Designing labels  
               
 
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Compiled by:
Karel van der Waarde
2024
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A. Labelling studies
1. Enable purchasing
- Nutritional value of food
- Energy labels
- Climate impact: food
- Eco score & label
- Sustainability label
- Organic logo

2. Enable use
- Signage and wayfinding
- Traffic signs

3. Enable disposal
- Sorting labels
- Plastic packaging
- Compostable packaging
- Deposit return schemes
- Electrical waste (WEEE)

4. Purchasing and use
- Textile care labels

5. Use and disposal
- Medicine labelling
- Tobacco packaging

6. All three
- Machine readable code
- Warnings

7. None
- Chasing arrows triangle
- Green dot

B. Design artefacts
Packaging
Labels
Text
Pictograms

C. Design process
Principles
Participatory design
Evaluation

D. References
Articles
Books
Standards
Websites
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Colofon & notes
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Bibliography: Information Design for labels

[Updated: November 29, 2024.]

Each Category contains some publications that focus on the design and performance of the different types of labels.

Each publication is illustrated, annotated and contains a DOI or website link.

At the moment, it contains references to 218 publications about the design of all sorts of labels.

Please inform waarde@glo.be if there are any omissions or mistakes.