Summary
More and more information designers find that to be a successful information designer, one need to understand what is the goal and purpose of the project or company that they are working for. This is really making sense to me. If you think about it, how can one solve a problem without knowing what the real problem is. Designers need to know a client decision-making process, internal challenges, develop a solid relationship with the people in the company to give you more insight, and know who wields the power in the company.


“Information design project require careful thought, collaboration, planning, and a process that goes beyond the intuitive, gut-level, and sometimes solitary approach that many designers have been trained to use”

A couple of things that a designer should notice when starting to make their project would be to outline the process, know who is in the team, and assign the work for the people, and know when is the due date of the project. In conclusion, after we understand what we suppose to do with the assigned project, then we should start doing it. However, our job does not end here. The next thing we need to learn is to know who our audience is. Even though we succeed to convince the company with our solution, the solution will not be called succeed when the audiences who are suppose to receive the information did not get it. Organizing the information both for the inside and outside of the company is needed for the efficiency of the company itself. Without proper organization, especially in a big company,

Real World Experiences

1. I once was tasked to do a website for a non-profit organization. I was so ready to make the website and ask them what kind of information do you wan to put in the website. The people said that I just need to wait and they will send me the data that I needed. I wait for a couple weeks and ask them again. They dent me to one of the organization member for the data. I asked for it and he said he is going to send it to me. Again, I waited for a couple days and ask them what do I suppose to put in the website. Not surprisingly, they said they would send it to me. I still have not got the information that I needed to make what kind of website is suitable for this kind of organization. And they still don’t have a website until now. This story shows me how important it is to stay connected with the client and how the company works to make a suitable solution for them.

2. Around one year ago, a client asked me to make a flyer for an event got his company. It was just a small company and the director himself is still very young. He does not seem to know much about design and what he really want. There are actually two guys who have the power in this company. One of them said I need to do this, and the other say I need to do that . This show me how important it Is ot know who has the power in the company, and know what they really want. Or you will end up mix up what to do with the project and keep redoing it.

Related URLs

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I took a business writing class around a year ago, and this is the website and book that I need to read. It talks about how to write a business deal or any writing while engaging and informative to the audiences. There is a whole chapter that talks about clarity that I feel has the same meaning with plain language. We should use a simple and understandable words rather than fancy words with ambiguous meaning.

http://research-writing-techniques.suite101.com/article.cfm/organizing_howto_content

This site shows us a lot of extremely useful tips to organizing contents in our writing to pitfalls in writing. If you get stuck or does not understand the guidelines in writing, and how to communicate with our audiences in writing, I would recommend to visit this site.