First-day slides for an undergraduate course in Information Design.

1. Information Overload

3. There is so much.

4. There is too much.

5. And there will
only be more.

6. Your future depends on

7. managing information

8. communicating information

9. thinking globally

10. producing digitally.

12. So, what is
Information Design?

13. “Information design
addresses the organization
and presentation of data: its
transformation into valuable,
meaningful information.”
- Nathan Shedroff

14. Any data can
be become information.

15. Any idea can be
visualized.

18. Design has real, daily results.

19. Information is ubiquitous.

20. Good design is
nearly invisible.

29. Rise above the din.

30. Get your information
to the people who need it.