Announcements of events and new publications, with occasional reports and discussions

InfoDesign | 1 Jun 2011 11:32

InfoD: New Masters degree course: Traffic & Transport Information Design


 ** New Masters degree course **

    Traffic & Transport Information Design

The International Institute for Information Design (IIID) announces 
its first international MSc course. It is the first in a row of courses 
IIID is authorized to operate under the auspices of UNESCO. 

The course is organized by IIID in cooperation with 
FH St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria.

The five semester MSc course will start this autumn. It is based on 
distance teaching and has one blocked module, once every semester, 
on the spot at the FH St. Poelten, Austria. The language of instruction 
is English. 

Traffic & Transport Information Design not only embraces subjects like 
wayshowing, wayfinding and signage design, it also covers sound, haptic 
and olfactoric information, mobile devices, global navigation satellite 
and in-car navigation systems, real-time traffic information, danger warning, 
rescue and escape information, evaluation methods and contract management.

Detailed course description and curriculum at: 
http://www.iiid.net/TT_ID_MSc/TTInformationDesignMSc.aspx
and
http://www.fhstp.ac.at/weiterbildung/traffic-transport-information-design

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InfoDesign | 8 Apr 2011 14:20

InfoD: Call for papers - Information Design International Conference, Brazil


    ** 5th Information Design International Conference **
       Florianopolis island, Brazil 
       28th to 31st August, 2011

Web: http://www.sbdi.org.br/congresso2011/novo/en/index.php

The deadline for submitting abstracts is April 17th. 

** The 5th Information Design International Conference,
A joint event with The 4th Brazilian Conference of Information Design and 
The 5th Information Design Student Conference [CONGIC]. 
The formers are scientific events promoted every two years by
the SBDI - The Brazilian Society of Information Design and they aim at
gathering professionals, researchers and students to discuss information
design issues. The Congic | Information Design Student Conference, on
the other hand, is a scientific event addressed to students and recently
graduated professionals who have developed research in this field. The
combined promotion of the events constitutes an advantageous opportunity
for intellectual collaboration among researchers, professionals and
students from Brazil and abroad. We will be delighted to have you
attending these events!

** Themes 
The submission of papers for the three events shall be in
accordance with the following themes: Education: aspects and issues
regarding the role of information design in education. Studies about
information design programmes in higher education, educational material,
methods and approaches for teaching and learning within an information
design perspective are sought. History and Theory: historical and/or

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InfoDesign | 31 Mar 2011 18:19

InfoD: IIID Events: 3 calls for speakers


 ** Calls for speakers **


 1) Traffic, transport and social media: April 8
 2) 2011 IDA Congress Education Conference: April 12
 3) Mobile Plus: April 15

A reminder about 3 upcoming events, and the corresponding call for speaker deadlines that are fast approaching!

1) Traffic, transport and social media 
IIID's 6th Expert Forum in traffic and transport information systems. 

8-9 September at Tech Gate, Vienna, Austria.
Website: http://www.iiid-expertforum.net/

Call for speakers deadline 8 April 

2) 2011 IDA Congress Education Conference
2011 International Design Alliance (IDA) conference

24-26 October in Taipei, Taiwan
Website: http://dcollege.ntust.edu.tw/ida2011/index.php/Congress/2011IDA/schedConf/cfp

Call for speakers deadline 12 April

3) Mobile Plus
Co-organized by IIID, MSSRF and IIT Bombay, 
with support from the UNESCO participation program and IL&FS.

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InfoDesign | 30 Sep 2010 17:25

InfoD: Information Design conferences (19)


        ** Information Design conferences **


** 2010 **
  October 2-5, 2010: UCDA Design Conference
  Minneapolis, Minnesota
  http://ucda.com/conference.lasso

October 12-14, 2010: Clarity 2010
  Lisbon: Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
  http://www.clarity2010.com/home_en.html  

October 13-14, 2010: Service Design Network Conference 2010
  Berlin, Germany
  http://www.service-design-network.org/content/welcome

October 25-26, 2010: Space X. An Exchange Forum on Information Design for 
  Visually Impaired People
  Vienna: IIIDspace, Austria. 
  http://www.space-x-vie.net/

October 28-29, 2010: Service Design Network Conference 2010
  Cambridge, MA, USA
  http://www.service-design-network.org/content/welcome-0

October 30-November 3, 2010: 3rd International conference for Universal Design
  Hamamatsu, Japan.
  http://www.ud2010.net/

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InfoDesign | 28 Jun 2010 12:50

InfoD: Information Design conferences (18)


** Information Design conferences **


July 7-9, 2010: IPCC 2010.
    Theme: 'Communication in a Self-Service Society'
    Enschede, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
    http://ewh.ieee.org/soc/pcs/index.php?q=node/843

July 7-9, 2010: Design Research Society: Design & Complexity
    Montreal, Universite de Montreal.Canada.
    http://www.drs2010.umontreal.ca/

July 26-29, 2010: 14th International conference on Information Visualisation
    London South Bank University, London, UK.
    http://www.graphicslink.co.uk/IV10/

July 27-29, 2010: IADIS International Conference Visual Communication 2010:
    Creative Industries, Photography and Culture
    Freiburg, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Germany.
    http://www.vc-conf.org/

August 9-11, 2010: Diagrams 2010: Sixth International Conference on 
    the Theory and Application of Diagrams
    Portland, Portland State University, Oregon, USA.
    http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2010/

September 8-12, 2010: The Word. Atypi 2010
    Dublin, Ireland.
    http://www.atypi.org/03_Dublin

