A bibliography about information design of all sorts of labels.

Compiled by:
Karel van der Waarde
2024

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

Colofon & notes

Books about information design.

Pontis S. (2019) ‘Making sense of Field Research. A practical guide for information designers’. Routledge. [Website].

Black A, Luna P, Lund O, Walker S. (2017) ‘Information design. Research and practice’. Routledge. [Website].

Guffey E. (2018) ‘Designing disability. symbols, space, and society’. Bloomsbury. [Website].

Pontis S, Babwahsingh M. (2024) ‘Information design unbound. Key concepts and skills for making sense in a changing world’. Bloomsbury. [Website].

Marchese C. (2021) ‘Information Design for the Common Good’. Bloomsbury Publishing. [Website].

Pettersson R. (2024) ‘Information Design series’. [This series of 12 online books provides an excellent entrance to the literature about information design.].