Information design
Wrangling writers: information design and content policy
Notes on important themes in the close relationship between information design and content writing and editing. …
- Originally published: 16 Feb 2010 in Information design
Perception and assumption in warning signs
An information design perspective on the use and effect of warning signs used in hunting areas. …
- Originally published: 23 Nov 2009 in Information design
Who hates all the pies?
The pie chart is a common tool for displaying statistics graphically, but the limitations of the format can often hinder rather than facilitate communication …
- Originally published: 15 Nov 2009 in Information design
Usability testing with web prototypes: an overview
An illustrated overview of usability testing with web prototypes onscreen and on paper. Use prototype tests to try out a concept, object, or process before major investment in design or development. …
- Originally published: 28 May 2009 in Information design
Information design and philosophy
When I ponder the methods I use in my work, I occasionally find in them a few interesting similarities with philosophy and social theory. Jeremy Bentham (source: Wikimedia Commons) I’ve mentioned a couple of …
- Originally published: 22 Dec 2008 in Information design
Testing the relevance of contributed or migrated content
Managing content contributions or a migration process from an existing online resource requires patience and discipline, two things of which information designers can never have enough! In few other situations do things get …
- Originally published: 2 Dec 2008 in Information design
Information Design library released!
I have arrived at a logical pause in my efforts to write an Information Design library, so in the current fashion I’m releasing it as a “beta”. Some time ago, I wrote in …
- Originally published: 2 Mar 2007 in Information design
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
All that jazz: New Year in New Orleans
After J and I left Florida behind, we headed over the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana. We visited New Orleans for New Year, drawn by the nightlife, the restaurants and the art …
- Originally published: 17 Jan 2008 in North America
Reflections on Relocation: Part 1
The first of two articles, written five months to the day since we arrived in Belgium, in which J and I compare the experience of living in Britain with that of Belgium. We …
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2008 in Relocation
Don’t Look Now
Director: Nicolas Roeg United Kingdom, 1973 Don’t Look Now is technically a horror movie, but it’s also a technical film, arty and aloof and not at all a genre standard. You could even …
- Originally published: 19 Apr 2007 in Film
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany, 2006 Crass Hollywood remakes of European art film aren’t often successful. The big budgets, the bigger country and the biggest names tend to kill off every single cell …
- Originally published: 11 Oct 2007 in Film
As Time Pedals By
A fine reunion of sorts took place in Skipton last Saturday night. I hadn’t seen some of these guys in ten years: Above left to right: Simon Garner; James Padgett; Bob Barras; Trevor …
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2007 in Personalia
Who is that guy?
Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.