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Espen J. Aarseth, Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic
Literature, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, ISBN: 0801855780
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Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, A
Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1977, ISBN: 0195019199
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Laura Arlov, GUI Design for Dummies, Foster City (CA): IDG
Books, 1997, ISBN: 0764502131
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Rudolph Arnheim, Visual Thinking, Berkeley and Los Angeles
(CA): University of California Press, 1969, ISBN: 0520018710
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Robin Baker, Designing the Future: the computer transformation
of reality, London: Thames & Hudson, 1993, pp.208, ISBN 0500015783
Well illustrated coffee-table book on product and information design, with emphasis on graphics and the arts.
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Stuart K. Card, Jock D. Mackinlay and Ben Shneiderman, Readings in Information Visualization:
Using Vision to Think, San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, pp.686,
1999, ISBN 1558605339
A collection of scholarly papers, mainly from researchers at Xerox PARC - very technical - for specialists only.
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Alan Clarke, Designing Computer-Based Learning Materials, London: Gower, 2001, pp.196, ISBN 0566083205
Guide to the principles of designing training and instructional materials - from conception through to testing and evaluation.
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Marlana Coe, Human Factors for Technical Communicators,
New York (NY): John Wiley & Sons, 1996, ISBN: 0471035300
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Jennifer Fleming, Web Navigation: Designing the User
Experience, Sebastapol (CA): O'Reilly, 1998, pp.253,
ISBN 1565923510
Excellent guide to the principles of web design and navigation. Focuses on information architecture plus site usability effectiveness rather than HTML coding. Highly recommended.
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Robert L. Harris, Information Graphics: A Comprehensive
Illustrated Reference, New York/London: Oxford University Press, 1999, pp.448, ISBN: 0195135326
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James Hartley, Designing Instructional Text, London: Kogan
Page, 3rd edn 1994, pp.183, ISBN 074941037X
Guide to the presentation of instructions - from paper size, through clear writing, to the use of diagrams and illustrations.
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William K. Horton, Designing Web-Based Training : How to Teach Anyone Anything Anywhere Anytime, John Wiley & Sons, 2000, pp.640, ISBN: 047135614X
Best-selling guide to all aspects of instructional design and writing for web-based training materials.
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William K. Horton, Illustrating Computer Documentation,
New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, 1991, ISBN: 0471538450
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William K. Horton, Designing and Writing Online
Documentation, New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, 1994,
ISBN: 0471306355
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Bob Hughes, Dust or Magic: Secrets of Successful Multimedia Design, London: Addison-Wesley, 2000, pp.264, ISBN 0201360713
Amusing and thought-provoking study of working on multimedia projects - from web design to CD-ROM and interactive video.
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Information Design Journal. <http://www.benjamins.nl>
Robert Jacobson (ed) Information Design, Cambridge (MA):
MIT Press, 1999, pp.357, ISBN: 026210069X
Collected papers setting out arguments for the professional status of information designers - with examples of their work.
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Ellen Lupton and Abbott Miller, Design Writing Research: Writing on Graphic Design, London: Phaidon, 1996, pp.211, ISBN: 0714838519
This is a beautifully designed and exquisitely illustrated book which is a must for anyone interested in graphics, information design, typography, or media studies.
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Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide,
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999, pp.164, ISBN: 0300076754
Excellent web site design guide. Originally written for medical students at Yale. Concentrates on design principles and navigation.
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David Macauley, Cathedral: The story of its construction,
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973, ISBN: 0395175135
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Robert McKim, Experiences in Visual Thinking, (2nd edn) Boston: PWS Publishing Company, 1972, ISBN: 0818504110
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Kevin Mullet and Sano, Darrell, Designing Visual
Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques, Englewood Cliffs (NY): Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0133033899
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Jakob Nielsen, Usability Engineering, San Francisco (CA):
Academic Press Professional/Morgan Kaufmann, 1994, ISBN: 0125184069
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Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of
Simplicity, Indianapolis (Ind): New Riders, 2000, pp.420, ISBN:
156205810X
Nielsen puts speed and simplicity of access above all else in this tutorial on Web site design which pulls no punches. Fully illustrated with good and bad examples. Recommended.
