InfoD: Bookwatch (30)

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        In this message:
        1) Elements of user experience design (J.J. Garnet)
        2) Information architecture: blueprints for the web
           (C. Wodtke)
        3) Editorial Design (Y. Zappaterra)
        4) Mapping (R. Fawcett-Tang and W. Owen)

        New editions:
        1) Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture
           (P. Arthur and R. Passini)
        2) Information architecture for the web (2nd edition)
           (Morville & Rosenfeld)
        3) Stop stealing sheep and find out how type works
           (2nd edition) (E. Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger)

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1)   TITLE: Elements of user experience design

     AUTHOR: Jesse James Garnet

    SUMMARY: User experience and site architecture are undeniably
             linked in the design world but have been long
             neglected. This text introduces the fundamental
             concepts involved in creating the user experience
             of a website or web application. The field of
             "user experience" bridges the gap between business
             strategy and web page design through the use of a
             variety of analytical tools to understand and meet
             user needs. Based on Garretts original "Elements of
             User Experience" diagram, the book walks readers
             through the five planes of the diagram, explaining
             each area of concern, how it relates to other
             areas, common methods and approaches for addressing
             each area, and resources for more information.

CONTENTS:
Introduction
1 User Experience and Why It Matters
2 Meet the Elements
3 The Strategy Plane
4 The Scope Plane
5 The Structure Plane
6 The Skeleton Plane
7 The Surface Plane
8 The Elements Applied
Index

Paperback, 208 pp
Price: USD 29.99 / GBP 30.99
Published: October 2002
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
ISBN: 0735712026

Webpages about this book:
http://www.jjg.net/elements/
http://www.newriders.com/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735712026/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735712026/
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2)   TITLE: Information architecture: blueprints for the web

     AUTHOR: Christina Wodtke

    SUMMARY: Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web
             introduces core concepts of information architecture:
             organizing web site content so that it can be found,
             designing web site interaction so that it's pleasant
             to use, and creating an interface that is easy to
             understand. This book will help designers, project
             managers, programmers, and other information
             architecture practitioners.

CONTENTS:
Introduction 1
  1 Gurus and rules
  2 First principles
  3 Balancing acts - users, technology, and business
  4 Those people
  5 Sock drawers and CD racks - everything must be organized
  6 A bricklayer's view of information architecture
  7 From A to C by way of B
  8 Eat me, drink me, dush me
  9 Making it all up, writing it all down
10 All together now
11 Being eEffective
12 And in the end=8A
Index

Paperback, 368 pp
Price: USD 29.99 /GBP xx.xx
Published: October 2002
Publisher: New Riders Publishing
ISBN: 0735712506

http://www.eleganthack.com/blueprint/
http://www.newriders.com/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735712506
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735712506/
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3)   TITLE: Editorial Design. For Print and Electronic Media

     AUTHOR: Yolanda Zappaterra

    SUMMARY: An insight into the design process for editorial
             work, now available in paperback. "Editorial Design"
             features twelve illustrated chapters exploring the
             creative and technical process behind international
             projects, including books, magazines and websites.
             It is written in the voice of each project's
             designer, and combines feedback from their clients
             and other professionals involved in the project.

CONTENTS:
  1 Adbuster Magazine (Canada)
  2 Tate website (UK)
  3 Tokion Magazine (Japan)
  4 wallpaper* Website (Germany)
  5 Nest Magazine (USA)
  6 Dishy (UK)
  7 Utne Reader Magazine (USA)
  8 I.D. Magazine (USA)
  9 Play CD-ROM (the Netherlands)
10 Designing Web Graphics.3 (USA)
11 Earthwatch Website (UK)
12 My BBC Website (UK)

Paperback, 160 pp
Price: USD 25.00 GBP 16.99
Published: September 2002
Publisher: Rotovision
ISBN: 2-88046-718-7

http://www.rotovision.com/description.asp?bookid=3D1422
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/2880467187/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/2880467187/
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4)   TITLE: Mapping

    AUTHORS: Roger Fawcett-Tang and William Owen

    SUMMARY: Maps and charts are needed by both businesses and
             society in order to make complicated information and
             data comprehensible. The art of mapping has therefore
             become one of the core graphic design practices.
             However, very little literature exists on this
             subject and the few books available fail to address
             all the issues involved. Mapping offers a
             comprehensive study of all areas of cartography
             from nautical charts to subway systems, from web
             sites to calendars. The book contains in-depth
             essays by Paul Stiff, a UK-based information
             design specialist.

CONTENTS:
   Introduction
1 Representation and space
2 Inhabitable space
3 Information and space
4 Time and space
   Acknowledgments


Hardcover, 208 pp
Price: USD 45.00 GBP 34.95
Published: October 2002
Publisher: Rotovision
ISBN: 2-88046-707-1

http://www.rotovision.com/description.asp?bookid=3D1417
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/2880467071/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/2880467071/
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Reissued edition:

1)   TITLE: Wayfinding: People, Signs, and Architecture
             Limited Commemorative Edition

    AUTHORS: Paul Arthur and Romedi Passini

Hardcover, 260 pp, illustrated
Price: USD 95.00
Published: November 2002
Publisher: Focus, Toronto, Canada
ISBN: 0-9731822-0-2

http://www.paularthur-wayfinding.com
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New edition:

2)   TITLE: Information architecture for the web (2nd edition)

    AUTHORS: Louis Rosenfeld & Peter Morville

Paperback, 486 pp
Price: USD 39.95 GBP 28.50
Published: September 2002
Publisher: O'Reilly UK
ISBN: 0596000359

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infotecture2/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565922824/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565922824
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New edition:

3)   TITLE: Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works
             (2nd Edition)

    AUTHORS: Erik Spiekermann and E. M. Ginger

Paperback, 188 pp
Price: USD 30.00
Published: July 2002
Publisher: Peachpit press
ISBN 0-201-70339-4

http://www.peachpit.com/find/results.asp?searchstring=3D0201703394
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201703394/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201703394/
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InfoDesign Bookwatch is compiled and edited by Piet Westendorp
and Karel van der Waarde. Suggestions for titles are welcome,
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