information design is the construction of an effective means to deliver information to the user in a manner that is efficient and easy to comprehend and or process. This model of design is completely considered and reinforcing, it attempts to create a certainty and insurance relationship with the user Shedroff explains information design as being the process and medium of turning information into knowledge. Instructional design is a form of information design that is focused on delivering a message to obtain a user reaction. Both of these forms of design have to be concerned with the hierarchy and organisation of information.
A common design problem in information design is how to deal with large volumes of information into manageable environments this is an really good example of how BBC and the designers were able to fit a lengthy history of civilization in Britain into a digestible form. BBC|interactivetimeline
Pixelbreaker have also come up with a really good example of information design in the form of clock which displays relationship of date time year time of the month in constant motion. which they call the POLAR|Clock
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