Bibliography/resources
Chapter 1: How humans (almost) universally perceive
The Artful Eye, edited by Richard Gregory, John Harris, Priscilla Heard, and David Rose. Oxford University Press, 1995.
Experience Design 1, by Nathan Shedroff. Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 2001.
Experiences in Visual Thinking, second edition, by Robert McKim. Wadsworth, 1986.
From Fragments to Objects: Segmentation and Grouping in Vision, edited by Thomas F. Shipley and Philip J. Kellman. Elsevier Science Publishers, 2001.
Fundamentals of Psychology: The Brain, The Person, The World, second edition, by Stephen M. Kosslyn and Robin S. Rosenberg. Allyn & Bacon, 2004.
Human Color Vision, second edition, by Peter K. Kaiser and Robert M. Boynton. Optical Society of America, 1996.
Indirect Perception, edited by Irvin Rock. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997.
Looking at Looking: An Introduction to the Intelligence of Vision, edited by Theodore E. Parks. Sage Publications, 2001.
Memory and Attention: An Introduction to Human Information Processing, second edition, by Donald A. Norman. John Wiley & Sons, 1976.
The Memory Book, by Elizabeth Loftus. Addison-Wesley, 1980.
Perception, by Robert Sekuler and Randolph Blake. Alfred A. Knopf, 1985.
Perception and Imaging, second edition, by Richard Zakia. Focal Press, 2002
Perception of Space and Motion, edited by William Epstein and Sheena Rogers. Academic Press, 1995.
Principles of Gestalt Psychology, by K. Koffka. Harcourt, Brace, 1935.
Semiology of Graphics, by Jacques Bertin. University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Symbol Sourcebook, by Henry Dreyfuss. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1984.
Thinking Visually: A Strategy Manual for Problem Solving, by Robert H. McKim. Lifetime Learning, 1980.
Visual Information for Everyday Use: Design and Research Perspectives, edited by Harm J. G. Zwaga, Theo Boersema, and Henriette C.M. Hoonhout. Taylor & Francis, 1999.
Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ross Perot, by Howard Wainer. Copernicus, 1997.
Visual Thinking, by Rudolf Arnheim. University of California Press, 1969.
Chapter 2: Usability and how to achieve it
Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems, by Hugh Beyer and Karen Holtzblatt. Morgan Kaufmann, 1998.
The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman. Basic Books, 2002.
Designing Across Cultures, by Ronnie Lipton. How Design Books, 2002.
Dynamics in Document Design, by Karen A. Schriver. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests, by Jeffrey Rubin. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
Information Anxiety II, by Richard Saul Wurman. Que Publishing, 2000.
Information Architects, by Richard Saul Wurman. Graphis, 1997.
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, by Louise Rosenfeld and Peter Morville. O'Reilly & Associates, 2002.
Information Design, edited by Robert Jacobson. MIT Press, 1999.
Information Design, by Graziella Tonfoni. Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Information Design: An Introduction, by Rune Pettersson. John Benjamins, 2002.
Open Here: The Art of Instructional Design, by Paul Mijksenaar and Piet Westendorf. Joost Elffers Books, 1999.
Practical Guide to Usability Testing, by Joseph Dumas and Janice C. Redish. Intellect Books, 1999.
Social Life of Information, by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. Harvard Business School Press, 2002.
Universal Principles of Design, by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler. Rockport Publishers, 2003.
Usability Testing and Research, by Carol Barnum. Longman, 2002
User and Task Analysis for Interface Design, by JoAnn T. Hackos and Janice C. Redish. Wiley Computer Publishing, 1998.
Visual Function: An Introduction to Information Design, by Paul Mijksenaar. Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.
Chapter 3: How to work with type and layout
Bases for Effective Reading, by Miles A. Tinker. University of Minnesota Press, 1965.
Designing Visual Language, by Charles Kostelnick and David D. Roberts. Allyn & Bacon, 1998.
Elements of Graphic Design, by Alex White. Allworth Press, 2002.
Editing, by Design, third edition, by Jan V. White. Allworth Press, 2003.
The Elements of Typographic Style, by Robert Bringhurst. Hartley and Marks, 2004.
Graphics for Visual Communication, by Craig Denton. Wm. C. Brown, 1992.
Great Pages: A Common-Sense Approach to Effective Desktop Design, by Jan V. White. Serif Publishing, 1990.
The Grid, by Allen Hurlburt. John Wiley & Sons, 1978.
Grid Systems in Graphic Design, by Josef Müller-Brockmann. Hastings House, 1981.
“How to Compose a Painting,” by Peter Saw. Available at www.petersaw.co.uk/ctutor/cmpsitn.htm.
How to Make Type Readable: A Manual for Typographers, Printers, and Advertisers, by Donald G. Paterson and Miles A. Tinker. Harper & Brothers, 1940.
How to Make Type Talk: The Relation of Typography to Voice Modulation, by Barnard J. Lewis. Stetson Press, 1914.
Legibility of Print, by Miles A. Tinker. Iowa State University Press, 1963.
Making and Breaking the Grid, by Timothy Samara. Rockport Publishers, 2002.
The Non-Designer's Type Book, by Robin Williams. Peachpit Press, 1998.
“The Science of Word Recognition or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bouma” by Kevin Larson. Available at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/ctfonts/WordRecognition.aspx
Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works, second edition, by Erik Spiekermann and E. M. Ginger. Adobe Press, 2003.
Type in Use: Effective Typography for Electronic Publishing, second edition, by Alex White. W. W. Norton, 1999.
Typography: How to Make It Most Legible, by Rolf F. Rehe. Design Research Publications, 1974.
Xerox Publishing Standards. Phaidon Press, 1988.
