Examples of information design

traffic lights are an example of information design. They inform the drivers clearly when to stop, go and prepare to stop in a simple and direct manner.

there are many different forms of information design, other examples can be diagrams and charts, as well as maps.

information design; lets define it

Sun-Net solutions defines information design as behind the detailed planning of specific information that is to be provided to a particular audience to meet specific objectives. Basically put, it design that effectively communications information, if it looks good, and does not do this, then it is useless.

mood-board

John is a 75-year-old retired carpenter who still enjoys hikes in national parks and ridding his Harley-Davidson. He looks forward to the local club raffle and a catch up with the boys on a Thursday evening. He also enjoys playing bingo, listening to local radio and watching old western movies with his wife Jill. As he gets older and has to visit the hospital more often, he prefers quick and efficient healthcare with simple, bold instructions and hospital signs. He aims to enjoy the rest of his life traveling a little and spending time with family, especially his grandchildren.

Location: Hobart

Toaster Usage: Unfortunately Johnny has never used a fancy new electric toaster

Computer/Internet Usage: PC, Occasionally browses the Internet with the help of his grandchildren.

Computer Skill: Novice user. Finds things too complicated on the computer to use. Has an email but doesn’t know how to use it properly.

planning tools

making toast is a simple task that most people can perform without having to really think, a flow chart can make it even easier for people to understand the real steps it takes to toast a slice of bread or two.

Interactive Design?! . . . well heres an EXAMPLE!

Defining interactive design wouldn't have been very helpful to people who don't know anything about design, i mean don't most people have to see things to understand them most of the time? so here are examples to make things clearer for all of us.

one basic example would be flash games. They are played by many people all over the world, unlike songs and videos, the user actually interacts with the game, controlling the car they're driving - accelerating, braking, steering left and right. Aiming a gun and taking out the target, reloading, hiding, running... depending on what flash game you're playing of course.
www.miniclip.com has many different interactive flash games.

Defining Interactive Design

simply put, interactive design is design that is interactive. "Interactive" in this context means having something to do with the user - their participation. Making the user mouse their mouse around and clicking to navigate to different parts of the software or website makes this type of design 'interactive' and not something ordinary. Interactive design does not have to be used only on the internet ('web 2.0' sites) but is also used in games.

WEB 2.0 Examples

An example of web 2.0 that is commonly used would be www.google.com. the Google website was never sold to be used, or packaged to be loaded. It isn't anything like the older software. google also doesn't have different downloadable versions. its always available online, and constantly improving.
Also, the release of torrents - BitTorrent is now well known and constantly growing. BitTorrent uses p2p (peer to peer) which is taking a big step forward - moving closer to internet decentralisation. one of the key principles of web 2.0 is that the service gets better the more people use it. Torrents rely on more people sharing the files so that more people are able to download and upload at a faster rate - making the service better.
even though Google, and BitTorrent are two compeltly different things found on the internet. The one thing they will always have in common is that they are now seen as examples of Web 2.0