UI Design Resources

Resources on usability, user interface, interaction, design, design patterns, data visualization and more:

Edward Tufte

Inventor of sparklines.
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/

Books/Essays:

• The Visual Display of Quantitative Information
• Envisioning Information
• Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
• Beautiful Evidence
• The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint

Robert Spence

Information Visualization - Design for Interaction (2nd Edition)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0132065509/

http://www.infovis-wiki.net/index.php?title=Spence%2C_R.:_Information_Visualization_-_Design_for_Interaction_(2nd_Edition)%2C_Pearson_Education%2C_2006

Information Design Patterns

Master's thesis "The Form of Facts and Figures" by Christian Behrens in the Interface Design program at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.
55 design patterns that describe the function aspects of graphic components for the display, behavior and user interaction of complex infographics.
http://niceone.org/infodesign/

Information Dashboard Design

http://safari.oreilly.com/0596100167

Visualizing Data

Uses Processing
http://safari.oreilly.com/9780596514556

infovis wiki

http://www.infovis-wiki.net

Visualization Design Patterns

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