Chapter 4: How to write clearly
Accessibility and Acceptability in Technical Manuals, by Inger Lassen. John Benjamins, 2003.
Guidelines for Document Designers, by the Document Design Center. American Institutes of Research, 1981.
Letting Go of the Words—Writing Web Content That Works, by Janice C. Redish. Morgan Kaufmann, 2006.
Managing Your Documentation Projects, by JoAnn T. Hackos. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
The New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage, edited by Andrea Sutcliffe. HarperCollins, 1994.
On Writing Well, fourth edition, by William Zinsser. Harper Perennial, 1990.
Reporting Technical Information, by Kenneth W. Houp, Thomas E. Pearsall, and Janice C. Redish. Macmillan, 1992
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White, with revisions, introduction, and a chapter by Roger Angell. Longman, 2004.
Chapter 5: How to use color meaningfully
The Color Compendium, by Augustine Hope and Margaret Walsh. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990.
Color for Impact, by Jan V. White. BookSmiths, Inc,: 1994.
The Elements of Color, by Johannes Itten. John Wiley & Sons, 1970.
“How We See Color,” from Color in the 21st Century, by Helene W. Eckstein. Watson Guptill, 1991.
Interaction of Color, by Josef Albers. Yale University Press, 1975.
The Pantone Book of Color, by Leatrice Eiseman and Lawrence Herbert. Harry N. Abrams, 1990.
Principles of Color, by Faber Birren. Schiffer Publishing Company, 1987.
Principles of Color Design, second edition, by Wucius Wong. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
Understanding Color, second edition, by Linda Holtzschue. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
Chapter 6: How to make pictures that inform
Getting It Printed, fourth edition, by Eric Kenly and Mark Beach. How Design Books, 2004.
Chapter 7: Design, label, and caption diagrams clearly
Designers Guide to Creating Charts and Diagrams, by Nigel Holmes. Watson Guptill, 1984.
Designing Infographics, by Eric K. Meyer. Hayden Books, 1997.
Envisioning Information, by Edward R. Tufte. Graphics Press, 1990.
Graph Design for the Eye and Mind, by Stephen M. Kosslyn. Oxford University Press, 2006.
How to Lie with Charts, by Gerald E. Jones. Alameda, CA: Sybex, 1995.
How to Lie with Statistics, by Darrell Huff. W. W. Norton, 1993.
Information Graphics, by Peter Wildbur and Michael Burke. Thames & Hudson, 1998.
Information Graphics and Visual Clues, by Ronnie Lipton. Rockport Publishers, 2002.
Using Charts and Graphics: 1000 Ideas for Visual Persuasion, by Jan V. White. R. R. Bowker, 1984.
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, second edition, by Edward R. Tufte. Graphics Press, 2001.
Visual Explanations, by Edward R. Tufte. Graphics Press, 1997.
Wordless Diagrams, by Nigel Holmes. Bloomsbury USA, 2005.
Chapter 8: Clear forms improve users’ experience
“Forms That Work: The Three-Layer Model of the Form,” by Caroline Jarrett. Effortmark, 2000. Available at www.formsthatwork.com/ftp/DesigningUsableForms.pdf.
“Forms—The Importance of Getting It Right,” by Clare Carey and Matt Carey. Lift Creative Communication Design, 2003–2004. Available at www.studiolift.com/resources/forms/index.html.
“Making 1040s A Bit Less Taxing: Form Needs Redesign, but It Would Be Easy Only in Theory, IRS Says,” by Avrum D. Lank. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, April 14, 2004. Available at http://www2.jsonline.com/bym/your/apr04/222255.asp.
“Moving Forms to the Web,” by Janice C. Redish. Usability University, 2004. Available at www.redish.net/content/talks/MovingFormstotheWeb.pdf.
Chapter 9: How to help people find their way clearly
Designing & Planning Environmental Graphics Design, edited by Wayne Hunt. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998.
Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, third edition, by Ben Schneiderman. Addison-Wesley Longman, 1998.
Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, by Jakob Nielsen. New Riders Press, 1999.
Design Research: Methods and Perspectives, edited by Brenda Laurel. MIT Press, 2003.
Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, by Steve Krug. Que, 2000.
Follow the Yellow Brick Road, by Richard Saul Wurman. Bantam Books, 1992.
Making the City Observable, by Richard Saul Wurman. Walker Art Center and MIT Press, 1971.
Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines, by Sanjay J. Koyani, Robert W. Bailey, and Janice R. Nall. National Cancer Institute, 2003. Available at http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html.
The Signage Sourcebook. U.S. Small Business Administration and the Signage Foundation for Communication Excellence, 2003.
Wayfinding: People, Signs and Architecture, by Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini. McGraw-Hill, 1992.
Web Site Usability, by Jared Spool, Tara Scanlon, Carolyn Snyder, and Terri DeAngelo. Morgan Kaufmann, 1998.
Useful information-design web sites, products
Document Design Journal: www.benjamins.nl/jbp/journals/Docd_info.html
P.O. Box 36224, NL-1020 ME Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html
www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a?topic_id=1
Information Architecture Institute: http://iainstitute.org/
http://list.informationdesign.org/mailman/listinfo/infodesign-cafe
Information Design Journal: www.benjamins.nl/idjwww.microsoft.com/-usability
Nathan Shedroff: www.nathan.com/resources
Society for Technical Communicators
- Information Design: www.stcsig.org/id/id_resource_list.htm
- Usability Group: www.stcsig.org/usability/
Mark Barratt: Sue Walker, www.textmatters.com
www.usability.gov/guides.index.html
Jakob Nielsen: www.useit.com
Richard Saul Wurman: www.wurman.com