- Hardcover: 208 pages
- Publisher: Rotovision; illustrated edition edition (30 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 2880467071
- ISBN-13: 978-2880467074
- Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 24.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,248,568 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Focusing on information design, this guide reveals the visual language of location, direction, spatial and structural relationships which are central to this sector of graphics, exploring "maps" as varied as subway systems and websites to chemical symbols, and the mapping of time.
About the Author
Roger Fawcett-Tang is a graphic designer and founder of
internationally renowned Struktur Design. He has written/designed many
books for RotoVision, including the new Experimental Formats & Packaging.
William Owen is a former design journalist and editor on many respected
design publications, including I.D., and Eye. He is now a consultant on
design, branding and technology issues. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
internationally renowned Struktur Design. He has written/designed many
books for RotoVision, including the new Experimental Formats & Packaging.
William Owen is a former design journalist and editor on many respected
design publications, including I.D., and Eye. He is now a consultant on
design, branding and technology issues. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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beautiful data representations,
This review is from: Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems (Hardcover)
This book is filled with different mapped designs. Each one a beautiful web of knowledge. Extremely helpful for me as my graphic design project was based entirely around different ways of mapping information. I would say it's worth a look through for anyone interested in the different ways data can be shown.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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good idea, disappointing execution,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems (Hardcover)
I work in mapping, and was expecting a trove of insight and ideas. In fact it is very hard work extracting any value from this book. First, most of the reproductions are scaled down so much the details are almost invisible to the naked eye. All you can see comfortably are pretty pictures. The book should be a larger size, and have fewer graphics - perhaps just one - on each page. And they shouldn't waste so much of the page real estate on blank space. Second, the captions on each page are in a small font, and squeezed between narrow lines so the effect is to make reading the captions difficult. This is so obvious, you wonder what those who produced this book were thinking. Like so many designers, they were much more concerned with stylish appearance than with usability. Third, the essays which introduce each section are sloppy, intellectually and even grammatically. "By making these new facts visible, and revealing the coincidence of logical and physical objects or the rapid oscillation and contradiction between global and local points of view, then we should have a better map." (I can't tell you the page number because the stupid book doesn't have page numbers.) Where do you start critiquing detritus like that? The book does present some interesting material, but it was doomed from the outset because it comes out of the design community. I'd expect cognitive scientists or usability experts to do a much better job.
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Visualization of time, space, networks and beyond.,
By Seeming Lee "SML = See-ming Lee" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems (Paperback)
A spectacular find.
Beyond traditional maps of locations (subway maps, street maps), the book also contains visualization of time, space, networks, concepts and any combination of the above. It contains huge collection of magnificent examples which are well-beyond my expectation. Highly recommended. 4 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
if you're into mapping, maps and creativity,
By tulpje - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mapping: An Illustrated Guide to Graphic Navigational Systems (Hardcover)
i rarely buy books like this one, oversized, lots of photos, design-oriented, especially since i like to put off buying books, but this one's the exception to the rule. it has great, concise text and wonderful images of maps to accompany it. it offers examples of maps as internet navigation, printed maps and maps as information sources in spaces(buildings...). this is not a guide on how to make maps, or how to create great navigation, it's more like having a trampoline, if you don't jump on it you won't know how high you can go or what tricks you can do. this is the kind of book that can encourage you in your mapping endeavours, that doesn't consider mapping as an absolute, that exhibits appreciation for both the visual and the thought process that went into it. i recommend it to anyone who likes maps(not just geographical ones) and who sees mapping as a wonderful way of expressing ideas or creating new worlds.
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