This document outlines Itamar Medeiros' experience and work in information design over many years, including living in China from 2005-2012. It provides examples of Medeiros' blog posts on design, technology, and culture topics with a focus on visual communication issues in China. The document also references various other information design works and theorists.
2. Outline
§ What is information Design?
§ Information Design “Bloopers”
§ Structure, Context and Presentation of
Data and Information
§ Crossing Borders
Crossing Borders with
Information Design
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3. Living in China for 7 years (between 2005 and 2012)
Shanghai Walking Tours: Nanjing Road
4. Living in China for 7 years (between 2005 and 2012) with my wife, Fabiane
Medeiros, I., (2010), Shanghai Walking Tours: The Bund,
retrieved 25 October 2011 from
http://www."ickr.com/photos/china-designative/5061811354/in/photostream/
6. Local Coordinator for the Interaction Design Association (ixDA) in Shanghai
IxDA, (2010), Facilitating Local Gathering for the Interaction Design Association
(IxDA) in Shanghai in An evening of conversation about Design, Interaction, Work and
Life with Marc Rettig, retrieved 25 October 2011 from
http://www.ixda.org/local/event/25395
7. Chronicler of all things Design, Technology & Culture
Medeiros, I., (2006-2011), { design@tive } Thoughts on Design, Technology and Culture,
retrieved 18 September 2012 from http://designative.info
8. Chronicler of all things Design, Technology & Culture
Medeiros, I. (2010), Visual Communication in China: “You are here” in
{ design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture, retrieved September 1st , 2011
from http://designative.info/2010/11/18/visual-communication-in-china-you-are-here/
9. Chronicler of all things Design, Technology & Culture
Medeiros, I. (2010), Chinglish: Toilet Seats in China are “for weak only” in
{ design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture, retrieved September 1st , 2011 from
http://designative.info/2010/04/05/chinglish-toilet-seats-in-china-are-for-weak-only/
10. Introduction:
Collect / Create / Relate / Donate
Collect
Learn from previous
experiences
Relate
Consult with peers
and mentors
Create
Explore, compose, and
evaluate possible
solutions
Donate
Disseminating results
Shneiderman, B. (February 1999), Creating Creativity for Everyone: User Interfaces for
Supporting Innovation, ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 7, 1 (March 2000),
114-138.
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11. Information Design is a #eld and approach to
designing clear, understandable communications by
giving care to structure, context, and presentation
of data and information.
What is Information Design?
Shedro$, N. (1994), Information Interaction Design: A Uni#ed #eld Theory of Design,
Nathan.com, retrieved on May 14t, 2013 from http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/uni#ed/uni#ed.pdf
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12. Information Design is a #eld and approach to
designing clear, understandable communications by
giving care to structure, context, and presentation
of data and information.
What is Information Design?
Shedro$, N. (1994), Information Interaction Design: A Uni#ed #eld Theory of Design,
Nathan.com, retrieved on May 14t, 2013 from http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/uni#ed/uni#ed.pdf
{ Crossing Borders with Information Design }
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passive / interactive
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small / big screens
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casual / formal
leisure / professional
data
knowledge
wisdom
15. Medeiros, I. (2012), Visual Communication in China: “A Single Act of Carelessness Leads to the Eternal Loss of Beauty”
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http://designative.info/2011/01/01/visual-communication-in-china-a-single-act-of-carelessness-leads-to-the-eternal-
loss-of-beauty/
16. Medeiros, I. (2012), Chinglish: “Take Away Me”? in { design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture,
retrieved May 13th, 2013 from http://designative.info/2010/07/14/chinglish-take-away-me/
17. Medeiros, I. (2012), Chinglish: “Month Also Know Communications”? In { design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture,
retrieved May 15th, 2013 from http://designative.info/2012/04/16/chinglish-month-also-know-communications/
18. Medeiros, I. (2012), Visual Communication in China: “a time sex thing” in { design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture,
retrieved May 15th, 2013 from http://designative.info/2011/01/25/visual-communication-in-china-a-time-sex-thing/
19. Medeiros, I. (2012), Visual Communication in China: “Visitors, this way”? in { design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture,
retrieved May 15th, 2013 from http://designative.info/2010/05/10/visual-communication-in-china-visitors-this-way/
20. Medeiros, I. (2012), Visual Communication in China: “Push the Button to call for assistance of creepy tentacles” in
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from http://designative.info/2010/05/17/visual-communication-in-china-push-the-button-to-call-for-assistance-of-creepy-tentacles/
21. Medeiros, I. (2012), Visual Communication in China: “This is a no-car bomb area”! In
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from http://designative.info/2010/04/24/visual-communication-in-china-this-is-a-no-car-bomb-area/
22. Medeiros, I. (2012), Advertising in China: “Can’t Touch This”! In { design@tive } thoughts on Design, Technology & Culture,
retrieved May 15th, 2013 from http://designative.info/2010/05/31/advertising-in-china-cant-touch-this/
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79. Here are some of the trends we´re seeing in the #eld
of information design:
§ Interdisciplinary
§ Co-Creation
§ Interactive
Information Design:
Crossing Borders
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82. Passive
Interactive
Feedback
Control
Sophisticated Navigation, High Audience Control
Creativity
Creation Tools, Creation Help
Productivity
Productivity Tools, Living Information
Communications
Adaptivity
Arti#cial Intelligence, Agents, etc…
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http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/uni#ed/19.html
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95. When it comes to the way we create, edit and
communicate messages inside and out of our
organizations, how is this approach any di$erent than:
§ Graphic Design?
§ Advertising?
§ Interactive Media?
Relate:
Let’s think for a moment
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96. Let’s try to map your current product / service /
organization characteristics into these 3 (three) areas:
1. How are you integrating interdisiplinary teams in
the shaping of communications inside and out of
your organization?
2. How do you allow your customers to co-create the
communications of your organization?
3. How do you allow your customers to relate their
experiences with that of other customers?
Crossing Borders:
Exercise
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97. Why don’t you share (if you can) the aspects of your
product / service / organizational structure could
bene#t from some of the insights from this talk:
1. What aspects would you change?
2. How would that improve from the introduction of
information design
Itamar Medeiros
http://designative.info/
itamar.medeiros@designative.info
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