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Information design

Author: Robert E Jacobson
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2000, ©1999.
Edition/Format: Book : English : 1st MIT Press paperback edView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert E Jacobson
ISBN: 026210069X 9780262100694 0262600358 9780262600354
OCLC Number: 40693279
Description: xvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword / Richard Saul Wurman -- Preface -- Introduction: why information design matters / Robert Jacobson -- pt. 1. Theoretical foundations of information design. Information design: the emergence of a new profession / Robert E. Horn -- Chaos, order, and sense-making: a proposed theory for information design / Brenda Dervin -- Human-centered design / Mike Cooley -- Sign-posting information design / Romedi Passini -- pt. 2. The practice of information design -- The uniqueness of individual perception / Roger Whitehouse -- Information design in informal settings: museums and other public spaces / C.G. Screven -- Graphic tools for thinking, planning, and problem solving / Yvonne M. Hansen -- Visual design in three dimensions / Hal Thwaites -- Collaborative information design: Seattle's modern odyssey / Judy Anderson -- pt. 3. Designing for the technologies of information -- Information interaction design: a unified field theory of design / Nathan Shedroff -- Interactivity and meaning / Sheryl Macy, Elizabeth Andersen, and John Krygier -- The role of ambiguity in multimedia experience / Jim Gasperini -- Sculpting in zeroes and ones / Steve Holtzman -- Personal reflections on the development of cyberspace / Simon Birrell -- Epilogue. Rationalizing information representation / Jef Raskin.
Responsibility: edited by Robert Jacobson.

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by garyperlman (WorldCat user on 2006-02-21)

Foreword
+ Wurman, Richard Saul
1 Introduction: Why Information Design Matters
+ Jacobson, Robert
I Theoretical Foundations of Information Design
2 Information Design: The Emergence of a New Profession
+ Horn, Robert E.
3 Chaos, Order, and Sense-Making: A Proposed Theory for Information Design
+ Dervin, Brenda
4 Human-Centered Design
+ Cooley, Mike
5 Sign-Posting Information Design
+ Passini, Romedi
II The Practice of Information Design
6 The Uniqueness of Individual Perception
+ Whitehouse, Roger
7 Information Design in Informal Settings: Museums and Other Public Spaces
+ Screven, C. G.
8 Graphic Tools for Thinking, Planning, and Problem Solving
+ Hansen, Yvonne M.
9 Visual Design in Three Dimensions
+ Thwaites, Hal
10 Collaborative Informaiton Design: Seattle's Modern Odyssey
+ Anderson, Judy
III Designing for the Technologies of Information
11 Information Interaction Design: A Unified Field Theory of Design
+ Shedroff, Nathan
12 Interactivity and Meaning
+ Macy, Sheryl
+ Anderson, Elizabeth
+ Krygier, John
13 The Role of Ambiguity in Multimedia Experience
+ Gasperini, Jim
14 Sculpting in Zeros and Ones
+ Holtzman, Steve
15 Personal Reflections on the Development of Cyberspace
+ Birrell, Simon
Epilogue
16 Rationalizing Information Representation
+ Raskin, Jef

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