Information behaviour, designers, designers' information behaviour Designers draw on a significant volume and range of information throughout the design process. This could include information on people, materials, markets, processes, etc. However, not all this information is effectively communicated to and used by designers. In order to provide designers with information that is useful, useable and engaging for them, it is important to understand why designers use information, what information

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... they use and when and how they use it. This will be collectively referred to as 'information behaviour' in this paper. Nickpour, Farnaz; Dong, Hua; Macredie, Robert. 2014. Information Behaviour in Design; an information framework. In: Coutinho, Solange G.; Moura, Monica; Campello, Silvio Barreto; Cadena, Renata A.; Almeida, Swanne (orgs.). Anais do 6º Congresso Internacional de Design da Informação 5º InfoDesign Brasil 6º Congic Solange G. Coutinho, Monica Moura (orgs.) Sociedade Brasileira de Design da Informação -SBDI Recife | Brasil | 2013 Proceedings of the 6 th Information Design International Conference 5 th InfoDesign Brazil 6 th Congic Solange G. Coutinho, Monica Moura (orgs.) Sociedade Brasileira de Design da Informação -SBDI Recife | Brazil | 2013 CIDI 2013 6 TH CIDI 5 TH InfoDesign 6 TH CONGIC