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Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir, Homepage Usability: 50 websites deconstructed, Indianapolis, (Ind): New Riders, 2002, pp.315, ISBN: 073571102X
Neilsen shows the strengths and weaknesses of famous web sites - and offers his own makeovers of their home pages.
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Donald A. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things (formerly
The Psychology of Everyday Things) New York:
Doubleday/Currency, 1998, ISBN: 0385267746
Classic study of usability in modern product engineering - establishes the principles of user-centred design. Highly recommended.
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Elizabeth Orna, Practical Information Policies, Hampshire: Gower, 2nd edn, 1999, pp.375, ISBN: 0566076934
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James G. Paradis, and Muriel L. Zimmerman, The MIT Guide to
Science and Engineering Communication, Cambridge (MA): MIT
Press, 1997, ISBN: 0262161427
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William Pena, Problem Seeking: An Architectural
Programming Primer, (3rd edn) Washington (DC): American
Institute of Architects Press, 1987.
Jonathan and Lisa Price, Hot Text: Web Writing that Works, Indianapolis (IN): New Riders, 2002, pp.507, ISBN 0735711518
Professional-level manual on how to write, structure, and edit information for the Web. Highly recommended.
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Louis Rosenfeld, and Peter Morville, Information
Architecture for the World Wide Web, Sebastapol (CA):
O'Reilly, 1998, pp.224, ISBN 1565922824
Advanced level web design concepts, focussing on the principles of efficient labelling, searching, and navigational aids. Highly recommended.
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Jeffrey Rubin, Handbook of Usability Testing,
New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, 1994, ISBN: 0471594032
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D. Sano, Designing large-scale web sites: A visual design
methodology, New York (NY): John Wiley & Sons, 1996,
ISBN: 047114276X
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Karen Schriver, Dynamics in Document Design,
New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, 1997, ISBN: 0471306363
Wide-ranging academic and practical study in design theory and applications - with arguments for professionalism in design. Recommended.
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Nathan Shedroff, Experience Design, Indianapolis (IN): New Riders, 2001, pp.304, ISBN 0735710783
Double page graphic spreads of photos and web sites, with accompanying comments - all in avant garde [hard to read] typographic layout.
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Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative
Information, Cheshire (CT): Graphics Press, 1983, ISBN 096139210X
The first of Tufte's now-famous, beautifully illustrated books on information design in theory and practice. Highly recommended.
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Edward Tufte, Envisioning Information, Cheshire (CT):
Graphics Press, 1990, pp.126, ISBN 0961392118
The second in the Tufte Trilogy - focussing on 'increasing information depth on paper'. Just as attractive as the other volumes. Highly recommended.
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Edward Tufte, Visual Explanations. Images and quantities,
evidence and narrative, Cheshire (CT): Graphics Press, 1997, pp.156,
ISBN 0961392126
More from Tufte - arguing the need for accuracy, detail, precision, and truth in the presentation of quantities. Highly recommended.
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Jeffrey Veen, The Art & Science of Web Design Indianapolis
(IN): New Riders, 2001, pp.259, ISBN 0789723700
How the Web works, and why user-centred design is necessary. Analyses of successful sites, and how to use style sheets to control the layout of your pages. Highly recommended.
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Richard Saul Wurman, Information anxiety: What to do when
information doesn't tell you what you need to know, New York: Doubleday/Bantam, 1989, ISBN: 0553348566
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Peter Wildbur and Michael Burke, Information graphics:
Innovative solutions in contemporary design, London: Thames and Hudson, 1998, ISBN: 0500018723
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Robin Williams, The Non-Designer's Design Book,
Berkeley (CA): Peachpit Press, 1994, ISBN: 1566091594
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Robin Williams and John Tollett, The Non-Designer's Web Book, Berkeley (CA): Peachpit, 2nd edn, 2000, pp.304, ISBN 0201710382
Beginners' design manual - with emphasis on graphic design. Well illustrated and nicely designed.
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Christina Wodtke, Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web,
Indianapolis (IN): New Riders, 2002, pp.348, ISBN 0735712506
Gentle and easy-to-read introduction to the main concepts of Information Architecture. Well illustrated with screenshots. "Think first. Design second."
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H. J. G. Zwaga, T. Boersma & H. C. M. Hoonhout (eds),
Visual Information for Everyday Use: Design and Research Perspectives, London: Taylor and Francis, 1999, pp.338, ISBN 0748406719
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