Information Design For All.
The idea of “design for all” continues to work its way into our lives. Especially our business lives. Magazines like Fast Company and Good are bringing smart design to the forefront of business thinking. In fact, I’m not sure that either are actually business titles anymore. They both seem like some new version of CommArts that connects the dots between creative ideas and business results. In our head long rush towards measurable ROI, maybe this is what designers will be taking into the bathroom instead of the Print’s regional design annual.
Information Not Rhetoric.
My favorite part of this new design/business amalgam is the Fast Company blog called Info Graphic. Everyday this blog posts insightful looks at global problems, political issues, business trends through the eyes of information designers. It’s reductive design that brings real understanding to the kind of problems that often promote rhetoric, simply because nobody can see the whole thing at once. These powerful graphics, like A Chronology of the Gay Marriage Debate put information into a context that people can see and understand. I look forward more pervasive uses for info-graphics in our lives, like explaining who is making money in a healthcare system that is failing us all. I’d like to see that one in a data map.
Link: Fast Company/Info Graphic Blog
