Karel van der Waarde

Karel van der Waarde, Graphic Design Research, http://www.graphicdesign-research.com

Karel van der Waarde started a design - research consultancy in 1995 in Belgium specializing in testing of information design. His research focuses on the effects of visual information such as labels, pictograms, and typography mainly in the pharmaceutical area.

Van der Waarde is a board member of International Institute for Information Design (IIID, Vienna, Austria) and the International Plain Language Federation (IPLF), and editorial board member of Information Design Journal, Journal of Visual Communication, She-Ji, the Journal of Visual Political Communication, and Visible Language.

The ibuproject – translating medicine information from text to visual signs

Authors: Karel van der Waarde, Mandar Rane, Juli Gudehus