Ducks, decorators, and the dialogical: an examination of approaches to information design
Journal: Tuwhera (Auckland University of Technology)
Year: 2010

This study is concerned with approaches to the design of visual information. It examines the persistent influence that formalist design approaches have within the field of information design and suggests how, when used prescriptively, the formalist approach undermines the fundamental role of information design: to make information accessible and relevant for people. With a primary focus on information graphics, the research explores how the deployment of a rhetorical strategy in the design of vi