resources

books

• eBooks:
  • Purchase Primis eBook (McGraw-Hill) which contains readings/resource material for this class as well as a guide to Microsoft Project
• traditional:
  • The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman
    "Anyone who designs anything to be used by humans -- from physical objects to computer programs to conceptual toolsmust read this book, and it is an equally tremendous read for anyone who has to use anything created by another human. It could forever change how you experience and interact with your physical surroundings, open your eyes to the perversity of bad design and the desirability of good design, and raise your expectations about how things should be designed." - amazon
  • Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Visual Explanations - Edward Tufte
    Beautifully produced books with many clear examples by one of the leading thinkers on information design. These should be part of any information design collection.
  • Information Anxiety, Information Anxiety 2 - Richard Saul Wurman
    "Information architect Richard Saul Wurman swept the field clear in 1989 with his groundbreaking book that foresaw the problems of data clutter and proposed a radical new means of organizing and presenting knowledge humanistically; for the new century, he has revised it substantially as Information Anxiety 2. This book is sparklingly clear and readable--it'd better be, after all--and offers insight not only to designers, educators, and content developers, but also to anyone who needs to communicate effectively through dense clouds of facts." - amazon
  • Information Visualization : Perception for Design - Colin Ware
    "Information Visualization transcends the often-divergent approaches to visualization taken by individual disciplines. It will prove a fascinating, practical resource for anyone who uses graphical presentation as a key to successful analysis and communication: graphic artists, user interface/interaction designers, financial analysts, data miners, and managers faced with information-intensive challenges." - amazon
  • Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini
    "This book brings together, for the first time, expertise on all three of the elements which wayfinding is comprised: architecture; graphics; and verbal human interaction, within the context of the built environment. The authors, take the reader from a better understanding of the many types of wayfinding difficulties that people have, and why they have them, through an explanation of what wayfinding is and how the process works, to detailed examinations of the architectural, graphic, audible and tactile components involved in wayfinding design. A prescription, in effect, for a much-needed, brand-new design discipline." - amazon