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We offer our booklists as sources for additional inquiry about design practice.
 
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Booklists

  Information design
  Information architecture
  Signage design / E.G.D.
  Design
  Design theory
  Communication writing
  Human factors
  Perception & psychology


Booklists

Our design work is informed by a wide range of disciplines, including psychology, human factors and visual perception. These booklists (see left) consist of design practice articles that we have read and recommend. If you are looking to purchase these books, some may be out of print.

For business professionals, we particularly recommend:
Visual Function. An Introduction to Information Design by Paul Mijksenaar, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997.
Visual Function book imageThis book provides a concise explanation of information design along with examples of its value in application.
  
  
  
  

For design professionals, we particularly recommend:
Information Design by Robert Jacobson, editor, Cambridge, MIT Press, 1999.
Information Design book imageCollection of essays on design from various authors. No pictures, just lots to think about.
  
  
  


 

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