Designing information [electronic resource] : human factors and common sense in information design / Joel Katz.

By: Katz, Joel, 1943-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012Description: 224 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, portISBN: 9781118420096 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Visual communicationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 003/.54 LOC classification: P93.5 | .K37 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Aspects of Information Design : The nature of information -- Qualitative Issues : Perceptions, conventions, proximity -- Quantitative Issues : Dimensionality, comparisons, numbers, scale -- Structure, Organization, Type : Hierarchy and visual grammar -- Finding Your Way? : Movement, orientation, situational geography -- Documents : Stories, inventories, notes.
Summary: "Information Design 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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aspects of Information Design : The nature of information -- Qualitative Issues : Perceptions, conventions, proximity -- Quantitative Issues : Dimensionality, comparisons, numbers, scale -- Structure, Organization, Type : Hierarchy and visual grammar -- Finding Your Way? : Movement, orientation, situational geography -- Documents : Stories, inventories, notes.

"Information Design 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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