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InfoDesign | 15 Mar 2010 07:47

InfoD: Calls for papers. Four conference announcements


** Calls for papers **


  1. IIID Traffic & Transport 2010, Vienna, Austria. 
     (Deadline: April 30)

  2. IADIS International Conference Visual Communication 2010, Freiburg, Germany. 
     (Deadline: March 29)

  3. Diagrams in Education. Portland , USA. 
     (Deadline: April 9)

  4. Space-X. An Exchange Forum on Information Design for Visually Impaired People
     Vienna, Austria. (Deadline: April 19)

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1) IIID Traffic & Transport 2010
'Real time information in multimodal transport networks'
5th International IIID Expert Forum Traffic & Transport Information Systems

WEBSITE:
http://www.iiid-expertforum.net/default.aspx

DATES:
9 — 11 September 2010

LOCATION:
Tech Gate Vienna, Austria

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InfoDesign | 11 Nov 2009 15:19

InfoD: Two events: London ISOTYPE - Vienna SIGN 09


         * Information design events *

         In this message:
         1. Isotype revisited. 18 November 2009. St Bride, London, UK.
         2. Sign09. 3 - 11 December 2009, Vienna, Austria.

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1) Isotype revisited

Three short talks about lesser-known aspects of Isotype, a method
for showing facts and connections in pictorial form. The talks draw
on new research from the 'Isotype revisited' project at the
University of Reading.

WEBSITE:
http://stbride.org/events/isotyperevisited
& http://www.isotyperevisited.org/

DATE:
Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 7pm

LOCATION:
In the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation
Admission £7 - concessions £5 - Friends of St Bride £3
Pay on the door

Matthew Eve: From hieroglyphics to Isotype
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InfoDesign | 1 Oct 2009 22:01

InfoD: Bookwatch (44)


         * InfoDesign Bookwatch *   (44)

         In this message:
         1. Beautiful Data (Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher)
         2. The transformer (Marie Neurath, Robin Kinross)
         3. Design Integrations (Sharon Poggenpohl, Keiichi Sato)
         4. Managing information for research
            (Elizabeth Orna, Graham Stevens)
         5. Wayfinding (Craig Berger)
         6. The Wayfinding Handbook (David Gibson)

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1)     TITLE: Beautiful Data
               The Stories Behind Elegant Data Solutions

      AUTHORS: Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher

      DETAILS: Price: USD 44.99 | 34.50 GBP
               ISBN 13: 9780596157111
               Published: July 2009
               Publisher: O'Reilly,

      WEBSITE: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596157111/

DESCRIPTION:
This book shows how wide-ranging -- and beautiful -- working
with data can be. 39 contributors explain how they developed
simple and elegant solutions on projects ranging from the

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InfoDesign | 15 Apr 2009 06:37

InfoD: Conference DD4D - Paris - 18-20 June 2009 - Programme


          **  Conference DD4D  **

          Data designed for decisions:
          enhancing social, economic and environmental progress.

          Paris: 18-20 June 2009

          A joint IIID and OECD conference

Website: http://www.dd4d.net/

Registration: http://www.dd4d.net/Registration.aspx
(Early Bird rates for all online bookings until the end of May)

Programme:

** Thursday 18 June: Policy, community and tools

08:45   Workshop:
- Regina Rowland: Co-creating visual maps for transcultural understanding #1

09:30 	Opening: Enrico Giovannini, Peter Simlinger
- Keynote: Patricia Wright: 'What, if ...? Tools to help the public
   make difficult decisions'
- Pamela Flattau: 'Measuring changes in public safety and security
   in the USA'
- Stefan Schwarzer: 'Innovative approaches to visualizing statistical
   data at national and regional levels'

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InfoDesign | 10 Apr 2009 12:11

InfoD: InfoDesign conferences: calls for papers.


       * Conferences *

         In this message:
         1) 4th Information Design International Conference
            9 - 12 September 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
         2) IIID Traffic & Transport 2009
            10 - 11 September 2009, Vienna, Austria

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1)  4th International Congress of Design of Information

WEBSITE:
http://www.sbdi.org.br/conference2009

DATES:
9 - 12 September 2009

LOCATION:
Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

DEADLINE FOR PAPERS:
April 15th, 2009.

THEMES:
1) Education:
Issues and questions concerning the role of information design in
education. Studies regarding undergraduate and graduate curriculum,
educational and instructional material, methods and approaches of

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InfoDesign | 28 Feb 2009 07:44

InfoD: Bookwatch (43)


         * InfoDesign Bookwatch *   (43)

           In this message:
           1. Trees, maps, and theorems (Jean-luc Doumont)
           2. Designing universal knowledge (Gerlinde Schuller)
           3. Visual Thinking for Design (Colin Ware)
           4. Information Design Workbook (Kim Baer)

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1)     TITLE: Trees, maps, and theorems
               Effective communication for rational minds

       AUTHOR: Jean-luc Doumont

      DETAILS: Price: USD 96.00 | 80.00 euro
               ISBN: 978 90 813677 07
               Published: 2009 / 169 pages
               Publisher: Principiae, Kraainem

      WEBSITE: http://www.principiae.be/TM&Th/X0000.php

DESCRIPTION:
Trees, maps, and theorems offers overall guidelines and
practical tips toward getting messages across in written
documents, oral presentations, and graphical displays.
It proposes a no-nonsense, down-to-earth, readily usable
advice underpinned by a simple yet solid conceptual basis
and presented in a highly modular visual structure.

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