Information Design Atelier

The Information Design Atelier is an online virtual project. Its aim is to contribute to laying the foundations for information design theory and promote collaboration oriented to this goal. Information Design is an emerging field that focuses on the theoretical principles underlying the practical design of information artifacts and processes. Its technology deals with reifying knowledge and experience in the form of explicit representations for human understanding and communication.

The Atelier will become, within an appropriate context, an innovative, interdisciplinary locus of communication for scholars and designers in the fields related to information: communication, information science, human computer interaction, instructional design, graphic design ... The Atelier, by initiating and supporting experimental online design projects, hopes to energize interests and talents, thus creating the synergy that underlies new creative ventures.

As a virtual project, the Atelier is currently a low-key operation that will thrive according to circumstance, in the high spirit of intellectual adventure! The Atelier is directed by Dr. Philip Duchastel.

Some of the key disciplines contributing to the field of Information Design...

Information technology

Web interaction

Text design

Graphic design

Human computer interaction [HCI]

Cognitive science

Philosophy

Media studies

Learning theory

Communication studies

Psychology

Artificial intelligence [AI]

Philip Duchastel via e-mail