Information Design

Using Interactive “Nutrition Labels” for Financial Products, by Junius Gunaratne and Oded Nov

Another interesting academic study of new interventions to increase understanding: from New York University professors Junius Gunaratne and Oded Nov, “Using Interactive “Nutrition Labels” for Financial Products to Assist Decision Making Under Uncertainty”, published in Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68(8):1836–1849, 2017.   The abstract: Product information labels can help users understand complex … Read moreUsing Interactive “Nutrition Labels” for Financial Products, by Junius Gunaratne and Oded Nov

Visual Law: What Lawyers Need to Learn from Information Designers

Visual Law: What Lawyers Need to Learn from Information Designers by Helena Haapio and Stefania Passera on VoxPopulii, Cornell’s Legal Information Institute, May 15, 2013 For decades, words have been lawyers’ tools of trade. Today, we should no longer let tradition force us to think inside the text-only box. Apart from words, there are other … Read moreVisual Law: What Lawyers Need to Learn from Information Designers

Tax Form self-assessment designs

Here is a short article about tax forms — that includes discussion of how not only forms can be laid out better, but how legal & financial terminology can be presented for users rather than for experts. via Self-assessment: not so taxing after all. from the Simplification Centre UK’s Blog: Self-assessment: not so taxing after … Read moreTax Form self-assessment designs

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