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          In this message:
          1) User interface design and evaluation.
             (Debbie Stone, Caroline Jarrett, Mark Woodroffe, Shailey Min=
ocha)
          2) Wordless Diagrams (Nigel Holmes)
          3) Forms for people: designing forms that people can use.
             (Robert Barnett)
          4) Thinking in Type (Alex W. White)
          5) Printer's type in the twentieth century manufacturing
             and design methods (Richard Southall)
          6) Visual Research. An introduction to research methodologies
             in graphic design. (Ian Noble and Russell Bestley)
          7) Wayfinding. Pictografic Systems. Nonverbal. Universal.
             (Paul Arthur en Branimir Zlamalik)

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1)    TITLE: User interface design and evaluation.

    AUTHORS: Debbie Stone, Open University, UK
             Caroline Jarrett, Effortmark Limited, UK
             Mark Woodroffe, Open University, UK
             Shailey Minocha, Open University, UK

    WEBSITE:=20
http://books.elsevier.com/bookscat/links/details.asp?isbn=3D0120884364

    DETAILS: Price: USD 59.95 / ISBN: 0-12-088436-4 /
             Published: 2005 / 672 Pages /
             Publisher: Morgan Kauffman

  DESCRIPTION: Based on a course from the Open University, UK
              which has been taught to professionals and students,
              this book presents an overview of the field of
              user-centered design. It illustrates the benefits
              of a user-centered approach to the design of
              software, computer systems, and web sites, and
              provides a clear and practical discussion of
              requirements gathering; developing interaction
              design from user requirements; and user interface
              evaluation. The book's coverage includes established
              HCI topics - for example, visibility, affordance,
              feedback, metaphors, mental models, and the
              like-combined with practical guidelines for
              contemporary designs and current trends, which
              makes for a winning combination.


CONTENTS:
I. Introduction
II. Requirements
III. Design
IV. Evaluation
V. Persuasion

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2)    TITLE: Wordless Diagrams

     AUTHOR: Nigel Holmes

    WEBSITE: http://www.nigelholmes.com/wordless/index.htm
             http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/Authors/default.asp?id=3D895&cf=
=3D0

    DETAILS: Price: USD 14.95 / ISBN: 1582345228  /
             Published: April 2005 / 160 Pages /
             Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

    SUMMARY: Illustrator and graphic designer Nigel Holmes depicts
             the things we do every day like you've never seen them
             before. Pruning a rose or building a sandcastle might
             seem like common activities, but when you see them
             visualized on paper in wordless, step-by-step diagrams,
             you'll discover them anew.  From how to tie a knot in a
             cherry stem with your tongue to how to make a grilled
             cheese sandwich, from how to carve a turkey to how to
             change a diaper, Nigel Holmes's striking diagrams will
             entertain and educate.

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3)    TITLE: Forms for people: designing forms that people can use.

     AUTHOR: Robert Barnett

    WEBSITE: http://www.rbainformationdesign.com.au/

    DETAILS: Price: AUS$ 120.00 / ISBN: 0 9586384 2 x /
             Published: 2005 / 510 Pages /
             Publisher: Robert Barnett and Associates Pty Ltd

    SUMMARY: This book is designed for the experienced forms analyst
             as well as the novice and part-time form designer. It
             covers topics like analysis, graphic design, typography,
             psychology, colour, printing and computer-related forms.
             Special chapters deal with modern technology such as
             fax and scanning, prepress for forms and optical reading.
             It covers paper forms and includes a series of chapters on
             fully-automated electronic forms. The book places special
             emphasis on the language of forms and forms for the
             general public with special chapters devoted to quality
             evaluation and observational useability testing.
             The 2005 edition has been restructured to make the content
             easier to understand, additional material has been added
             and the technical content of electronic forms has been
             brought up to date.

CONTENTS
Part 1 - Understanding Forms
  1 Types of forms: a chapter for beginners
  2 Foundation for Good Forms
  3 Communication Basics
  4 Forms Language
  5 Multilingual and Multicultural Forms

Part 2 - Forms Analysis
  6 The Forms Analysis Process
  7 Aids to Forms Analysis
  8 Interviewing
  9 The Needs of Users
10 Estimating and Costing

Part 3 - Form Design
11 Forms Typography
12 Basic Form Graphics
13 Colour and Shading
14 Form Structure
15 Questionnaire Design
16 Forms for Aged People

Part 4 - Special Types of Forms
17 Multipart Forms
18 Envelopes and Mailer Forms
19 Computer Input Forms
20 Machine-Readable Forms
21 Forms for Special Processing

Part 5- Testing Forms
22 Types of Errors People Make
23 Traditional Methods of Testing
24 Using an Error Analysis
25 Observational Useability Studies
26 Setting up a Testing Program

Part 6- Forms Production
27 Using a Computer for Design
28 Paper for Forms
29 How Printing Works
30 Getting Quality Printing

Part 7 - Electronic Forms
31 Electronic Forms Overview
32 Major Electronic Forms Issues
33 Implementing Electronic Forms
34 Electronic Forms Design Principles
35 Components of Electronic Forms
36 Adding Intelligence to Electronic Forms
37 Internet and intranet forms
38 Testing Electronic Forms

Appendix 1: Bibliography
Appendix 2: Subject index

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4)    TITLE: Thinking in Type

     AUTHOR: Alex W. White

    WEBSITE: http://www.allworth.com/Catalog/GD342.htm

    DETAILS: Price: USD 24,95 / ISBN: 1-58115-384-8  /
             Published: 2005 / 224 Pages /
             Publisher: Allworth Press

    SUMMARY: With this primer, designers will develop the skills and
             vision to produce truly innovative, stunning type design.
             Using images from the 18th century up to the present day,
             the author describes type as a unique language that
             follows its own rules for communication and that requires
             great sensitivity for the reader=EDs needs. Like its
             companion volume The Elements of Graphic Design, the book
             can be used as a first exposure primer for students and as
             a reader for professionals. This book offers insights into
             typography that normally require years of professional
             practice. Designed in an innovative two-color layout, the
             book provides a fun and systematic learning experience
             on multiple levels.

