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Course syllabus - Information Design - An Introduction
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
KIT101
Valid from
Autumn semester 2013
Education level
First cycle
Progressive Specialisation
G1N (First cycle, has only upper-secondary level entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Information Design
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2013-02-14
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Bildens tysta budskap : interaktion mellan bild och text
Stockholm : Norstedts akademiska förlag, 2009 - 212 s.
ISBN: 9789172275492 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11202589
Myter och sanningar om läsning : om samspelet mellan språk och bild i olika medier
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Språkrådet, 2010 - 153 s.
ISBN: 978-91-1-302841-5 LIBRIS-ID: 11816642
Kognitiv psykologi : processer och störningar
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2010 - 526 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-04885-7 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11304136
Information design : an introduction
Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002. - x, 296 p.
Studentens skrivhandbok
3. [bearb.] uppl. : Stockholm : Liber, 2015 - 185 s.
ISBN: 9789147114085 LIBRIS-ID: 17237573
Compendiums
Information design workbook : graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies
Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2008 - 239 p.
ISBN: 978-1-59253-627-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12073687
Other materials
På webbsidan hos the International Institute of Information Design http://www.iiid.net/PDFs/ItDepends.pdf http://www.iiid.net/PDFs/1_Message_Design.pdf
Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,
Web Addresses
Trovärdiga bilder
Stockholm : Styr. för psykologiskt försvar, 2001 - 96 s.
ISBN: 91-1-401238-3 LIBRIS-ID: 10076324
URL: Link
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Books
Bildens tysta budskap : interaktion mellan bild och text
Stockholm : Norstedts akademiska förlag, 2009 - 212 s.
ISBN: 9789172275492 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11202589
Myter och sanningar om läsning : om samspelet mellan språk och bild i olika medier
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Språkrådet, 2010 - 153 s.
ISBN: 978-91-1-302841-5 LIBRIS-ID: 11816642
Kognitiv psykologi : processer och störningar
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2010 - 526 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-04885-7 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11304136
Information design : an introduction
Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002. - x, 296 p.
Compendiums
Information design workbook : graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies
Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2008 - 239 p.
ISBN: 978-1-59253-627-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12073687
Other materials
På webbsidan hos the International Institute of Information Design http://www.iiid.net/PDFs/ItDepends.pdf http://www.iiid.net/PDFs/1_Message_Design.pdf
Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,
Web Addresses
Trovärdiga bilder
Stockholm : Styr. för psykologiskt försvar, 2001 - 96 s.
ISBN: 91-1-401238-3 LIBRIS-ID: 10076324
URL: Link
-
Books
Bildens tysta budskap : interaktion mellan bild och text
Stockholm : Norstedts akademiska förlag, 2009 - 212 s.
ISBN: 9789172275492 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11202589
Myter och sanningar om läsning : om samspelet mellan språk och bild i olika medier
1. uppl. : Stockholm : Språkrådet, 2010 - 153 s.
ISBN: 978-91-1-302841-5 LIBRIS-ID: 11816642
Kognitiv psykologi : processer och störningar
1. uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2010 - 526 s.
ISBN: 978-91-44-04885-7 (inb.) LIBRIS-ID: 11304136
Information design : an introduction
Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2002. - x, 296 p.
Compendiums
Information design workbook : graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies
Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, 2008 - 239 p.
ISBN: 978-1-59253-627-6 LIBRIS-ID: 12073687
Other materials
På webbsidan hos the International Institute of Information Design http://www.iiid.net/PDFs/ItDepends.pdf http://www.iiid.net/PDFs/1_Message_Design.pdf
Akademin för innovation, design och teknik,
Web Addresses
Trovärdiga bilder
Stockholm : Styr. för psykologiskt försvar, 2001 - 96 s.
ISBN: 91-1-401238-3 LIBRIS-ID: 10076324
URL: Link
Objectives
The purpose of this course is to give a broad introduction to the subject of information design, and to develop some practical experience of working with assignments in information design, and to develop some basic theoretical knowledge of information design.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course students will be able to:
- explain, through practical and theoretical examples, how words, illustrations and design can be used for information and communication
- identify and describe that receivers of messages have various backgrounds and experiences and therefore understand message content in different ways
- identify and describe how situations can affect the design of and the reception of information
- explain how the various areas that make up information design relate to one another.
Course content
This course includes studies of sender processes, text design, image design, graphic design, and reciever processes.
Tuition
This course includes studies of: sender processes, text design, image design, graphic design, and reciever processes.
Requirements
General entry requirements
Examination
Exercise (GRU1), 3 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Exercise (INL2), 3.5 credits, marks Pass (G) or Pass with distinction (VG)
Seminar (SEM1), 1 credits, marks Pass (G)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
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Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail