Information Design is the organisation of data into coherent information for users. it's the structuring of data into usable or intuitive groups such as Location, Alphabetical, Time, Categories or Hierarchies. By structuring information in these ways, users can navigate and find the relevant information they are after because it's in systems that a recognisable and habitual.
Good Information Design allows multiple pathways to access information to cater for different users.
Good Examples:
www.yellowpages.com.au (Alphabetical and Categorised)
A Dictionary (Alphabetical)
Street Directory (Location, Alphabetical and Categorised)
Google Earth (Location, Alphabetical and Categorised)
Library (Alphabetical, Hierarchy and Categorised)
www.ebay.com.au (Category, Time and Hierarchy)
www.top3design.com.au
About Me
- James
- An Industrial Design Honours student finishing my degree at the University of Western Sydney. This blog is for an Interactive Design 1.
1 comment:
Cool layout James! Thought id say thanks again for saving me in the Flash turtorial last week! Enjoy the break off uni! :)
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