David Sless
List of John Benjamins publications in which David Sless is involved.
Journal
ISSN 0142-5471 | E‑ISSN 1569‑979X
2023 Pondering a persistent paradigm Information Design Journal 28:2, pp. 113–114 | Editorial
2022 Wayfinding and waygiving Information Design Journal 27:2, pp. 141–143 | Editorial
2019 IDJ at my side Information Design Journal 25:3, pp. 326–330 | Article
David Sless’s journey to information designer coincides with the history of IDJ. David’s first paper was published in the second issue (1979). David’s journey alongside IDJ included the generosity of Peter Simlinger of IIID (1980s) and the encouragement of Paul Stiff of Reading University (1990s). read more
2017 From Semiotics to Choreography Semiotics: A way of thinking & approaching information design, Farias, Priscila Lena and João Queiroz (eds.), pp. 173–183 | Article
2008 Measuring information design Highlights of Vision Plus 12: Information Design - Achieving Measurable Results, Strand, Lennart and Peter Simlinger (eds.), pp. 250–258 | Article
This paper was originally given as a keynote presentation to the IIID Vision Plus 12 Conference held in Schwarzenberg, Vorarlberg, Austria in 2007. Presentations are not papers and in some respects they do not translate one into the other. I have edited it for this Journal as a stand-alone piece;… read more
2004 Designing public documents Information Design Journal 12:1, pp. 24–35 | Article
1998 A rejoinder from David Sless Information Design Journal 9:1, pp. 27–28 | Miscellaneous
1998 Building the bridge across the years and disciplines Information Design Journal 9:1, pp. 3–10 | Article
1996 Early travels through information design Information Design Journal 8:3, pp. 228–232 | Article
1991 Designing a new bill for Telecom Australia Information Design Journal 6:3, pp. 255–257 | Article
1990 Information design methods and productivity in the insurance industry Information Design Journal 6:2, pp. 103–129 | Article
This paper discusses the management and execution of an information design project, undertaken in Australia, for a large insurance company. The project provided the opportunity to use well developed principles of information design, project planning and management, and methods for dealing with… read more
1986 Reading semiotics Information Design Journal 4:3, pp. 179–189 | Article
This paper presents a general and non-technical overview of semiotics and its recent history. The importance of Peirce and Saussure as founding fathers of contemporary semiotics is discussed and the debate they precipitated is mapped out including some of the peculiar characteristics of semiotics… read more
1984 Sorts Information Design Journal 4:2, pp. 172–173 | Miscellaneous
1980 Communications to the editor Information Design Journal 1:4, pp. 285–288 | Miscellaneous
1979 Image design and modification: An experimental project in transforming Information Design Journal 1:2, pp. 74–80 | Article
This paper reports an experimental pedagogic investigation of design behaviour. The subjects were design students and they were required to modify an image on the basis of feedback from a target audience. Results showed a consistent improvement in performance of the image with successive… read more