{"product_id":"designing-information-9781118341971","title":"Designing Information","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 1 Aspects of Information Design\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe nature of information\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The nature of information\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Self-referential vs. functional\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 When it doesn't work\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Non-wayfinding cartography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Learning from Minard\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Simple and complex\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Worlds in collision\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Dispersed vs. layered\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Anatomy and function\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Metaphor and simile\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Emotional power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Is it really urgent?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The branding fallacy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e40 2 Qualitative Issues\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePerceptions, conventions, proximity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Lines\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Unintended consequences of shape\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 (Mis)connotations of form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 The middle value principle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Connotations of color\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 Color constraints\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Color and monochrome\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 From color to grayscale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Generations of labeling\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Connections among people\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Connections in products\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e64 Consistent and mnemonic notation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e66 It's about time\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e68 Point of view\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e70 Navigation: page and screen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e74 Interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e76 3 Quantitative Issues\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDimensionality, comparisons, numbers, scale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e78 Information overload\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e80 Too much information\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e82 Too many numbers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e84 Dimensional comparison\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e86 The pyramid paradox\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e88 How big?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e90 Substitution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e92 Numerical integrity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e94 Meaningful numbers\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e96 Perils of geography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e98 Escaping geography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102 Data and form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e100 Per capita\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102 Data and form\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e104 Apples to apples: data scale consistency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e106 Relative and absolute: ratios of change\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e108 Multi-axiality\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e110 Measurement and proportion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e112 4 Structure, Organization, Type\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHierarchy and visual grammar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e114 The grid\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e116 Organizing response\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e118 (Dis)organization and proximity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e120 Rational hierarchies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e122 An intelligible ballot\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e124 Understanding audience needs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e126 Staging information\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e128 Synecdoche\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e130 Is a picture worth 1,000 words?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e132 Visualizing regulations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e134 Focus and distraction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e136 Language and grammar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e138 Sans serif\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e140 Serif\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e142 Font efficiency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e144 Typographic differentiation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e146 Size matters (weight, too)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e148 Legibility\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e150 Expressive typography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e152 5 Finding Your Way?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMovement, orientation, situational geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e154 What’s up? Heads up\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e156 Signs and arrows\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e158 Scale and adjacency\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e160 A movement network genealogy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e162 Map or diagram?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e164 Guiding the traveler, then and now\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e166 Information release sequence\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e170 Isochronics 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e172 Analogies in painting and sculpture\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e174 The road is really straight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e176 Transitions and familiarity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e178 Service, naming and addressing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e180 (Ir)rational innovation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e182 Perils of alphabetization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e184 The view from below—or above\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e186 Urban open space\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e188 6 Documents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStories, inventories, notes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e190 Credits\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e214 Inventory: Paris\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e216 Inventory: Italy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e218 Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e221 Gratitude\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e222 Index\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e224 About the author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406853153111,"sku":"9781118341971","price":53.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118341971.jpg?v=1730497347","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-information-9781118341971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}