by Paul Mijksenaar
SUMMARY: Visual Function is an overview of the possibilities of
information design and its impact on the world around us.
Paul Mijksenaar provides an opinionated survey of the
discipline of visual information design and discusses
examples in graphic design and mapmaking, based on the
analysis of graphic variables by Bertin. His book is a
plea for clarity and good sense in the design of
graphical products we encounter in everyday life.
Mijksenaar analyses many illustrations of the best and
worst in graphic design throughout history and proposes
methods for today's information designers to discover
their own creative solutions to the challenges of
transmitting information.
CONTENTS:
1 Introduction: a few examples
2 Form or function?
3 Visual information
4 Graphic variables
5 Three cheers for the everyday
6 Experiment or craftmanship?
7 Trends
8 Form follows content
9 Regarding training and designers
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Paperback, 56 pages, 8.3 x 6.8 inches
Price: $ 14.95 USA
Illustrations: 83
Published: December 1997
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York
ISBN: 156898118X
Webpages about this book:
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