temas e artigos

Part I - Looking through history

Chapter 1
Information design and early ephemera
Michael Twyman

Chapter 2
Graphic design: from monotony to entropy
Flávio Cauduro

Chapter 3
A new approach to Brazilian book design: the experience of the Civilização Brasileira publishing house, 1950-1960
Guilherme Cunha Lima and Ana Sofia Mariz

Part II - Theoretical perspectives

Chapter 4
Reasoning through concepts
Luiz Antonio Coelho

Chapter 5
Optometry, legibility and readability in information design
Jorge Frascara

Chapter 6
Research on writing: diagram, ideogram
Rogério Camara

Chapter 7
Images, diagrams and metaphors: a contribution from semiotics to information design
Priscila Farias

Part III - Instructional design in health printed material

Chapter 8
Visual information about medicines. Providing patients with relevant information
Karel van der Waarde

Chapter 9
Visual instructions on health printed material: an analytical study of PPSs on how to use male and female condoms
Carla Spinillo, Evelyn Azevedo and Daniel Benevides

Part IV - Information design in early education

Chapter 10
Children’s drawing and information design education. A semiotic and cognitive approach of visual literacy
Bernard Darras

Chapter 11
Commonalities in the process of children’s drawings in different social, educational contexts
Solange Coutinho, Eva Miranda and Bárbara Formiga

Part V - Information design and technology: some issues and cases

Chapter 12
Information design for developing educational interface
José Ricardo Cereja

Chapter 13
Hypermedia design: the relationships between culture, language, transdisciplinarity and information
Mônica Moura

Chapter 14
Readers’ navigation of electronic documents: how do we find our way around the research?
Mary Dyson

Chapter 15
Usability principles for the design of global maps in hypertext systems
Stephania Padovani

Chapter 16
Design Case
The information organization for a hypermedia environment
Heloisa Pereira, Vânia Ulbricht and Cláudio Luiz Ferreira

Chapter 17
Design Case
New Interfaces for video browsing and editing
Heimo Müller and Maja Pivec