Information Design
foreword by Richard Saul Wurman Information design is the newest of the design disciplines. As a sign of our times, when the crafting of messages and meaning is so central to our lives, information design is not only important—it is essential. Contemporary information designers seek to edify more than to persuade, to exchange more than to foist upon. With ever more powerful technologies of communication, we have learned that the issuer of designed information is as likely as the intended...
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The contributors to this book are both cautionary and hopeful as they offer visions of how information design can be practiced diligently and ethically, for the benefit of information consumers as well as producers.
ForewordPreface1Introduction: Why Information Design Matters1ITheoretical Foundations of Information Design112Information Design: The Emergence of a New Profession153Chaos, Order, and Sense-Making: A Proposed Theory for Information Design354Human-Centered Design595Sign-Posting Information Design83IIThe Practice of Information Design996The Uniqueness of Individual Perception1037Information Design in Informal Settings: Museums and Other Public Spaces1318Graphic Tools for Thinking, Planning, and Problem Solving1939Visual Design in Three Dimensions22110Collaborative Information Design: Seattle's Modern Odyssey247IIIDesigning for the Technologies of Information26311Information Interaction Design: A Unified Field Theory of Design26712Interactivity and Meaning29313The Role of Ambiguity in Multimedia Experience30114Sculpting in Zeroes and Ones31715Personal Reflections on the Development of Cyberspace327Epilogue33916Rationalizing Information Representation341Contributors349
