A record of a historical information-design page

Information Design: Patterns, Materials and Interfaces

The historical address /infodesign.htm appeared in Artbrush’s interaction-design context. A 2007 article about Andy Goldsworthy on Young Anabaptist Radicals linked to it with the query id=smenu4 as a source for an illustration. That specific image reference is distinct from a review of Artbrush as a business.

Natural materials can suggest ways of organising information without becoming a literal interface specification. A line of leaves can make direction visible; repetition can separate a pattern from its surroundings. An interface must turn such observations into decisions about order, grouping and interaction.

The analogy has limits. A pattern that is compelling in an artwork may become confusing when used as the only way to retrieve a document. Reading across art and design therefore involves asking which property is being borrowed and what it helps a person understand.

The historic illustration is not reproduced on this page. Its authorship and the original article’s image credit should remain visible in any discussion. A link to an older page does not establish permission to republish its pictures.

This edition retains a contextual record at the old address, including the historically used query. It does not present a generic replacement illustration as Goldsworthy’s work or claim to reproduce the complete former portfolio.