Wordless Diagrams7 reviews Nigel Holmes Bloomsbury USA, 2007 An entertaining form of design education + Intriguing approach + Felt a little tricked... + good             Visual Function: An Introduction to Information Design5 reviews Paul Mijksenaar Princeton Architectural Press, 1997 A manifesto and a paradox, sort of. This small, profusely illustrated book is, well, a personal manifesto against bad informational design. Mijksenaar does not take prisoners: his case studies (of bad design) include glitches by some of the most prominent dutch designers. Healthy, very healthy. There are some surprises, especially if ...             Envisioning Information51 reviews Edward R. Tufte Graphics Press, 1990 Envisioning Information + Portable affordable art + A Continually Rewarding Gem + It's a good book             Information Design Desk Reference2 reviews Christine Sevilla Crisp Learning, 2001 Unique and Friendly Approach to Designing Information As a teacher of technical writing for many years, I've been looking for a book that gives the basics of how to organize and present information in a way that doesn't intimidate readers. This is the book! It is an easy read with a plethora of guidelines and practical suggestions so that even the ...             A Designer's Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing You Clients and What They Really Need (Design ...4 reviews Jennifer Visocky O'Grady, Kenneth Visocky O'Grady Rockport Publishers, 2006 A great service to the design profession and it's clients + A much needed resource for the design community + Put this book in your tool belt. + Clear, very straight foreward             The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity135 reviews Alan Cooper Sams - Pearson Education, 2004 an essential handbook for designing software + A Must Read Classic, Albeit with Some Dated Ideas + No Cognitive Friction Here.. Cooper's argument in this book is simple: you have to know your users, and you have to understand what they're trying to accomplish with your software. The method that he puts forth for achieving this understanding is personas, richly-described archetypical users. The book is easy to read and ...             The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition95 reviews Edward R. Tufte Graphics Press, 2001 Masterpiece of graphic design proves timeless and universal + Very nice book + Easy and fun to read I returned to Tufte's first classic book of graphic design principles over 20 years after first discovering it. At the time, I was the corporate librarian for a major electric utility, and the explosion in the organization and creation of information by individuals with new personal-computer ...             Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data40 reviews Stephen Few O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 Easy to read and simple to understand + drags you to read it!! + Clear, concise, and cleanly designed and presented. + Good, Practical Contribution to Visually Communicating Data             Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)11 reviews Bill Buxton Morgan Kaufmann, 2007 The value of design + But one can sketch in code too + If you're involved in design, read this book + Outstanding Book             Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference11 reviews Robert L. Harris Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Keep this reference by your side to help your data tell its story + The Full Repertoire of Existing Charts + excellent reference guide for graphs/charts + A great source for graphical ideas.             Head First Design Patterns (Head First)249 reviews Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004 Great Book! + Head First Design Patterns (Head First) + This is how learning should be + Readable and Understandable + If GoF makes you sleepy ... buy this!             Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)11 reviews Bill Buxton Morgan Kaufmann, 2007 The value of design + But one can sketch in code too + If you're involved in design, read this book + Outstanding Book             Envisioning Information51 reviews Edward R. Tufte Graphics Press, 1990 Envisioning Information + Portable affordable art + A Continually Rewarding Gem + It's a good book             Visual Function: An Introduction to Information Design5 reviews Paul Mijksenaar Princeton Architectural Press, 1997 A manifesto and a paradox, sort of. This small, profusely illustrated book is, well, a personal manifesto against bad informational design. Mijksenaar does not take prisoners: his case studies (of bad design) include glitches by some of the most prominent dutch designers. Healthy, very healthy. There are some surprises, especially if ...             Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference11 reviews Robert L. Harris Oxford University Press, USA, 2000 Keep this reference by your side to help your data tell its story + The Full Repertoire of Existing Charts + excellent reference guide for graphs/charts + A great source for graphical ideas.             Information Dashboard Design: The Effective Visual Communication of Data40 reviews Stephen Few O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006 Easy to read and simple to understand + drags you to read it!! + Clear, concise, and cleanly designed and presented. + Good, Practical Contribution to Visually Communicating Data             Wordless Diagrams7 reviews Nigel Holmes Bloomsbury USA, 2007 An entertaining form of design education + Intriguing approach + Felt a little tricked... + good             Information Design Desk Reference2 reviews Christine Sevilla Crisp Learning, 2001 Unique and Friendly Approach to Designing Information As a teacher of technical writing for many years, I've been looking for a book that gives the basics of how to organize and present information in a way that doesn't intimidate readers. This is the book! It is an easy read with a plethora of guidelines and practical suggestions so that even the ...             A Designer's Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing You Clients and What They Really Need (Design ...4 reviews Jennifer Visocky O'Grady, Kenneth Visocky O'Grady Rockport Publishers, 2006 A great service to the design profession and it's clients + A much needed resource for the design community + Put this book in your tool belt. + Clear, very straight foreward             Head First Design Patterns (Head First)249 reviews Elisabeth Freeman, Eric Freeman, ... O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2004 Great Book! + Head First Design Patterns (Head First) + This is how learning should be + Readable and Understandable + If GoF makes you sleepy ... buy this!