CONTENTS:
Preface
Introduction

Section 1: Type and Design
1 What is type and where is it found?
2 The language of type
3 Space and type
4 Typographic unity: similarities and contrasts

Section 2: What readers want
5 What readers respond to
6 Type and identity
7 Fresh versus familiar

Section 3: Creativity
8 Evolving a treatment from existing characteristics
9 Readability, then legibility
10 Type and imagery

Section 4: Typographic timeline
11 The evolution of typography
12 1914-1945
13 1946-1982
14 1983 onward

Appendix: Twenty-six letters evolve
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Example Colophon and Credits
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5)    TITLE: Printer's type in the twentieth century manufacturing
             and design methods

     AUTHOR: Richard Southall

    WEBSITE: http://www.oakknoll.com/detail.php?d_booknr=3D79701
             http://www.bl.uk/acatalog/Catalogue_ISBN_0712348123_450.html

    DETAILS: Price: USD 59,95 or GBP 30.00 / ISBN: 0712348123   /
             Published: 2005 / 256 Pages /
             Publisher: New Castle and London :Oak Knoll Press and
             The British  Library

    SUMMARY: The last years of the nineteenth century saw the final
             stages in the transition of type manufacture from a
             craft to an industrial process, and the first appearance
             of complex mechanical systems for the composition of
             text. A hundred years later, text composition used only
             the simple mechanisms inside laser printers and
             image-setters, and type manufacture was well on the way
             to becoming a craft process once again; though now with
             computer displays and software replacing steel punches
             and copper matrices. 'Printer's Type in the Twentieth
             Century' traces the evolution of type manufacture and
             design from hand punch-cutting through hot-metal and
             photographic composition to laser image-setting and the
             PostScript revolution. The book takes a theoretical view
             of its topic, rather than a simple narrative approach. It
             is intended for readers interested in recent typographic
             history, and the relationships between design methods and
             production technologies in type manufacture.

     REVIEW: http://www.typophile.com/node/10509

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6)    TITLE: Visual Research. An introduction to research
             methodologies in graphic design.

    AUTHORS: Ian Noble and Russell Bestley

    DETAILS: Price: USD 39.95 / ISBN: 2-88479-049-7 /
             Published: 2005 / 192 Pages /
             Publisher: AVA publishing

DESCRIPTION: Serious graphic design students and creative professionals
              will find this presentation of quantitative and
              qualitative research methods in visual communication
              invaluable. Fully illustrated with real-life case studies,
              it focuses on the relatively unexplored process of design
              analysis. Illuminating and thought-provoking discussions
              deal with such issues as the audience, communications theor=
y,
              experimentation in the studio, semiotics, and semantics.
              A final section features suggestions on how to synthesize
              practical and theoretical models, with strategies that
              working designers can really use.

CONTENTS:
- Why & how
- Methods: Ways of thinking
- Visual research
- Audience & message
- Process & materials
- Synthesi

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7)    TITLE: Wayfinding. Pictografic Systems. Nonverbal. Universal.

    AUTHORS: Paul Arthur en Branimir Zlamalik

    WEBSITE: http://www.paularthur-wayfinding.com/pages/1005cover.html

    DETAILS: Price: USD 125.00
             Published: 2005
             Publisher: Focus Strategic Communications Inc.

DESCRIPTION: Just as the world has adopted coordinated alphabet
              systems, the same should be done with pictorial images.
              Because no common descriptions exist, we are constantly=20
              exposed to different pictographic images representing
              the same thing. There is, however, a very real need for
              universality. A coordinated, integrated, pictograph
              system, with specific descriptions for each image,
              would be recognized throughout the entire world,
              regardless of language and culture. This type of
              system will achieve true internationalism.
              'PictograficSystems' which was developed by Paul Arthur
              and Branimir Zlamalik, contains over 570 pictographs
              and is possibly the largest resource of coordinated
              graphic symbols in the world. The research is still
              ongoing, and, eventually, thousands of pictographic
              images - representing common actions, services, objects
              or facilities - will be added.  The book is based on this
              PictograficSystems.

CONTENTS:
Introduction
Nomenclature
The ISO system of colours and shapes
Virtuous pictograph design
Series 0 - Pictographs common to all functions
Series 1 - Pictographs for base building
Series 2 - Pictographs for commercial & retail establishments
Series 3 - Pictographs for sporting events & recreation
Series 4 - Pictographs for health care facilities
Series 5 - Pictographs for transportation, travelers & those in transit
Series 6 - Pictographs for safety in the workplace
Series 7 - Hazards in parks & recreational areas
Series 8 - Arrows
Index
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InfoDesign Bookwatch is compiled and edited by Piet Westendorp
and Karel van der Waarde. Suggestions for titles are welcome,
and may be sent to: [email protected]
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