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About the Iridescent format

Iridescent is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Design Education and Practice, Creativity in Education and Neuroscience, Digital Media and Visual Art.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Iridescent 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inDesign Education and Practice Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Digital Media and Visual Art Art Education and Development Cultural Industries and Urban Development
Papers published last year≈38
ISSN1923-5003
h-index7
i10-index3
Total citations211
Top institutions publishing hereSchlumberger (Ireland)
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Most-cited papers in Iridescent

Design for Social Innovation: Emerging Principles and Approaches

Anne Chick · 1 Jan 2012

Contemporary design professionals have been struggling with the challenges posed by addressing the core concepts of sustainable development in earnest for over thirty years (Fletcher & Giggin, 2001; Fuad-Luke, 2009). The sustainable development agendas are providing an opportunity to ask fundamental questions of design itself. In recent years design professionals have been pushing design beyond…

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Trust and Relationship Building: Critical Skills for The Future of Design Education in Online Contexts

Karin Watson, Simon McIntyre, Ian McArthur · 1 Oct 2011

Could you trust someone you had never physically met to successfully collaborate with you on a design project?As online communication technologies rapidly evolve, the creative industries continue to move towards globally networked and interdisciplinary modalities of practice. These inescapable shifts in the ways designers work have challenged many long held assumptions about the nature of…

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Rethinking Food Recall Communications for Consumers

Clinton Carlson, Whitney O. Peake · 1 Jul 2012

In the last six years, there have been calls for change to the United States (US) food recall system. These calls highlight the need for: 1. Change in federal oversight2. Better use and management of data3. More effective food recall communication to the US publicThis paper presents recent responses to these calls for change, both…

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Repositioning the graphic designer as researcher

Alison Barnes · 1 Jan 2012

In academic terms, the discipline of graphic design is relatively young. Consequently the position of the discipline within academic territory, and the role of the designer, continue to be debated. In part, these debates have been a product of attempts to define and defend the discipline's borders from within, in order to establish a sense…

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Theoretical Frameworks for the Conceptualization of Graphic Design in Use

Jan-Henning Raff · 1 Apr 2012

The practice and theory of graphic design are surprisingly unimpressed by notions of use. This paper seeks answers for this absence in the discipline's focus on the visual. Visual studies presuppose a disembodied viewer rather than a user of graphic design artifacts. To enable a user-centered perspective in graphic design, three theoretical frameworks are presented…

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Iridescent template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Iridescent format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Iridescent template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Taylor & Francis format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Iridescent use?
Iridescent uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Iridescent 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Iridescent?
No. DocuGuru generates the interact LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Taylor & Francis-ready Iridescent document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Iridescent template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Iridescent format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Iridescent?
Iridescent is a multidisciplinary journal published by Taylor & Francis. DocuGuru's Iridescent template matches Taylor & Francis's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Iridescent PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Iridescent template (the interact class) that is ready to submit to Taylor & Francis, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Iridescent template cost?
You can start writing in the Iridescent template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Iridescent PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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