1st Edition

A Unified Theory of Information Design Visuals, Text and Ethics

By Nicole Amare, Alan Manning Copyright 2013
219 Pages
by Routledge

219 Pages
by Routledge

219 Pages
by Routledge

Communicative visuals, including written text, have a diverse range of forms and purposes. In this volume, the authors show that it is possible to both describe and explain the major properties of diverse visual-communication forms and purposes within a common theoretical framework of information design and ethics. For those unaccustomed to thinking of written text as a visual form belonging to... Read more
Chapter 1
 DECORATIVES

 Chapter 2
 IMAGES

 Chapter 3
 DIAGRAMS

 Chapter 4
 INDICATIVES

 Chapter 5
 INFORMATIVE INDICES

 Chapter 6
 WORDS, SENTENCES, AND TEXT

 Chapter 7
 TOWARD A UNIVERSAL TERMINOLOGY AND GRAMMAR OF VISUAL TYPES

 REFERENCES
 INDEX

Biography

Amare, Nicole; Manning, Alan