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Author Baer, Kim.

Title Information design workbook : graphic approaches, solutions, and inspiration + 30 case studies / Kim Baer ; with contributing writer Jill Vacarra
Published Beverly, Mass. : Rockport Publishers, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans, facsimiles
Contents Cover -- Title -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER ONE: About Information Design -- CHAPTER TWO: Process: Discovery -- CHAPTER THREE: Process: Prototypes and Testing -- CHAPTER FOUR: Design Toolkit -- CHAPTER FIVE: Printed Matter Case Studies -- CHAPTER SIX: Information Graphics Case Studies -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Interactive Case Studies -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Environmental Case Studies -- CHAPTER NINE: Experimental Case Studies -- IN CLOSING -- Contributors -- About the Author -- Acknowledgments -- Resources
Summary This books takes a methodical yet comprehensive approach to conveying the fundamentals of avant-garde, innovative, information design by examining history, theory, criticism, technology and media, process, method, and practice. Opening with a very brief history followed by an instructive breakdown of the discipline, readers will get an intimate understanding of the complexities of crafting information design to effectively improve communication both functionally and aesthetically. The back half of the book contains a wide range of case studies from design firms around the world so designers can see the techniques previously outlined in the first half of the book. The author critiques and explains why the design is successful in terms of formal quality (Aesthetics) and function (How does it improve communication?)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 240)
Notes English
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Subject Graphic arts.
Communication in design.
Design -- Human factors.
Interactive multimedia -- Design
Visual communication.
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES -- Paper Ephemera.
DESIGN -- Clip Art.
DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Branding & Logo Design.
DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Commercial & Corporate.
DESIGN -- Graphic Arts -- Illustration.
Communication in design
Design -- Human factors
Graphic arts
Interactive multimedia -- Design
Visual communication
Design
Grafische Darstellung
Information
Bruksgrafik.
Visuell kommunikation.
Form Electronic book
Author Vacarra, Jill.
LC no. 2007039179
ISBN 9781616736040
1616736046
1592534104
9781592534104