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
Work in progress...
Hey, Jonathan!
I've had some interest in Edward Tufte's books, but the only one I've actually bought was the PowerPoint one. I borrowed (I think) VDQI from Charles C. here, but while it had a lot of interesting diagrams in it, it didn't seem like something that would really be helpful. (Or it could be that I'm just not in the mindset I would be in if I were needing to come up with these visual displays). Have you bought any of Tufte's stuff? What have you found most helpful of his?
-Daniel-
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Submitted by Daniel Meyer on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 09:31.