DM: Information Design Conference

[Kurt Thearling]

This conference should be of interest to people in the data mining
community.  Good information design is critical to understanding
patterns found via data mining.

- kurt

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Early Registration Deadline Extended to March 5
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** VISION PLUS 4: THE REPUBLIC OF INFORMATION ** 
An International Symposium on Design for Global Communication

Sponsored by The International Institute for Information Design based 
in
Vienna, Austria, and The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon 
University.

March 26-29, 1998
School of Design
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
USA


FEATURED SPEAKERS

Reed Agnew
Principal
Agnew, Moyer & Smith, USA

Lauralee Alben
Principal
Alben + Faris, USA

Carolyn Bloomer
Cultural Beliefs Curriculum Coordinator
Ringling School of Art & Design, USA

Sally Grisedale
Interaction Design Director
Studio Archetype, USA

Larry Keeley
Principal
Doblin Group, USA

Erik Spiekermann
Principal
MetaDesign, Germany, UK, USA

Ruedi Ruegg
Principal
Designalltag, Switzerland

Andrew Zolli
Vice President of Interaction Design
Siegel & Gale, USA



PRESENTERS

Jos de Bruin & Remko Scha: "A Republic of Information Designers" 
Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 
The Netherlands

Geoff Cox: "The Digital Crowd: Some Cultural and Technological 
Questions
on Globalization" The University of Plymouth, England

Eric Davis & Stephen Simula: "Scaling Large Amounts of Information 
for Human Use: Case Studies in Communication at Fitch, Inc." 
Fitch, Inc., USA

Yuri Engelhardt: "Meaningful Space in Diagrammatic Graphics" 
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jorge Frascara: "New Observations on Cognition and Attention" 
University of Alberta, Canada

Michael Gibson: "Establishing Relevant Contexts for Meaningful
Information Exchange: A Presentation on the Utilization of Effective
Questioning Methods to Strategically Direct the Information Design
Process" Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, USA

Tony Golsby-Smith: "The New Polis: Creating Coherent Communities 
through
the Strategic Conversation" Golsby-Smith Associates, Australia

Regina Henze: "Hands-On Science and Technology Exhibitions"
Kommunikationsdesign, Germany

Patricia Hoffman & Nancy King: "Evaluating Information Design on the 
Web
Through Analyzing the User's Experience" Terry Swack Design, USA

Suguru Ishizaki & Nobuyuki Ueda: "Naive Theories of Information 
Space" 
FutureTense, USA and Konan Women~s University, Japan

Yateendra Joshi: "Information Design to Improve the Quality of Life:
Removing Anxiety and Uncertainty in Using Public Transportation"  
Tata Energy Research Institute, India

Jouke Kleerebezem: "Design Equals Information" Cultural Intelligence
Works, The Netherlands

Sally Levine & Anders Nereim: "Ki@sk Design and the Receipt of
Information by the (re)Public" Boston Architectural Center & The 
School
of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA 

Thomas Mueller: "Liquid Typography: The Transformation of Traditional,
Static Typography into a Dynamized Form Present in Time-Based and
Interactive Environments" Razorfish, USA

Roger Remington & Clifford Commanday: "A New Asynchronous Design 
History
Course: 20th Century Information Design" Rochester Institute of
Technology, USA

David Sless: "Revolution Against the Republic" Communication Research
Institute of Australia, Australia

David Small: "Navigating a Million Words" MIT Media Lab, USA

Suzanne Snell Tesh: ~Infozones: ID for the Masses~ Consultant, USA



SYMPOSIUM VISION

We are now citizens of a world city that is defined not by a physical
landscape but by a landscape of information spaces created through a
variety of traditional and new media. The goal of this symposium~
interdisciplinary in spirit, inter-national in scope, and pluralistic 
in
approach~is to explore the new world city, seeking better 
understanding
of the nature of information, the practices of information design, and
the principles that may influence the continued development of global
communication.

~The Republic of Information~ is the name we have tentatively given to
the new world city. However, this is only a hopeful characterization 
of
the future~the vision of a new environment of human relations that
supports individual and cultural freedom, social responsibility, and 
the
general advance of understanding in all areas of human activity. The
current reality is something different. The world city is continually
threatened by anarchy and tyranny, arising from ignorance, narrow
self-interest, and neglect of the potential of such a city for moving
the human community in more productive and fulfilling directions. The
problems of the world city are not solely the province of information
design, but they suggest the context within which information 
designers
must work. If information designers are the architects and urban
planners of the new world city, their practice must be informed with a
new level of understanding 
and purpose.


