Welcome

We are an organization of people who work to make information clearer – for everyday life, business, education and science.

Line drawing of people walking surrounded by pictograms representing categories of the IIIDaward.
IIIDaward26 banner5
previous arrow
next arrow

Member Organisations

News
New book and tutorial at HCII26: Aaron Marcus, Bridging Art, Design and Technology 2026-01-04Book cover Aaron Marcus After eight years of development, the new book by Aaron Marcus about his life’s work in design/art will be released by Springer UK in February 2026. Part autobiography, part designer monograph, the book tells the story of the early days…
IIID Conversation, Asia-Pacific Time Zone: Tue, 9 December 2025 2025-11-19 For our community in the Asia-Pacific region, Rob Waller will give a morning edition of this conversation, hosted by Alex Tyers in Melbourne.
IIID VisionPlus conference: Call for papers now open 2025-11-18 Information design and civic administration: trust, tradition and toxicity. Civic administration is built on documents to guide and support public life. Examples of these documents are licenses (driving, hunting, fishing), forms, governmental websites, regulations (parking signs, local trash disposal), anything…
IIID Conversation with Rob Waller: Towards a new document design standard 2025-11-17 Towards a document design standard: Rob Waller will talk about the evolution of plain language standards and the development of a new ISO document-design supplement and pattern library to support clearer, more user-focused communication.
Michael Twyman (1934-2025) 2025-11-13 We are sad to hear that Professor Michael Twyman, Emeritus Professor in Typography & Graphic Communication at Reading University (UK), has died aged 91.
100 years of ISOTYPE – Vienna celebrates with three exhibitions 2025-11-11 The opening of the Society and Economy Museum in 1925 and the 80th anniversary of the death of its founder Otto Neurath are fitting occasions for celebratory exhibitions in Vienna: Was wäre Wien? / What would Vienna be? Knowledge for…