Designing Information
Joel Katz
The book itself is a diagram of clarification, containing hundreds of examples of work by those who favor the communication of information over style and academic postulation and those who don t. Many blurbs such as this are written without a thorough reading of the book. Not so in this case. I read it and love it. Num Pages: 224 pages, col. Illustrations, col. maps, charts. BIC Classification: AKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 732. "This handsome, clearly organized book is itself a prime example of the effective presentation of complex visual information." "It is a dream book, we were waiting for…on the field of information. ... Read more "Making complicated information understandable is becoming the crucial task facing designers in the 21st century. With Designing Information, Joel Katz has created what will surely be an indispensable textbook on the subject." "Having had the pleasure of a sneak preview, I can only say that this is a magnificent achievement: a combination of intelligent text, fascinating insights and - oh yes - graphics. Congratulations to Joel."
"The book itself is a diagram of clarification, containing hundreds of examples of work by those who favor the communication of information over style and academic postulation—and those who don't. Many blurbs such as this are written without a thorough reading of the book. Not so in this case. I read it and love it. I suggest you do the same."
—Richard Saul Wurman
—eg magazine
—Michael Bierut
—Judith Harris, author of Pompeii Awakened: A Story of Rediscovery
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