Information Visualization : Perception for Design
Abstract
From back cover:
Most designers know that yellow text presented against a blue background reads clearly and easily, but how many can explain why, and what really are the best ways to help others and ourselves clearly see key patterns in a bunch of data? When we use software, access a web site, or view graphics, our understanding is greatly enhanced or impeded by the way information is presented. By explaining in detail how we think visually, this book provides guidance on how to construct effective interactive information displays.
This book combines a strictly scientific approach to human perception with a practical concern for the rules governing the effective visual presentation of information. Surveying the research of leading psychologists and neurophysiologists, author Colin Ware isolates key principles at work in vision and perception, and from them derives specific and effective visualization techniques suitable for a wide range of scenarios. Information Visualization offers practical guidelines that can be applied by anyone, and covers all facets of visual perception: color, organization, space perception, motion, and texture.
Department
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Publication Date
2004
Volume
2nd edition
Pages
486
Publisher Place
San Francisco, CA
Publisher
Morgan Kaufmann
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Ware, Colin, "Information Visualization : Perception for Design" (2004). Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping. 143.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ccom/143