Author Archives: Josefina Bravo

Weather forecasts and how people understand uncertainty

The results of the study on weather forecasts undertaken by undergraduate researchers, Matthew Standage, Rachel Bartlett and Shymali Abraham have been published in the latest issue of Meteorological Applications. The research explores how members of the public understand and interpret weather forecasts (rain probability and … Continue reading

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140 years of visitor maps for the V&A

image via Wikimedia Commons   Postgraduate researcher, Andrew McIlwraith, is examining how the design of floorplans can aid  people visiting museums. While conducting his research, Andrew has gained access to the archives of the Victoria & Albert museum and has been able to examine … Continue reading

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French ephemera exhibition in the Department

 Art deco invoices, late 1920s and 1930s.   A stunning selection of ephemera from France is in exhibition in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication. The display, curated by Professor Michael Twyman, covers publicity items as well as documents of … Continue reading

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Donor Day 2015

The Department of Typography and Graphic Communication was present for Donor Day 2015, held at Whiteknights campus on Saturday 25 April. Lots of people came and had a chat with Professors Sue Walker and Alison Black about the wide range of the Department’s work. We … Continue reading

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At CIDR this fortnight, 21 Apr 2015

Research in progress This week marks the launch of the AKI Aware campaign, where we have been working with clinicians at Royal Berkshire Hospital to design materials that will raise awareness of and improve the process of diagnosing and treating … Continue reading

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Half-way outputs of the European Union COST network project ‘E-read’

Ljubljana, 9 April 2015 — After a day’s brainstorming, our group of about 30 participants – from neuroscientists, through computer scientists, rhetoricians and literary theorists, to designers, publishers and technical writers – formed into three groups, each taking a specific … Continue reading

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Thinking, testing, making…

  These words appear on the front page of the new ‘Manifesto for Design‘ produced by the All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group (APDIG) and tie in very much with our approach in the Centre for Information Design Research. We … Continue reading

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At CIDR this fortnight, 7 Apr 2015

Research in progress Alison Black and Sue Walker will be attending a working group meeting of the European-Union funded project E-Read (Evolution of reading in the age of digitisation) in Ljubljana. The aim of the project is to better understand … Continue reading

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Jeanne-Louise Moys joins our team

We are delighted to welcome Jeanne-Louise Moys to her new post in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication and as research colleague in CIDR. Jeanne-Louise, who has considerable professional and teaching experience, was a PhD student here until 2012. … Continue reading

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At CIDR this fortnight, 16 Mar 2015

Banner for the Open up about medicines campaign, developed for Southampton City CCG. Research in progress – Southampton City CCG will be launching the campaign to reduce medicines waste Open up about medicines which we have developed for them with the help of … Continue reading

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