Information Design (ID) appears to be related to
Information Architecture.
Beth Mazur proffers that ID tends to focus more on presentation, while IA focuses more on structure. Others have suggested that IA helps people find information and ID helps them understand it.
Mission statements stress finding the structure
? in unstructured
? information, and transforming data into information.
But in JesseJamesGarrett's
User Experience diagram, ID is the "skeleton" layer above the "structure" layer. It is colocated with Interface Design
? and Navigation Design
?, and the home of the
Wireframe. It is just below the "surface" layer of Visual Design
?.
For more information, see the
Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Society For Technical Communication
?. The SIG publishes the newsletter,
Design Matters and have both an information design timeline as well as several definitions of the field.
"The field of information design applies traditional and evolving design principles to the process of translating complex, unorganized, or unstructured data into valuable, meaningful information.
The practice of information design requires an interdisciplinary approach which combines skills in graphic design, writing and editing, instructional design, human performance technology, and human factors."
STC ID SIGReferences:
Information Design vs. Information Architecture
Do not confuse with
Interaction Design (IxD).