Visual and graphic design: resources
Undated listings were posted as of March 2003. New listings are dated.
Arnheim, Rudolph. 1974. Art and visual perception: A psychology of the creative eye. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ISBN 0520026136.
Arnheim, Rudolph. 1969. Visual thinking. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ISBN 0520018710.
Bang, Molly. 1991. Picture this: Perception & composition. Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press, ISBN 1587170302.
Bertin, Jacques. 1983. Semiology of graphics. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 0299090604.
Bertin, Jacques. 1981. Graphics and graphic information processing. Berlin, Germany: de Gruyter, ISBN 3110088681
Burnett, Ron. 2004. How images think. Cambridge, MIT. Posted May 2005.
Data visualization Posted January 2006.
Dondis, Donis A. 1973. A primer of visual literacy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, ISBN 0262540290.
Harlan, Calvin. 1986. Vision and invention. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, ISBN 0139422285.
Harris, Robert L. 1996. Information graphics: A comprehensive reference. Atlanta, GA: Management Graphics, ISBN 0195135326.
Horn, Robert. 1999. Visual language: Global communication for the 21st century. Bainbridge Island, WA: MacroVU, ISBN 189263709X.
Horton, William. “The Almost Universal Language: Graphics for International Documents.” Technical Communication, 4: 682-693.
Horton, William K. 1991. Illustrating Computer Documentation; The Art of Presenting Information Graphically on Paper & Online. New York:John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
Horton, William K. 1994. Icon Book: Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated. ISBN 047159900X.
Information Visualization journal. Posted November 2005.
Kepes, Gyorgy. 1995. Language of vision. New York, NY: Dover Publications, ISBN 0486286509.
Kosslyn, Stephen M. 1994. Elements of graph design. New York, NY: W. H. Freeman and Company, ISBN 071672362X.
Kostelnick, Charles, and David D. Roberts. 1998. Designing visual language: Strategies for professional communicators. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, ISBN 0205200222.
McKim, Robert. 1980. Thinking visually.
Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications, ISBN 0866514236.
Meyer, Eric K. 1997. Designing infographics. Indianapolis, IN: Hayden Books, ISBN 1568303394.
Moore, D. M., and F. M. Dwyer, eds. 1994. Visual literacy: A spectrum of visual learning. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, ISBN 0877782644.
Pomona College’s On-line Visual Literacy Project
Shermer, Michael. April 2005. “The Feynman-Tufte Principle: A visual display of data should be simple enough to fit on the side of a van.” Scientific American online.
Spatial effect and analysis links from ID SIG member Geoff Dutton:
Archives of a Harvard lab established in 1965 to explore using computers (IBM 7094 and 360 at the time) to display maps (on line printers, at first, then plotters, then interactively). The lab went on to pioneer developments in digital cartography and geographic information systems until its dissolution in 1989.
Brochure describing the lab’s work
Geoff’s website An animated “comic strip” explains
the need for and structure of a hierarchical geospatial
data model (http://www.spatial-effects.com/v1/). Posted
June 2005.
Tufte, Edward. 1983. The visual display of quantitative information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, ISBN 0961392142. www.edwardtufte.com/
Tufte, Edward. 1989. Envisioning information. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, ISBN 0961392118.
Tufte, Edward. 1997. Visual explanations: Images and quantities, evidence and narrative. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press, ISBN 0961392126.
UnderConsideration addresses graphic design as a political, social, economical and culturally relevant profession. There is a forum and a user-developed encyclopedia. Posted December, 2005.
Wallschlaeger, Charles, and Cynthia Busic-Snyder. 1992. Basic visual concepts and principles for artists, architects, and designers. Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown Publishers, ISBN 0697006514.
Wildbur, Peter, and Michael Burke. 1998. Information graphics: Innovative solutions in contemporary design. London, UK: Thames and Hudson, ISBN 0500280770.
Wileman, R. E. 1993. Visual communicating. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Educational Technology Publications, ISBN 0877782482.
Zwaga, H. J. G., T. Boersma, and H. C. M. Hoonhout. 1999. Visual information for everyday use: Design and research perspectives. London, UK, and Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0748406700.