Information Design

Categories:

Present information, convey meaning and experience to user
- Information is presented with a goal, a theme and in a logical flow
- It involves narrative architecture of storytelling, i.e. structuring and organizing data
- Important Consideration
Information should be accurate and clear with fact check from different reliable sources
- Presentation should be clear, concise and visually engaging
- Progression from simple to complex, major to minor
Content presented is the end and navigation are the mean
Assistance to find information by visual hint (color or lines), search or guide
Memory reinforcement by briefing before and summary afterwards
Process
Collection of data
Grouping of data by type and categories, e.g. time, location or function
Ranking of data by importance and use frequency
Mapping data into different use and grouping
Determine presentation method and sequence
- Information delivered to user steps by steps in sequence
- Information is grouped and let user to select and explore in depth
- Only relevant information is delivered to user based on collected or anticipated preference
Finalize information structure with following information model:

Linear, hierarchical, web, parallel, matrix, overlay, spatial

Information Arts
Information could be presented in the form of text, graphics, sound and video in the form of label, menu, tables, navigation planes, icons, maps, infographics or animation
Infographics Design Guideline
Graph is common use for information presentation
- Classification
Main information needs to be attractive and arouse user awareness
Secondary information needs to be clear and organized in hierarchy
Supporting details could be added for supplementary information
- Core
  - Show category before fact
  - No need to report everything in details but group data
  - Avoid keys but use labels on graph

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