Archive for the ‘Information Design’ Category
Directories
02Nov08
Last week, Michael Twyman showed us his collection of directories: books such as early phone directories and lists of world publications. This is the 1943 French street directory. Over 3,000 pages, including yellow pages advertising. Imagine that being thrown over your front fence! Note the printed advertising on the page edges. This book was very […]
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Tags: directories, Michael Twyman, newspapers
Dashboards
30Sep08
I like the idea of the dashboard as a way of retrieving information with a quick glance. The Indianopolis Museum of Art has a dashboard which summarises some key figures about the museum. I think it would be more effective for the consumer if it had some comparisons. The kw useage for example could be […]
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Tags: comparing, dashboard
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