Graphic Design – Research
Elewijt, Belgium
Hochschule Luzern (HSLU)
IIID Vice President
What is the motivation to work in information design?
Multi-faceted profession: it is essential to deal with a wide variety of people and organizations. Making sure that the people who have to deal with complex information can actually handle it without noticing how complex it really is remains a continuous challenge”>Multi-faceted profession: it is essential to deal with a wide variety of people and organizations. Making sure that the people who have to deal with complex information can actually handle it without noticing how complex it really is remains a continuous challenge.
What are you working on at the moment?
Information about medicines for patients, doctors, pharmacists and nurses.
What is a project you consider a great example of information design?
Google maps—including some apps related to it. They really make life easier when I’m at a specific location looking for something. (And I don’t have to know how complex the underlying structure is: it simply provides answers).
What is your dream project?
An information strategy for a therapy that is based on the needs of patients. Right from the first recognition of symptoms and diagnosis all the way to health management. Information about medicines is just a part of this. The strategy needs to be based on ‘a variety of patients’ looking at ‘a variety of things’ in different contexts and at different times of a treatment.