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Aarseth, Espen J. (1997), Cybertext : Perspectives on Ergodic Literature, Baltimore (MD): Johns Hopkins University Press. [ISBN: 0801855780]
Arlov, Laura (1997), GUI Design for Dummies, Foster City (CA): IDG Books [ISBN: 0764502131]
Arnheim, Rudolph (1969), Visual Thinking, Berkeley and Los Angeles (CA): University of California Press [ISBN: 0520018710]
Baecker Ronald M. & Aaron Marcus (1990), Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs, ACM Press/Addison Wesley Publishing Company, Reading Mass.
Barrett, Edward ed. (1989), The Society of Text: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and the Social Construction of Information, The MIT Press, Cambridge Mass. USA
Barrett, Edward ed. (1994), Sociomedia: Multimedia, Hypermedia, and the Social Construction of Knowledge, The MIT Press, Cambridge Mass. USA
Barrett, Edward & Marie Redmond (eds.) 1995, Contextual Media : Multimedia and Interpretation (Technical Communication, Multimedia, and Information Systems), The MIT Press, Cambridge Mass. USA
Berger, John (1972), Ways of Seeing, Reprint edition: January 1995) London: Viking Press [ISBN: 0140135154/0563122447]
Bertin, Jacques (1983), Semiology of Graphics, Madison (WI): University of Wisconsin Press. [ISBN: out of print]
Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein (1977), A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, Oxford: Oxford University Press. [ISBN: 0195019199]
Coe, Marlana (1996), Human Factors for Technical Communicators, New York (NY): John Wiley & Sons [ISBN: 0471035300]
Easterby, R. & Zwaga, H. (eds.) 1984, Information Design: The Design and Evaluation of Signs and Printed Material, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester (out of print)
Fleming, Jennifer and Richard Koman (eds.), Web Navigation: Designing the User Experience Paperback - 253 pages Bk&Cd-Rom edition, O'Reilly & Associates [ISBN: 1565923510]
Fleming, Peter 1997, Elements of Hypermedia Design: Techniques for Navigation and Visualization in Cyberspace, Springer Verlag USA
Gamma, Erich, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, Grady Booch 1995, Design Patterns : Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software, Hardcover - 395 pages, first edition, Addison-Wesley Pub Co [ISBN: 0201633612]
Gloor, Peter 1997, Elements of Hypermedia Design: Techniques for Navigation and Visualization in Cyberspace, Springer Verlag USA
Goodman, Danny 1992, Danny Goodmans Macintosh Handbook: Featuring System 7, Bantam Books New York
Harris, Robert L. (1996), Information Graphics: A Illustrated Reference : Visual Tools for Analyzing, Managing, and Communicating, Atlanta (GE): management graphics [ISBN 0964692503]
Horn, Robert E. (1999), Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century, Washington (WA): MacroVU, Inc.
[Reviews: Reader Comments at Stanford University - Reader Comments at MacroVU]
Horton, William K. (1991), Illustrating Computer Documentation, New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [ISBN: 0471538450]
Horton, William K. (1994), Designing and Writing Online Documentation, New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [ISBN: 0471306355]
Information Design Journal - http://www.benjamins.nl
Jacobson, Robert (ed) (1999), Information Design, Cambridge (MA): MIT Press [ISBN: 0-262-10069-X]
Lynch, Patrick J. & Horton, Sarah (1999), Web Style Guide, New Haven: Yale University Press [ISBN: 0300076754]
Macauley, David (1973), Cathedral: The story of its construction, Boston: Houghton Mifflin. [ISBN: 0395175135]
Marsh C. Hugh (2000), The Quick-Look Guide to Science and Engineering Writing Style, Santa Barbara (CA): C.J. Valentine - to be published soon.
McAdams, Melinda 1995, Information Design and the New Media, in: Interactions, ppn. 39-46, October 1995
McKim, Robert (1972), Experiences in Visual Thinking, 2nd Edition - Boston: PWS Publishing Company [ISBN: 0818504110]
Mijksenaar, Paul 1997, Visual Function : An Introduction to Information Design, Paperback, 56 pages, Princeton Architectural Pr; [ISBN: 156898118X]
Mijksenaar, Paul, Piet Westendorp 1999, Open Here : The Art of Instructional Design, Paperback - 144 pages, Joost Elfers Books [ISBN: 1556709625]
Mok, Clement 1996, Designing Business: Multiple Media, Multiple Business, Adobe Press, San Jose, California USA
Mullet, Kevin & Sano, Darrell (1995), Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques, Englewood Cliffs (NY): Prentice Hall. [ISBN: 0-13-303389-9]
Nielsen, Jakob (1994), Usability Engineering, San Fransisco (CA): Academic Press Professional/Morgan Kaufmann [ISBN: 0125184069]
Nielsen, Jakob (1999), Designing Web Usability, Paperback - 432 pages 1 edition, New Riders Publishing [ISBN: 156205810X]
Norman, Donald A. (1998), The Design of Everyday Things, (formerly The Psychology of Everyday Things), New York: Doubleday/Currency. [ISBN: 0-385-26774-6]
Paradis, James G. & Muriel L. Zimmerman (1997), The MIT Guide to Science and Engineering Communication, Cambridge (MA): MIT Press [ISBN: 0262161427]
Pena, William. (1987), Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer (Third Edition), Washington (DC): American Institute of Architects Press.
Rosenfeld, Louis and Peter Morville (1998), Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Paperback - 226 pages, O'Reilly & Associates [ISBN: 1565922824]
Rubin Jeffrey (1994), Handbook of Usability Testing, New York (NY): John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [ISBN: 0471594032]
Sano, D. (1996), Designing large-scale web sites: A visual design methodology. New York (NY): John Wiley & Sons [ISBN: 047114276X]
Schriver, Karen A., 1997, Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Texts for Readers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York
Stovall, James Glen, 1997, Infographics: A Journalist's Guide, Paperback - 178 pages, first edition, Allyn & Bacon [ISBN: 0205261051]
Tufte, Edward R. 1983, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Graphics Press, Box 430, Cheshire, CT 06410 USA
Tufte, Edward R. 1990, Envisioning Information, Graphics Press, Box 430, Cheshire, CT 06410 USA
Tufte, Edward R. 1996, Visual Explanations: Images and Quantitites, Evidence and Narrative, Graphics Press, Box 430, Cheshire, CT 06410 USA
Wildbur, Peter & Burke, Michael (1998), Information Graphics: Innovative solutions in contemporary design, London: Thames and Hudson [ISBN: 0-500-01872-3]
Williams, Joseph M. (1990), Style: Toward Clarity and Grace (Reprint 1995), Chicago: University of Chicago Press [ISBN: 0226899152]
Williams, Robin (1994), The Non-Designer's Design Book, Berkeley (CA): Peachpit Press [ISBN: 1566091594]
Williams, Robin (1998), The Non-Designer's Web Book, Berkeley (CA): Peachpit Press [ISBN: 020168859X]
Wurman, Richard Saul 1989, Information Anxiety: What to Do When Information Doesn't Tell You What You Need to Know, Pan Books London
Wurman, Richard Saul 1996, Information Architects, Publication no. 243 Graphis Press Corp.
Wurman, Richard Saul 1999, Understanding USA, Paperback - 324 pages, Ted Conference Inc [ISBN: 0967453607]
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