Design Basel - Visual Communication
  • College of Design Würzburg - Information Design and Communication Design (Master)
  • University of the Arts Bremen - Integrated design: people and information
  • University of Technology and Economics Berlin - Communication Design / Information Design
  • School of Design Ravensburg - Communication Design / Information Design
  • University of the Arts Berlin - Class Designing Visual Systems at the Institute for Transmedia Design
  • Zurich University of the Arts - Visual Communication (Bachelor) / Visual Systems (Master)
  • Rhine-Waal University - Information & Communication Design ( Bachelor's degree ( English) )
  • Niederrhein University - Faculty of Design; ( Information design, design - Selectable in Communication Design (BA ) )
Perceptual psychology Information visualization
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