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Infodesign UK

@InfodesignUK

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Joined June 2008
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Food, drink, good company + talks by @BHamGraphicDNA @alistairhall & @SarkyType Book your ticket today for our Monday 17 Dec @SDS_uk @InfodesignUK party bit.ly/SDS_IDA_Dec18 #typography #signage #signDesign #SDStalks
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Our @SDS_uk & @InfodesignUK party is on Monday 17 Dec! Join us for food, drink & talks from @BHamGraphicDNA @alistairhall & @SarkyType on public typography, lettering & memories Booking & more info bit.ly/SDS_IDA_Dec18 #typography #signage #signDesign #SDStalks
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Sign Design Society@SDS_uk7 Jun 2018
Birmingham’s Interconnect #wayfinding system segd.org/interconnect-city-i… via @SEGD ____________________________________ Pic: @City_ID Learn more about Interconnect at Lottie Webb’s 12 June Birmingham/@BCU_Arts #SDStalks bit.ly/SDS_Jun18
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Excited to announce our call for a dataviz installation at BMA house this summer - get your expressions of interest in soon! xitter.gq/bmj_latest/status/9930…
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@bmj_latest6 May 2018
Calling all data artists! Would you like to see your artwork displayed in The BMA's courtyard as part of our #NHS70 anniversary? Find out more at bit.ly/BMJdataArtCall @UArts @Goldsmithsuk @SladeSchool @csm_news @CourtauldStudy
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IIID@IIID_infodesign23 Apr 2018
Early bird discounts for the Information Design Summer School until 1st of May + discounts for members of #IIID @PLAIN_Lang_Intl @ClarityInterna @ISTC_org and @InfodesignUK. join us in Bath! buff.ly/2HUurTU #infodesign #technicalWriting #plainlanguage
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Mark Ovenden@markovenden7 Mar 2018
We’re on now! xitter.gq/bbcfour/status/9711131…
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Design and Detail | 5. Anyone who doubts that design details can make a difference should consider the impact of the redesigned voting cards used in Palm Beach County, Florida on the 2000 US presidential election. instagram.com/p/BfP7xVAgaql/…
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My latest Design Matters interview is with Richard Saul Wurman. It is the most difficult and challenging interview I've ever conducted. Listen on @ApplePodcasts here: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
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Alan Smith@theboysmithy20 Dec 2017
The final @ft Chart Doctor of 2017 - Design secrets behind some of the FT's charts of the year feat. @jburnmurdoch @officeofjane @digitalcampbell @sdbernard and @LaurenLeatherby ft.com/content/4743ce96-e4bf…
Design secrets behind the FT’s best charts of the year

Design secrets behind the FT’s best charts of the year

Maps, lines and pandas made 2017 a groundbreaking year in data visualisation

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Revisit one artist's illicit quest to fix a highway sign in LA, then stick around for a new discussion: @romanmars & @KurtKohlstedt talk guerrilla subway signs, bike lanes, bench installations, seed bombs, fruit grafts & other urban interventions! 99percentinvisible.org/episo…
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When information becomes abundant, attention becomes scarce m.nautil.us/issue/52/the-hiv…
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Makes a great xmas present! 🚉 xitter.gq/IIIDtweet/status/93291…
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The British Rail #corporate #identity manual is currently on sale: britishrailmanual.com #wayfinding #branding #signage #typography
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Our major new exhibition looks at medieval graphic design. @CreativeReview's preview is suitably filled with imagery. #BODdesigning creativereview.co.uk/medieva…
The poster for Designing English.

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Looking forward to this Thursday’s sold-out talks at @PascallWatson! Guest speakers @anngav @MrTimDunn & @markovenden on ‘London Underground signs: when good intentions get ignored’ #SDStalks #signage #branding
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Great edition of the information design summer school! Good job everyone! simplificationcentre.org.uk/…
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Sign Design Society@SDS_uk1 Sep 2017
*BSGA Awards* Just 1 week left to submit your #wayfinding work for the 2017 @SignAwards #bsgaawards (Free to enter) xitter.gq/SDS_uk/status/89808448…
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*BSGA Awards* Submit your #wayfinding work by Fri 8 Sept for a 2017 @BSGAUK award! (Free to enter) More info –> bit.ly/SDS_BSGA17
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Next Simple Action day 31 Mar: instructions for overdose emergency kits. Work together to create a better solution. eventbrite.co.uk/e/simple-ac…
Simple Action day: instructions for overdose emergency kits

Simple Action day: instructions for overdose emergency kits

Simple Action days are creative sessions where information designers and writers contribute their time to help solve a communication problem of social significance. Everyone's welcome, including...

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The New York Times
@nytimes7 Mar 2017
Why he turned iTunes' terms and conditions into a comic: "If it’s counterintuitive, it’s probably interesting to do" nyti.ms/2lxH13j
An Artist Helps iTunes’ User Agreement Go Down Easy (Published 2017)

An Artist Helps iTunes’ User Agreement Go Down Easy (Published 2017)

A new Drawn and Quarterly graphic novel by the artist Robert Sikoryak adapts Apple’s legalese into a work invoking more than a century of comics.

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Mentioned in @TheEconomist on responsibility that comes w/ telling real stories through #comics #graphic #novels economist.com/blogs/prospero…
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Experimenting with 3d printed topographic maps. Can anyone guess where (on Earth) this is? #3dprint #maps #mapping
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