Information Design Studio Kuipersstraat 72 hs NL-1074 EN Amsterdam The Netherlands Telephone: 0031 20 489 30 81 Skype: theworldasflatland Email: studioattheworldasflatlanddotnet ____ Seeking graphic-designer with interest in information design 4 days/week, fulltime or freelance Preferably junior designers with a degree in graphic design. Candidates should have editorial skills and an interest in designing complex information (navigation systems, infographics, maps etc). You should work in InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator. Working in Flash is a pre. Please send an overview of your work by email only – not larger than 5 MB. (June 2008)
Work Examples Work in Progress Project Monument now – A research on the possibility of a contemporary monument for the Dutch politician J.R. Thorbecke, for STROOM, Center for visual arts and architecture, The Hague (NL) > Book Designing universal knowledge, the first in a series of three books on the systematic design of complex information. Published by Lars Müller Publishers in autumn 2008. > Project 2008 – United Nations – Year of Languages Contribution to the artist platform ‘OOG’ of the Dutch daily newspaper Volkskrant, Amsterdam (NL). OOG – Artist Platform Project Article I amsterdam, an overview on Amsterdam and the dutch design scene for the german design magazine PAGE, 11.2007 + Dutch Design Links > Publication Some of our projects are presented in the Information Design Workbook, by Kim Baer, Rockport Publishers (USA), 2008. > Project Infographics for the daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad and nrc next, Rotterdam (NL) Gerlinde Schuller supports the infographics team in Rotterdam on a regular basis. > Article Information Design = Complexity + Interdisciplinarity + Experiment, a definition of Information Design > Competition Corporate identity and wayfinding system for the Music Trail for the City of Leipzig (D). > Project Frozen Memories, a visual essay on memorials for the architecture magazine VOLUME – Cities Unbuilt, nr.11., June 2007 > Project Infographic for the dutch weekly magazine Vrij Nederland, Afghanistan Special, May 2007. > Lecture Information Design Conference, Greenwich, London (UK) 29./30.03.07 The book as search engine Gerlinde Schuller gives a presentation on hypernavigation in printed matter. Lecture University of Applied Sciences, Mainz (D) 13.12.06 Through which filter do information designer view the world? Gerlinde Schuller gives an overview of what Information Design is and could be. Book Release Making the Impossible Possible The book documents a unique accumulation of superlatives in the world’s largest self-supporting hall in a village close to Berlin. Where the German company CargoLifter AG once planned to construct the world’s largest transport airship, Europe’s most expansive indoor leisure park, ‘Tropical Islands,’ is built in 2004. The authors Gerlinde Schuller (Information Design Studio, Amsterdam) and Claudia Weber (artist, Berlin) compare these two visions on their paths to implementation, employing a combination of genres: cinematic narration, log-book and experimental test set-up. Text contributions by: Sam Jacob (UK), Dingeman Kuilman (NL), Jochen Becker (D), Prof. Dr. Bernd Kriegesmann (D) About the book Order the book Project Navigation concept and wayfinding system for the Free University's restored Modernist building, designed by the architects Candilis Josic Woods, 1963-1973 Client: Free University, Berlin (D)
We design complexity The Information Design Studio is specialized in the development and design of complex information systems. Due to the fact that these systems are comprised of a multitude of different applications (printed matters, three- dimensional and digital applications), the project work proves to be very interdisciplinary. Our objective is to derive additional knowledge by organising, combining, condensing and visualising complex data. Our work does not depend on certain media and involves a multi- and interdisciplinary approach to communication, combining skills from graphic design, web design, 3D design, psychology, cognitive science, information theory and cultural studies. Milestones of Information Design Experimental Research We find it very important to further develop Information Design in free, experimental projects. Our definition of Information Design is based on an interdisciplinary attitude and an openness towards all creative disciplines, especially art, architecture and digital media. ____ Gerlinde Schuller founded the Information Design Studio with the aim of working on projects in the field of Information Design for a mainly international target group. CV