Read The Reviews
- xBlog, by Bill Keaggy
- Regarding Design (an interview), by David Ayers
- Learning Solutions Magazine, by Bill Brandon
- Bioephemera, by Jessica Palmer
- Visual Business Intelligence, by Stephen Few
- What Makes Them Click, by Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D.
- Visualopolis, by Alberto Cairo
- Clive on Learning, by Clive Shepherd
Book Contents
The first section, Getting Graphics, provides a reasonably brief discussion on how we read and interpret pictures. The second and larger section, Principles, discusses six design principles that demonstrate how to align graphics with our cognitive architecture. These are:
- How to organize graphics for quick perception
- How to direct the eyes to quickly see essential information
- How to use visual shorthand for efficient communication
- How to make abstract ideas concrete
- How to express visual complexity
- How to charge a graphic with energy and emotion
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