Call for Papers & Visual Essays

Visual Communication
Call for Papers and Visual Essays

Special Issue: Information Environments
Volume 8 Number 3, June 2009
Edited by Teal Triggs
Designed by Phil Baines

We welcome submissions of papers and/or visual essays to be considered for inclusion in a forthcoming special issue of Visual Communication on the theme of ‘Information Environments’ to be published in June 2009.

Submissions are sought from a broad range of disciplines that explore the way in which information is conveyed within physical and/or virtual environments. This includes the ways in which we send, receive, mediate or understand information in:

the use of new forms of technologies and computing
communities of interest and social networking
architecture and the built environment
document design
display and design of information in broadcasting and media displays
signage systems
conventional printed forms (e.g. books, magazines)
typography
teaching and learning environments
fine art practice (e.g. digital arts, site specific installations)
advertising and communication design
popular culture as well as from cultural, historical and theoretical perspectives

Essays should be 5,000 words and must include an abstract of 150 words, 3 line author’s biography, institutional affiliation, contact details including email.

Visual essays may be an entirely visual piece or can combine image and writing. The length of these essays varies (usually between 6 and 12 pages).

For the format of the manuscript submissions, see further details:
http://vcj.sagepub.com/

Submission of papers/essays for Editorial Review: 15 November 2008
Notification of Papers/Essays selected: 15 January 2009
Final corrected submissions: 15 March 2009

If you would like to discuss a proposal for a visual essay/practitioner’s piece or possible essay, please contact Professor Teal Triggs: t.triggs@lcc.arts.ac.uk