Information design

What is information design?

Design is everywhere, it surrounds our everyday lives, from the cup you drink your coffee out of in the morning, to the the cover of the book you may look at, before having a quick read and going to bed. Design plays a large part in how one processes information. Particularly in relation to the Internet. Taking into consideration, the vast amount of information that is readily available and displayable on the World Wide Web, it is easy to wind up confused and on the wrong track. In order to prevent this happening, the designer must strategise a way to present the given information in a way that is cohesive and coherently portrayed to the user. To put it quite simply, information design is: "designing the presentation of information to fascilitate understanding" (uws information design week two readings).