THEMES

1. Problems of Concept and Practice in Information Design

+ What is information and how is it affected by global communication?

+ How do designers visualize information and help individuals navigate
information spaces?

2. Problems of Connecting and Organizing Information in Meaningful
Experiences

+ What is the role of strategic thinking in information design?

+ How do we cross traditional boundaries between 
information design and other disciplines?

+ How is information design related to organizational processes, 
+social
action, and cultural development?

3. Problems of Purpose:  Value and Responsibility in the Republic of
Information

+ What values and principles guide (or should guide) 
information design?

+ How is information design affected by cultural difference, 
problems of access, and politics?

+ What are the prospects for resolving cultural conflict and finding
common ground in the Republic of Information?



REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Please consult Forbes Travel for symposium registration, hotel 
reservations, and all travel arrangements. Forbes Travel can assure 
you
the best travel rates and will reserve your accommodations at the 
hotel
affiliated with Vision Plus 4. You can print the registration form 
from
our website,
http://studioserver.pc.cc.cmu.edu/vision+/iiid.html
or call using the number below.

Forbes Travel   
5835 Forbes Avenue                 
Pittsburgh, PA 15217    
Attention: Group Department

To call: 1-800-433-8785 or 1-412-521-7823
To fax:  (412) 521-7848


FEES

Registration    by March 5, 1998        
Professional    $475
Academic                      $375
Student                $175

Registration after March 5, 1998
Professional    $575
Academic        $475
Student         $225


Students who wish to attend speaking sessions only can register at the
symposium for $50 per day. Space is limited.

Students and educators must submit proof of full-time student status 
or
full-time teaching status to receive appropriate rates.

Registration to Vision Plus 4 includes a one-year membership to IIID.
Current members will have membership renewed for one year.

Registration fees include continental breakfasts, lunches on Friday 
and
Saturday, and dinners on Thursday and Saturday.



SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, 26 March: 
10:00am to 6:30pm: Registration at Carnegie Mellon University Center
6:30pm to 10:30pm: Keynote speech, reception & dinner at The Carnegie
Museum (walking distance from campus)

FRIDAY, 27 March:
8:30am: Continental breakfast at Symposium site
9:15am to 12:30pm: Speakers, with break
12:30pm to 2:00pm: Lunch on site
2:00pm to 5:00pm: 2 Concurrent presentation sessions, with break
5:00pm: Cocktail hour on site
Buses to local restaurant areas for dinner

SATURDAY, 28 March:
8:30am: Continental breakfast at Symposium site
9:15am to 12:30pm: Speakers, with break
12:30pm to 2:00pm: Lunch on site
2:00pm to 5:00pm: 2 Concurrent presentation sessions, with break
5:00pm to 10:30pm: Cocktails and Dinner on site

SUNDAY, 29 March:
9:30am to 11:00am: 2 concurrent Panel discussions
11:15am to 12:15pm: Closing Speakers



SYMPOSIUM SPONSORS

* School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University *
The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University offers the Bachelor
of Fine Arts in both Communication Design and Industrial Design as 
well
as the Master of Design in both Human Computer Interaction Design and
Communication Planning & Design. The School is also home to the Center
for Design Research & Innovation, known as Novum:Design.

* International Institute for Information Design *
The principle concern of the International Institute for Information
Design is to contribute to a better understanding of cultural and
economic issues by means of improved visual communication. Special
attention is paid to the potential of graphic information design to
overcome both social and language barriers. 

Based in Vienna, Austria, the IIID endeavors to develop information as
an independent interdisciplinary field of knowledge and professional
activities, to document and make generally accessible specifically
relevant information, to do research in cooperation with its members,
and to find new ways of educating information designers.


FURTHER INFORMATION

Symposium Chair
School of Design
Carnegie Mellon University
Margaret Morrison 110
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890

Telephone:  412.268.2828
Fax:  412.268.3088
E-mail:  iiid@andrew.cmu.edu
http://studioserver.pc.cc.cmu.edu/vision+/iiid.html


Further Information on the International Institute 
for Information Design:

Peter Simlinger, Executive Director
International Institute for 
Information Design
Joergerstrasse 22/2
A-1170 Wien/Vienna, Austria
ps.id@magnet.at
http://www.simlinger-iiid.magnet.at/simlinger-iiid/