Information designers create and manage the relationship between people and information so that the data is accessible and usable by people. They provide evidence that the information is available and usable to an agreed high standard.

Example:

Instructional design is the application of creating instructional information and content to meet the needs of the users and their desired learning outcomes.

These two design processes are much the same, as they both try to convey information to users. However, they are different in that instructional design focuses on ‘how to achieve something’ and information design on ‘dealing something’.

Example:

Recommended Dust Masks:

Australian Natural Resources Atlas, "Number of Nashi Trees under 6 years", 18 March 2009
http://www.anra.gov.au/topics/agriculture/statistics/stats/australia/nashi-trees-under-6-years.html

International Volcanic Health Network, "Mask Instuctions", 18 March 2009
http://www.dur.ac.uk/claire.horwell/ivhhn/guidelines/masks/masks.html