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Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836, Bravo, J., Edwards, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-989X, Hart, J. and Little, G. (2022) Instructions for COVID-19 self-tests: what parts of the test are the most difficult to get right and how can information design help? Information Design Journal, 27 (1). pp. 126-139. ISSN 1569-979X doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.22011.wal

Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836, Halai, M., Warner, R. and Bravo, J. (2021) Beat bad microbes: raising public awareness of antibiotic resistance in Rwanda. Information Design Journal, 26 (1). ISSN 0142-5471 doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.20023.wal

Needs, S., Bull, S., Bravo, J., Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836, Little, G., Hart, J. and Edwards, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-989X (2020) Remote videolink observation of model home sampling and home testing devices to simplify usability studies for point-of-care diagnostics. Wellcome Open Research, 5 (174). ISSN 2398-502X doi: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16105.1

Walker, S., Hignett, S., Lim, R., Parkhurst, C. and Samuel, F. (2020) Explaining drug-resistant infection in community pharmacies through effective information design. Design for Health, 4 (1). pp. 82-104. ISSN 2473-5132 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/24735132.2020.1731201

Walker, S. (2019) Effective antimicrobial resistance communication: the role of information design. Palgrave Communcations, 5. 24. ISSN 2055-1045 doi: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0231-z

Walker, S. (2018) Modernity, method and minimal means: typewriters, typing manuals and document design. Journal of Design History, 31 (2). pp. 138-153. ISSN 1741-7279 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epx018

Walker, S. (2017) Research in graphic design. The Design Journal, 20 (5). pp. 549-559. ISSN 1460-6925 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/14606925.2017.1347416

Walker, S. (2012) Describing the design of children’s books: an analytical approach. Visible Language, 46 (3). ISSN 0022-2224

Walker, S. (2011) Explaining history to children: Otto and Marie Neurath’s work on the ‘Visual history of mankind’. Journal of Design History, 25 (4). pp. 345-362. ISSN 1741-7279 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/eps031

Kindel, E. and Walker, S. (2010) Isotype revisited. Il progetto sugli aspetti meno conosciuti di Isotype. Progetto grafico, 18. pp. 48-57. ISSN 1824-1301

Reynolds, L., Walker, S. and Duncan, A. (2006) Children's responses to line spacing in early reading books or "Holes to tell you which line you're on". Visible Language, 40 (3). pp. 246-267.

Walker, S. (2005) 'The books nobody sees': typography in children's reading books. Baseline, 48. pp. 25-32.

Walker, S. (2005) The books that nobody sees: typography in children's reading books. Baseline (48). pp. 25-32. ISSN 0954-9226

Reynolds, L. and Walker, S. (2004) 'You can't see what the words say': word spacing and letter spacing in children's reading books. Journal of Research in Reading, 27 (1). pp. 87-98. ISSN 0141-0423 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9817.2004.00216.x

Walker, S. and Reynolds, L. (2003) Serifs, sans serifs and infant characters in children’s reading books. Information Design Journal, 11 (2/3). pp. 106-122. ISSN 1569-979X doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.11.2.04wal

Walker, S. (2003) The manners of the page: prescription and practice in the visual organisation of correspondence. Huntington Library Quarterly, 66 (3 & 4). pp. 307-329. ISSN 1544-399X

Walker, S. and Reynolds, L. (2000) Screen design for children’s reading. Journal of Research in Reading, 23 (2). pp. 224-234. ISSN 1467-9817 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.00116

Walker, S., Edwards, V. and Blacksell, R. (1996) Designing bilingual books for children. Visible Language, 30 (3). ISSN 0022-2224

Walker, S. and Edwards, V. (1996) Some status issues in the translation of children’s books. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 17 (5). pp. 339-348. ISSN 1747-7557 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01434639608666287

Edwards, V. and Walker, S. (1994) Multilingual resources for children. Language and Education, 8 (3). pp. 147-156. ISSN 1747-7581 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09500789409541387

Book or Report Section

Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836 (2023) Marie Neurath: designing and publishing Isotype books for children. In: Wilson, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4843-840X, Willson, G., Staveley, A., Southworth, H., La Penna, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4197-0041, Heywood, S. and Battershill, C. (eds.) Edinburgh Companion to Women in Publishing, 1900-2000. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. (In Press)

Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836 (2022) Reading information: using graphic language to enhance engagement with children's books. In: Hagen, A. M. (ed.) Mediation and children's reading: relationships, intervention and organization from the eighteenth century to the present. Lehigh University Press, Lanham, Maryland, pp. 125-145. ISBN 9781611463262

Walker, S., Black, A., Bessemans, A., Bormans, K., Renckens, M. and Barratt, M. (2018) Designing digital texts for beginner readers: performance, practice and process. In: Barzillai, M., Thomson, J. M., Schroeder, S. and Broek, P. W. v. d. (eds.) Learning to read in a digital world. Studies in written language and literacy (17). John Benjamins, Amsterdam, pp. 31-56. ISBN 9789027201225 doi: https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.17.02wal

Walker, S. (2017) The contribution of typography and information design to health communication. In: Cooper, R. and Tsekleves, E. (eds.) Design for health. Routledge, pp. 92-109. ISBN 9781472457424

Walker, S. (2017) Marie Neurath: designing information books for young people. In: Black, A., Lund, O., Luna, P. and Walker, S. (eds.) Information design research and practice. Routledge, pp. 117-126. ISBN 9780415786324

Walker, S. (2013) Graphic explanation for children, 1944-71. In: Burke, C., Kindel, E. and Walker, S. (eds.) Isotype: design and contexts, 1925-1971. Hyphen Press, London, pp. 390-437. ISBN 9780907259473

Walker, S. (2007) Letterforms for handwriting and reading: print script and sanserifs in early twentieth-century England. In: Typography papers. Typography papers (7). Hyphen Press, pp. 81-114. ISBN 9780907259336

Archer, C., Walker, S. and Reynolds, L. (2004) Typography in nineteenth-century children's readers: the Otley connection. In: Mckay, B., Hinks, J. and Bell, M. (eds.) Light on the book trade: essays in honour of Peter Isaac. Print Networks (6). British Library and Oak Knoll Press, London, pp. 118-129. ISBN 9780712347976

Walker, S. (2000) Leading the field or behind the times? Doctoral education in typography and graphic communication. In: Durling, D. and Friedman, K. (eds.) Foundations for the future: doctoral education in design. Staffordshire University Press, pp. 337-344.

Walker, S. (1998) Handwriting skills. In: Corson, D. and Edwards, V. (eds.) The encyclopedia of language and education. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp. 97-105. ISBN 9780792345954

Report

Walker, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5942-1836, Bravo, J. and Edwards, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-989X, (2022) User-friendly point-of-use instructions for home use diagnostic tests. Other. University of Reading doi: https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.000419

Conference or Workshop Item

Walker, S., Hignett, S., Lim, R., Parkhurst, C., Samuel, F. and Mole, M. C. (2018) Design, architecture, pharmacy: making a difference to understanding anti-microbial resistance (AMR). In: Design4Health2018, 4-6 September 2018, Sheffield. (ISBN: 9781843874218)

Book

Schilhab, T. and Walker, S., eds. (2020) The materiality of reading. Aarhus University Press, pp154. ISBN 9788771849585

Black, A., Luna, P., Lund, O. and Walker, S., eds. (2017) Information design: research and practice. Routledge, London, pp600. ISBN 9780415786324

Walker, S. (2013) Book design for children's reading: typography, picture, print. St Bride Foundation, London, pp224. ISBN 9780950416137

Burke, C., Kindel, E. and Walker, S., eds. (2013) Isotype: design and contexts 1925–1971. Hyphen Press, London, pp554. ISBN 9780907259473

Walker, S. F. (2005) The songs the letters sing: typography and children's reading. National Centre for Language and Literacy, Reading, pp23. ISBN 9780704998469

Walker, S. (2000) Typography and language in everyday life: prescriptions and practices. Language in social life. Longman, Harlow, pp224. ISBN 9780582357556

Burke, C. and Walker, S., eds. (1998) Typography papers, 3. Typography papers, 3. Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, Reading, pp148. ISBN 0-7049-1123-x

Walker, S. and Edwards, V. (1995) Building bridges: multilingual resources for children. Multilingual Matters, Clevedon, pp130. ISBN 9781853592904

Show/Exhibition

Kindel, E., Minns, E., Nairne, K., Odling-Smee, A. and Walker, S. (2019) Marie Neurath: Picturing Science. [Show/Exhibition]

Burke, C., Kindel, E. and Walker, S. (2010) Isotype: international picture language. [Show/Exhibition]

Other

Walker, S., Connare, V. and Scaglione, J. (2005) Fabula: type design. University of Reading.