Designing Information - Human Factors and Common Sense in Information Design

Informationen zum Autor Joel Katz is an internationally known information designer and authority on the visualization of complex information. He teaches information design at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. His design work is in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto. His photography has been exhibited in the United States and Europe. He is coauthor, with Alina Wheeler, of Brand Atlas and is a founding member of AIGA Philadelphia. Klappentext "The book itself is a diagram of clarification, containing hundreds of examples of work by those who favor the communication of information over style and academic postulation--and those who don't. Many blurbs such as this are written without a thorough reading of the book. Not so in this case. I read it and love it. I suggest you do the same." --Richard Saul Wurman"This handsome, clearly organized book is itself a prime example of the effective presentation of complex visual information." --eg magazine"It is a dream book, we were waiting for...on the field of information. On top of the incredible amount of presented knowledge this is also a beautifully designed piece, very easy to follow..." --Krzysztof Lenk, author of Mapping Websites: Digital Media Design"Making complicated information understandable is becoming the crucial task facing designers in the 21st century. With Designing Information, Joel Katz has created what will surely be an indispensable textbook on the subject."--Michael Bierut"Having had the pleasure of a sneak preview, I can only say that this is a magnificent achievement: a combination of intelligent text, fascinating insights and - oh yes - graphics. Congratulations to Joel."--Judith Harris, author of Pompeii Awakened: A Story of Rediscovery Designing Information shows designers in all fields - from user-interface design to architecture and engineering - how to design complex data and information for meaning, relevance, and clarity. Written by a worldwide authority on the visualization of complex information, this full-color, heavily illustrated guide provides real-life problems and examples as well as hypothetical and historical examples, demonstrating the conceptual and pragmatic aspects of human factors-driven information design. Both successful and failed design examples are included to help readers understand the principles under discussion. Zusammenfassung The book itself is a diagram of clarification, containing hundreds of examples of work by those who favor the communication of information over style and academic postulation and those who don t. Many blurbs such as this are written without a thorough reading of the book. Not so in this case. I read it and love it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 10 Introduction 12 1 Aspects of Information Design The nature of information 14 The nature of information 16 Self-referential vs. functional 18 When it doesn't work 20 Non-wayfinding cartography 22 Learning from Minard 24 Simple and complex 26 Worlds in collision 28 Dispersed vs. layered 30 Anatomy and function 32 Metaphor and simile 34 Emotional power 36 Is it really urgent? 38 The branding fallacy 40 2 Qualitative Issues Perceptions, conventions, proximity 42 Lines 44 Unintended consequences of shape 46 (Mis)connotations of form 48 The middle value principle 50 Connotations of color 52 Color constraints 54 Color and monochrome 56 From color to grayscale 58 Generations of labeling 60 Connections among people 62 Connections in products 64 Consistent and mnemonic notation 66 It's about time 68 Point of view 70 Navigation: page and screen 74 Interpretation<...

Table des matières

10 Introduction
 
12 1 Aspects of Information Design
 
The nature of information
 
42 Lines
 
44 Unintended consequences of shape
 
48 The middle value principle
 
50 Connotations of color
 
52 Color constraints
 
56 From color to grayscale
 
58 Generations of labeling
 
60 Connections among people
 
62 Connections in products
 
64 Consistent and mnemonic notation
 
66 It's about time
 
68 Point of view
 
70 Navigation: page and screen
 
74 Interpretation
 
40 2 Qualitative Issues
 
Perceptions, conventions, proximity
 
34 Emotional power
 
46 (Mis)connotations of form
 
54 Color and monochrome
 
78 Information overload
 
80 Too much information
 
82 Too many numbers
 
84 Dimensional comparison
 
86 The pyramid paradox
 
88 How big?
 
90 Substitution
 
92 Numerical integrity
 
94 Meaningful numbers
 
96 Perils of geography
 
98 Escaping geography
 
102 Data and form
 
106 Relative and absolute: ratios of change
 
108 Multi-axiality
 
110 Measurement and proportion
 
114 The grid
 
118 (Dis)organization and proximity
 
120 Rational hierarchies
 
122 An intelligible ballot
 
124 Understanding audience needs
 
126 Staging information
 
128 Synecdoche
 
130 Is a picture worth 1,000 words?
 
132 Visualizing regulations
 
134 Focus and distraction
 
136 Language and grammar
 
138 Sans serif
 
140 Serif
 
100 Per capita
 
104 Apples to apples: data scale consistency
 
116 Organizing response
 
76 3 Quantitative Issues
 
Dimensionality, comparisons, numbers, scale
 
112 4 Structure, Organization, Type
 
142 Font efficiency
 
144 Typographic differentiation
 
146 Size matters (weight, too)
 
148 Legibility
 
150 Expressive typography
 
152 5 Finding Your Way?
 
Movement, orientation, situational geography
 
154 What's up? Heads up
 
156 Signs and arrows
 
158 Scale and adjacency
 
160 A movement network genealogy
 
162 Map or diagram?
 
164 Guiding the traveler, then and now
 
166 Information release sequence
 
170 Isochronics 1
 
172 Analogies in painting and sculpture
 
174 The road is really straight
 
176 Transitions and familiarity
 
178 Service, naming and addressing
 
180 (Ir)rational innovation
 
182 Perils of alphabetization
 
184 The view from below--or above
 
186 Urban open space
 
188 6 Documents
 
Stories, inventories, notes
 
190 Credits
 
214 Inventory: Paris
 
216 Inventory: Italy
 
218 Bibliography
 
221 Gratitude
 
222 Index
 
224 About the author

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: J Katz, J. Katz, Joel Katz, Katz Joel
• Edition: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 16.10.2012
• EAN: 9781118341971
• ISBN: 978-1-118-34197-1
• Pages: 224
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Architecture d'intérieur, design; Informatik, Grafikdesign, Graphic Design, computer science, Programming / User Interface Design, Programmierung / Benutzeroberflächen