Information Design as design strategy

Quoting from Edward R. Tufte, Visual Explanations

"This book describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion, process, mechanism, cause and effect."

Book information
Edward R. Tufte Website

Thinking about information design, I see it as the visual language or strategy to use in conveying my concept. It can be used to translate dyslexia struggles into design inspirations.

Now, my theme/content of the visual guidebook would have to be generated from the struggles of dyslexia.

From there, I thought the content can generate the visual form.

Researching context

Researching for my direction of creating a series of visual guidebooks:
(here are some of the keywords)

+ information design
+ infographic

Research links:
InfoDesign Resources
Visual Language
The Feynman-Tufte Principle
Automating the Design of Visual Instructions
The Visual Language of Number
The Language of Graphics(papers)

My Direction (Starting Visual Explorations)

My direction is to create a standard/guide/inspiration for designers to connect with Dyslexia.
Visual language is the key for my design.

Direction: A Series of Visual Guidebook
Under different categories: navigation in time, space, sequences, directions.

Initial sketches of my idea: (coming up)

Visual explorations includes information design, ..... (also coming up)

After Presentations...

After my presentations on Thursday Oct 9th,2008, I have got some useful feedback as to where my grad project might be going. I understand there are a lot of problems with what I have proposed due to the amount of research I would need to do later.

Of course, I am feeling more confused and lost as always but I hope asking what I really want to do for my grad project is important. I understand that what I have proposed maybe unrealistic or even hard to attain at this time.

So I think it is time to set some personal goals to change my perspective and help me through this project:

1. To have fun
2. To demonstrate my designing ability
3. To keep my project simple and creative and yet convey the original concept
4. Be consistent

The Main Goal

To bridge the gap between Dyslexia and design so that designers would consider alternative ways to facilitate efficient communications.

For that being said, I think visual communication design is a powerful tool in facilitating communication in an unconventional way. The conventional way is our language system that deals with symbols of words that governs how we think, learn and act. The problems with dyslexia actually shred some light to the functionality of visual communication design. How should visual communication facilitate information in a manner that speaks to not only dyslexics but also to non-dyslexics (everyone else)? Should there be standards/guides for designers to use?

I think that's what I should do for my grad project.

Back to where I was LOST

---------The bridge between-----------

Dyslexia-----------and----------- Design

-------------------is the-------------------

------------------SIGNS!-----------------

So the solutions should go from there.

You tube Design Methodology

An abstract visualization of design methodology.

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