Information Design
Research and Practice
By Alison Black, Ole Lund, Paul Luna, Sue Walker | Publisher: Taylor and Francis
About the book
Information Design provides citizens, business and government with a means of presenting and interacting with complex information. It embraces applications from wayfinding and map reading to forms design; from website and screen layout to instruction. Done well it can communicate across languages and cultures, convey complicated instructions, even change behaviours. Information Design offers an authoritative guide to this important multidisciplinary subject. The book weaves design theory and methods with case studies of professional practice from leading information designers across the world. The heavily illustrated text is rigorous yet readable and offers a single, must-have, reference to anyone interested in information design or any of its related disciplines such as interaction design and information architecture, information graphics, document design, universal design, service design, map-making and wayfinding.
Editions of Information Design
- EBook
- ISBN 9781317125280
- PDF
- ISBN 9781317125297
Read an Excerpt
Information Design provides citizens, business and government with a means of presenting and interacting with complex information. It embraces applications from wayfinding and map reading to forms design; from website and screen layout to instruction. Done well it can communicate across languages and cultures, convey complicated instructions, even change behaviours. Information Design offers an authoritative guide to this important multidisciplinary subject. The book weaves design theory and methods with case studies of professional practice from leading information designers across the world. The heavily illustrated text is rigorous yet readable and offers a single, must-have, reference to anyone interested in information design or any of its related disciplines such as interaction design and information architecture, information graphics, document design, universal design, service design, map-making and wayfinding.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Information Design about?
Information Design provides citizens, business and government with a means of presenting and interacting with complex information. It embraces applications from wayfinding and map reading to forms design; from website and screen layout to instruction. Done well it can communicate across languages and cultures, convey complicated instructions, even change behaviours. Information Design offers an authoritative guide to this important multidisciplinary subject. The book weaves design theory and methods with case studies of professional practice from leading information designers across the world. The heavily illustrated text is rigorous yet readable and offers a single, must-have, reference to anyone interested in information design or any of its related disciplines such as interaction design and information architecture, information graphics, document design, universal design, service design, map-making and wayfinding.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Information Design?
The Arts > Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration
Where can I read a sample of Information Design?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781317125280
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Information Design?
Alison Black, Ole Lund, Paul Luna, Sue Walker
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Information Design is available as ebook(ISBN 9781317125280) and pdf(ISBN 9781317125297)