Information Dashboard Design, 2nd Edition

Re:Information Dashboard Design, 2nd Edition by kyro on Friday August 09, 2013 @04:56PM (#6188430)

Bought Few's book. Information design is something I'm really interested in, yet I haven't found too many resources on it, other than Tufte's books (obviously) and a couple others. One of my favorites is Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference by Robert Harris [1]. It offers little discussion, but is an excellent catalog of all of the various ways you can represent data.

For more exploratory information design, check out the stuff by Nicholas Felton. He's a big quantified-self guy who every year publishes a really nicely designed annual report of his life [2]. I emailed him once asking for more sources on info design and he linked me to the site of a course he taught that contained some great resources [3].

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195135326/

[2] http://feltron.com/

[3] http://interactiondesign.sva.edu/classes/spring11/informatio...

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Re:Information Dashboard Design, 2nd Edition by dirtyaura on Friday August 09, 2013 @07:19PM (#6189220)

Good stuff, thanks for the links. Especially Felton's course page has several good references that were new to me. Ellen Lupton's Thinking with Type [1] seems a fun read. Great designs also on the competition page [2].

[1] http://thinkingwithtype.com/

[2] http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=1374

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Re:Information Dashboard Design, 2nd Edition by kyro on Friday August 09, 2013 @07:25PM (#6189252)

I would actually spend the money to buy Thinking with Type, if you're really serious about learning typography. Having the tree version lets you get really up close and personal with the various types, and it's easy to flip between pages to compare letterforms, etc. Another one to check out is Elements of Typographic Style [1].

1. http://www.amazon.com/dp/0881792063/

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