13.visual design principles
Read these to prepare for class discussion
- p. 100, The Principle of Five Hat Racks and p. 132, The Principle of Iconic Representation in Universal principles of design
Antother way to consider the principle
- scan pp. 78-131, Chapter 05, "Communication Principles for Information Design" and Chapter 06, "Aesthetic Principles for Information Design" in The information design handbook.
- Koshman, S. (2006). Visualization-based information retrieval on the Web. Library & Information Science Research, 28(2), 192-207.
Optional readings which may come up in class discussions
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Lester, P.M. (2006).
Visual Communication: Images with Messages.
Thomson Wadsworth.
[P93.5 .L47 2006]
⇒ Chapter 9, Graphic design
⇒ Chapter 10, Informational graphics
- Wright, P., Wallace, J., & McCarthy, J. (2008). Aesthetics and experience-centered design. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human interaction, 15(4), Article 18.
- van Schaik, P., & Ling, J. (2009). The role of context in perceptions of the aesthetics of Web pages over time. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 67(1), 79-89.
Useful, but not available online
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Williams, R. (1994).
The Non-Designer's Design Book.
Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
[Z246 .W64 1994]
⇒ Chapters 1-6, Design principles, p13-71 -
Williams, R., & Tollett, J. (2000).
The Non-Designer's Web Book. 2nd ed.
Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press.
[Z246 .W64 2004]
⇒ Chapter 6, Basic design principles for non-designers, p105-124
⇒ Chapter 7, Designing the interface and navigation, p125-144 - Kahn, P., & Lenk, K. (2001). Mapping Web Sites. Crans-Prés-Cèligny, Switzerland: RotoVision. [TK5105.888 .K33 2001 folio]
- Maglio, P. P., & Matlock, T. (1999). The conceptual structure of information space. In Munro, A. J., Höök, K., & Benyon, D. (eds.), Social Navigation of Information Space. London: Springer, 155-173. [QA76.9.C66 S625 1999]
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