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**Evolution of Information Design YSDN 2180** - Winter 2011 - 10:00-1:00 Monday a.m.
Contact Information - Claire Ironside, claire.ironside@sheridanc.on.ca, (tel)905-845-9430 ext. 2505, Office Hours 11:00-1:00 Wednesday A160 or by Appointment.

__Course Overview__ - Attendance, Class List - Assignments, Marking Breakdown,Hand-Ins/Hand-Outs, Access etc.Course Outline __Weekly Lecture/Presentations__ - Course Overview - Introduction to History of Evolution of Information Design
 * Week 1**



__In-Class Exercise Part 1__ - Research Slam - Building an Information Design Timeline - working in pairs students researched a person credited with contributing a valuable innovation to the field of information design. Findings were posted to timeline/bulletin board, to be completed and presented next class.

__Required Out of Class Tasks__: - Read - pp. 28-51, O'Grady, Jenn + Ken. "//The Information Design Handbook,A Critical Guide"//, Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishers, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey (handed out). - Prepare a one page reading response to reading listed above - Retrieve and bring in an information design artifact for presentation and discussion in class. Be able to identify its design lineage, what it is used for/where you found it, what information design technique it uses/embodies etc.
 * Note these artifacts or images, and their explanatory descriptions are to constitute part of your course notebook.

__Resources__ (an evolving list, keep checking back) i) Hard Copy:Other than Reading(s) - Course Outline - Information Design Bibliography, prepared by Angela Iarocci + Angela Norwood - Hard copy of Gerlinde Schuller's "//Information Design Milestones"// ii) Websites: http://www.theworldasflatland.net/informationdesigners.htm iii) Readings -pp. 28-51, O'Grady, Jenn + Ken. "//The Information Design Handbook,A Critical Guide"//, Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishers, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey