Lets Define Information Design...
Information design is the ability to create order. It is a visual means of explaining and interrupting complex information and data to assist the user to achieve a specific objective. It is primarily concerned with clarity and accuracy, it revels the data rather then hiding or simplying it.
Information design graphics provoke the viewer to think about the substance of the data not about the design, therefore the information has to be designed clear, effective, and understandable.
Examples:
There is many different styles and forms of information design some examples I can run off the top of my head are things such as: stock market graphs, telephone bills, road signs, instruction manuals and street maps.
Below are some visual examples of Information Design graphics:
Here we have an instructional information design graphic. It provides its audience with a step by step process of how an utility works. It is clear through its annotations and also through clear illustrations.
Here is a information graphic, illustrating how their are gabs in the architecture. It provides the audience with a illustrated flow chart to see the problems in architecture that haven't been addressed.
Here we have four different road signs, road signs are a good example of information graphics. They are designed to achieve a specific objective. Road signs use recognizable icons so that there purpose is understandable and accurate to all audiences. They explain complex information in a simple understandable graphic or by using a few specific word, so people know exactly what they should do when seeing theses signs.
