The information design handbook /

"Crammed with essential design principles and trouble-shooting tips, it provides you with all the keys to creating effective information graphics for every application whether intended to guide the user around a document, help them plan their lives, or direct them around a physical environment....

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Main Authors: Visocky O'Grady, Jennifer
Group Author: Visocky O'Grady, Kenneth
Published:
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Crammed with essential design principles and trouble-shooting tips, it provides you with all the keys to creating effective information graphics for every application whether intended to guide the user around a document, help them plan their lives, or direct them around a physical environment. It also looks at how to integrate different types of information design into an overall scheme, be that for transport networks, public-sector organizations, or retail companies."--BOOK JACKET.
Carrier Form: 224 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index.
ISBN: 9781600610486 (cloth) :
160061048X
Index Number: NC715
CLC: J534
Call Number: J534/V832
Contents: Section 1. Overview : A need for information design : Globalization through technology ; Spending more time at work ; More media, more messages ; The value of design -- Information design defined : The designer's perspective ; Common information design artifacts ; User-centered design ; ISO 13407: human-centered design model -- ID history: innovation & impact : Cave paintings and petroglyphs ; Pictographic writing ; Early cartography ; Charts and graphs ; ISOTYPE ; Guides for structuring information ; The interactive exhibit ; The Pioneer plague ; The visible language workshop ; The first we