Dear Karel,
I agree with this
>there is a lot of 'visual information' that does not
>really work very well. (The list of examples gets longer, but to
>mention just five: credit card statements, election papers, medical
>packaging, mortgage contracts and tax forms)
If we for example look at Latin America, the majority even interact with
some visual information because it is only accessible for middle-upper
income people. I'd say that the challenge for visual information designers
is also finding innovative ways to communicate information to those with
serious limited in capacities to process information: functional illiterates.
This exceeds the scope of commercial design but becomes relevant in a world
level context where the majority does not have the ability to process
complex information. The aim would be the design of visual information for
social inclusion.
G. Mauricio Mejía
Assistant professor Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
MDes student University of Cincinnati, US
http://mejia.disenovisual.com
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