Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Designers need to make information accessible and available to everyone - but how do they arrive at such elegant and useful solutions to complicated problems? Covering a broad spectrum of material, from signs and maps to electronic manuals, this work presents an international selection of work that makes our world function smoothly, including designs by such masters as Erik Spiekermann of MetaDesign in Germany, Richard Saul Wurman in the USA and Hiroyuki Kimura of Tube Design in Japan. Within each chapter are detailed case studies that examine a single project in depth, from the client's initial request to the finished product.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• The Information Designer's Role (p. 6)
• 1 Informing the Traveller (p. 18)
• Signing Systems (p. 22)
• Building Identity (p. 34)
• Digital Route-finding (p. 36)
• Case Study Electronic In-Car Navigation Aid (p. 38)
• Route Indicators (p. 40)
• Route Maps (p. 42)
• Public Transport Systems (p. 44)
• Case Study Schwabisch Gmund Bus Station (p. 50)
• 4 Interacting with the Screen (p. 102)
• Kiosk Systems (p. 106)
• Case Study A National Park Multimedia Program (p. 108)
• Multimedia CD-ROMS (p. 112)
• Web Sites (p. 116)
• Case Study Reuters Web (p. 124)
• 2 Explaining How Things Work (p. 54)
• Flow Diagrams (p. 60)
• Photomontages (p. 64)
• Statistical Diagrams (p. 66)
• Newspaper Graphics (p. 68)
• Case Study Rolls Royce Aerospace CD-ROM (p. 70)
• Medical Diagrams (p. 74)
• Structures and Actions (p. 76)
• Installation Instructions (p. 80)
• Manufacturing Processes (p. 84)
• 3 Controlling the Input (p. 86)
• Cockpit Design (p. 90)
• Case Study Air Traffic Control Screens (p. 92)
• Digital Control Panels (p. 96)
• Case Study SUI's and GUI's (p. 98)
• 5 Exploring the 3-D Interface (p. 128)
• Virtual Space (p. 132)
• Assembly Manuals (p. 136)
• Orientation Diagrams (p. 138)
• Case Study Neighbourhood Maps for the Blind (p. 140)
• Exploded Diagrams (p. 144)
• Pop-up Books (p. 146)
• 6 Mapping the Internal and External Worlds (p. 148)
• Strip Maps (p. 152)
• Road Atlases (p. 156)
• Upside-down Maps (p. 158)
• Distribution Maps (p. 160)
• Case Study The Language Map of Africa (p. 162)
• Invisible Information (p. 164)
• Notes (p. 168)
• Suggestions for Further Reading (p. 170)
• Index of Designers and Suppliers (p. 171)