Description
Book SynopsisIn a world of information overload, this book will help you to cut through the noise and communicate information with clear, efficient, and engaging visualisations.
Taking you on a journey through a full range of different types of visualisations including infographics and motion graphics, the book:
• Explains the underlying principles behind information visualisation, including the science of visual perception and cognition
• Provides easy-to-digest guidelines that bring research and best practice together
• Showcases a range of real-world applied examples, and outlines the do’s and don’ts of different approaches
• Shows how to use research methods to design with and for your target audience.
From an expert with years of experience researching, teaching, and doing information visualisation, learn how to make better and informed decisions around visualisation design that are appropriate for both your data and audience.
Trade ReviewInformation Visualisation: From Theory, To Research, To Practice and Back by Maria dos Santos Lonsdale is an excellent resource for researchers and practitioners interested in understanding the underlying principles behind information visualisation. This is a much needed book which provides easy-to-digest guidelines based on real-world applied examples. -- Antonio Uzal
Building up from key cognitive and visual principles, this book provides a comprehensive resource for designers of information graphics. As the title promises, Lonsdale weaves research and practice together, distilling a wealth of scholarship into clear, actionable guidelines. -- Mitchell Whitelaw
Table of ContentsUnderlying Theories For Information Visualisation From Theory To Research, To Practice From Static, To Interactive, To Motion User-Centred Research Methods For Visualisation From Theory, to Research, to Practice... And back
