Information Design Journal

Volume 17, Issue 1 (2009)

2009. ii, 82 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 24 July 2009

https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.17.1

Table of Contents

Integrated information systems: A professional field for information designers Aaron Marcus	4–21
The idX mission: Information Design Exchange Frank Cronk and Jill Dacey	22–30
Using eye tracking technology to examine the effectiveness of design elements on news websites Sauman Chu, Nora Paul and Laura Ruel	31–43
Interview
An interview with Clay Spinuzzi Saul Carliner	44–51
Hot Topics in Information Research and Design	52
Cross-cultural experiences: Modelling observations - developing an international conference on Information Design Andreas Schneider	53–56
Signs and politics Pierre Germain	57–59
Research and Design Watch	60–64
Computer- vs. paper-based tasks: Are they equivalent?' Jim Curran	61
Towards an account of intuitiveness Jim Curran	61
Skittish skits and scanty silhouettes: The tribulations of gender in modern signage Aaron Marcus	62
Otto Neurath's Isotype and the rhetoric of neutrality Aaron Marcus	62
Keynote address by Meredith Davis Jill Dacey	62
Design research and academic disciplines Jorge Frascara	62–63
Inklings: From mind to page in research Jorge Frascara	63–64
Book Reviews
Kim Baer. Information Design Workbook: Graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration plus 30 case studies. Reviewed by Gordon Akwera	65–67
Review of Otto Neurath. The language of the global polis and Ed Annink and Max Bruinsma. Lovely language. Robin Kinross	68–72
Jun Shinohara. Letters tell: Listen before you start to design. Reviewed by Keiichi Koyama	73
Radan Martinec & Theo van Leeuwen. The Language of New Media Design: Theory and Practice. Reviewed by Kelley K. Gottschang	74–75
John A. Bateman. Multimodality and genre: A foundation for the systematic analysis of multimodal documents. Reviewed by Patricia Wright	76–77
Edo Smitshuijzen. Signage Design Manual. Reviewed by Regina Henze	78
Bill Moggridge. Designing Interactions Reviewed by Lisa Ehrenstrasser	79–80

Subjects and metadata

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Pragmatics

Psychology

Cognitive psychology