Reading response

WURMAN:

Traditionally, we have been educated to focus on the things that we are told important. We have to follow an artificial path which leeds people away from their true creative potential. I thought that was an interesting thing to note. Wurman questions

Wurman talked about the flood of information which grows and grows with every new decade. It has become necessary in some way to organize this information. but how. and who should organize it? ~ Information is how we understand and refer to any topic whether it be data about government, history, economics, etc. "Information is everything. We are what we read." (Wurman).

The designer should be a part of the process when information is put forth from one set of people to another. It use to be the case (fortunately now things have changed) that the designer just made things pretty. But now the designer is much more involved with the whole process of development. The designer should not only choose the typeface, he should be structure things so that they are user friendly. no one wants to read a thousand words if they can just as easilly get the same information if it were to be organized in the right way. Theoretically, a designer is the one who best knows how to do this.

Information is organized by:

• Location
• Alphabet
• Time
• Category
• Hierarchy