Information+Design

 toc =Information Design=

The dictionary definition of design is “to create, fashion, execute, or construct according to plan’, and for information is “the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence”. Therefore, Information Design is a process of “data representation”. In an analysis of Information Design one discovers the tools, or ways used to expose that information in maximum understandable way for the reader.
 * //What is Information Design?//**

One of the most compelling targets for upcoming generation will be how to integrate the information in digital world to make it valuable and empowering experience for others.

//**Designed Information (stuff) scattered around us:**//
 * Books,
 * [|Telephone directory],
 * Shopping catalog,
 * [|Daily newspaper] (both in hard copy and in Soft copy),
 * [|Television programs] (comprises of proper scripts and research, and also proper editing).

Why?

 * //Why do we need a design for presenting any information?//**

The question is a worthwhile because a simple answer might be to communicate information, but in fact there is lot more involved than a simple design of communication. We are living in an information age, and all of us are packed among these information. We eat, we sleep and we think about the information that we consume. The only difference is how we perceive it, and than how metabolizes it. This leads us to the conclusion that this system is perceive is not universal” and everyone looks from a different perspective and also react in a different ways. To some extent there is a design of information, but what we need is a design of the design, which will easily conceivable

How?

 * //How can we assemble the current information and the imminent ones?//**

Designing an interactive system is one of the compelling problems that modern cyber world is facing a lot. Not only information is present in bulks, but is also scattered everywhere. In order to make some standards, and effective interactive system, one should get awareness with the existing designs. However, as active actor of this information age it hard to believe on such impeccable diffused information system, but this state of mind is there before we consider Nathan Shedroff. According to Nathan Shedroff the process of creating such design is roughly similar in any medium. He further enhances that issues such as apply across all types of media and experiences, because they directly address the phenomena of information overload, information anxiety, media literacy, media immersion, and technological overload--all which need better solutions. The process of Information Interaction Design can address the intersection of these issues.

Another aspect presented by Dirk Knemeyer is how Information design (ID) is as integrator that brings other disciplines together to create excellent information solutions, and also must be open to to any and every discipline of field of thoughts". For this he purposes constant research of human behaviors in responding to that information, because according to him "Better understanding of these factors will enable us to create the best possible information, interfaces and communications."

Conclusion
In conclusion, we have to work towards standardising the design of any Information. This could be done, by making an analysis (or survey) of a design which easily conceivable by majority of the people. Therefore, if something is easily understandable by most of the people than that rule of thumb must be implemented, not on a local base but globaly, and this is not hard if we have people like Nathan Shedroff, and Dirk Knemeyer (atleast to give us a boost).

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Work sited

 * David, Benyon, Phil Turner, and Susan Turner. __Designing Interactive Systems__. Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited, 2005.
 * http://www.informationdesign.org/
 * http://www.iiid.net/
 * http://www.design-council.org.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=6004&Section/@id=1305
 * http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/unified/2.html
 * http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/information_design_the_understanding_discipline
 * http://alistapart.com/articles/curse/
 * http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/course.html#information