information design
9 posts tagged information design.
systems designinformation design
Arm the Believer Inside
In a big organisation you rarely win the room yourself. You find the believer inside it, and arm them to win it for you.
systems designinformation design
Finalised Isn't Final
We signed off a Diwali design for TUMI. Then a VP pulled it back. A quiet lesson about where design decisions really get made.
information designinteraction design
The Graveyard Won
The idea I threw away became the whole system. A story about showing your rejected work, and why clients love the reject you buried.
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The Day Your Interface Disappears
Ten principles for making software feel less like an interface and more like instinct.
systems designinformation designinteraction design
How Do You Design a Democracy for 173 Million People?
India’s first general election was not only a political achievement. It was a vast exercise in inclusive system design.
information designwayfindingusability
The Map That Lied So London Could Make Sense
Harry Beck’s Underground map abandoned geographical accuracy and became more truthful about the journey people were actually making.
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When Every Alarm Is Urgent, None Is
Three Mile Island showed that displaying information is not the same as helping somebody understand a crisis.
information designwayfindingsystems design
Designing for Someone Moving at 70 mph
Britain’s road signs show what happens when typography, language and environment are treated as one system.
information designwayfindinginteraction design
A City Compressed Into Four Characters
The I ❤️ NY identity shows how a tourism campaign became a sentence people could complete with their own feelings.