New Europe, New Spirit

Added on 6 October 2004 Peter Bogaards
“In central Europe, design is at a crossroads. It is 15 years since the collapse of communism and the arrival of democracy and the free market and a great deal has happened in the design communities of countries such as the Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland and Hungary. Design is at different stages of development, reflecting national economic conditions and the relationship of designers with their own local traditions of design, but certain factors are shared, and it is these opportunities and dilemmas that I want to explore.” (Rick Poynor – Design Observer)

Information Design Journal + Document Design 12:1

Added on 4 October 2004 Peter Bogaards
“(…) a forum for both practitioners and researchers. It aims to enhance design knowledge and practice so that informed design can support people’s interactions with printed and electronic materials, whether using verbal text, numbers, pictures, diagrams or other forms of representation. IDJ+DD brings together the variety of ways of investigating and thinking about the effective design of information in various genres.” (John Benjamins Publishing Company)

Why simplicity?

Added on 3 October 2004 Peter Bogaards
<marketese>”The digital revolution is supposed to have made our lives easier, but studies have shown that’s not the case. (…) Our research showed that we had a unique opportunity to answer your need for simplicity, while strengthening our brand in the minds of consumers and customers everywhere.”</marketese> (Royal Philips Electronics)

The beauty and business of CSS

Added on 1 October 2004 Peter Bogaards
Doug Bowman Presentation at Web Essentials 04 – “Building designs with CSS is no longer a fringe activity practiced by standards geeks and early-adopters. Creative pioneers and highly skilled designers are bringing CSS to the mainstream. The explosion in popularity is ushering in a new wave of possibilities for web design. CSS provides greater design control, allows more flexibility, and enables sites to become attractive, accessible, and faster-loading, all at the same time.” (Stopdesign) – courtesy of elearningpost

Making Your Content Management System Work for You: An Interview with Jeffrey Veen

Added on 30 September 2004 Peter Bogaards
“(…) I find that businesses don’t treat their web site as a publication, especially those organizations developing standard content, such as product and service descriptions. Instead, they view their site as a software project — a product that undergoes a development process and needs to be ‘released’.” (Christine Perfetti – User Interface 9 Conference)

Panadol 24 Pack: New instructions for consumers

Added on 29 September 2004 Peter Bogaards
“This case history demonstrates how information design research and practice can bring about useful social change on a large scale. It is a lightly edited version of a report prepared for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in August 2002 following our work on redeveloping the consumer instructions for Panadol, the most widely used paracetemol analgesic in Australia.” (David Sless – Communication Research Institute of Australia)

BayDUX

Added on 28 September 2004 Peter Bogaards
“The emerging field of user experience (UX) design is inherently interdisciplinary and synthesizes the methods, techniques, and wisdom of many design disciplines. UXnet (User Experience Network) is a new organization whose mission is fostering cooperation and collaboration among the many organizations that serve the international user experience design community. BayDUX is a coalition of San Francisco Bay Area professional organizations that grew out of our joint participation in the DUX2003 (Designing for User Experiences) conference. Since UXnet and BayDUX share a common purpose, BayDUX is now the local presence for UXnet in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our co-chairs also serve as UXnet Local Ambassadors.” (About BayDUX)