Alessandro Segalini

Department of Visual Communication Design

Information Design

Also known as communication design.

Information design makes complex information easier to understand and to use.

Information designers co-ordinate a range of design, language, evaluation

and technical skills in the cause of understanding.

It is a rapidly growing discipline that draws on typography, graphic design,

photography, applied linguistics, applied psychology, applied ergonomics,

computing, and other fields (ref.).

It emerged as a response to people's need to understand and use such things

as forms, legal documents, signs, computer interfaces, technical information

and operating/assembly instructions. Information designers responding to these

needs have achieved major economic and social improvements in information use.

There is a trend towards the provision of publicly accessible web-delivered

information resources, providing information on such matters as public services,

health, education, legal matters, etc. The quality of the information design

will be a key factor in the success of such resources.

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