Designing Information

Designing InformationCondition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781118341971 Year: 2012 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US) Pages: 224 Description: "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

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781118341971
Year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
Pages: 224


Description:
"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
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