The functional art : an introduction to information graphics and visualization /
Cairo, Alberto,1974-
Berkely, Calif. : New Riders,
c2013.
Includes DVD-ROM in pocket inside back cover.
Part I. Foundations : Why visualize: from information to wisdom : Rational optimism : Low-tech visualization to the rescue; Drowning in data?: Only if you don't know how to swim; From information to wisdom; Making reality visible ; Visualization as a technology -- Forms and functions: visualization as a technology : An information graphic on defense : What shape should my data have?; The origins of "form follows function"; More about functions in nature; Functions constraint forms; The bubble plague; More flexible than it seems -- The beauty paradox: art and communication : Building a narrative structure : An unexpectedly controversial chart ; The visualization wheel : Abstraction-figuration; Functionality-decoration; Density-lightness; Multidimensionality-unidimensionality; Originality-familiarity; Novelty-redundancy; Identifying your audience; Engineers vs. designers: Edward Tuffe and Nigel Holmes; Minimalism and efficiency; Is all "chartjunk" junk?; Otto Neurath and the visual education of the masses -- The complexity challenge: presentation and exploration : It's not the style, it's the content ; Seek depth : Graphics don't "simplify" information ; Finding balance: density and multidimensionality : Functionality and abstraction; Fun-tionality; The "boom" effect -- Part II. Cognition : The eye and the visual brain : The unexplained eye ; Let there be light  : Light and photoreceptors ; Foveal, peripheral vision, and animated infographics ; The lying brain : The efficient brain; A new diagram for vision -- Visualizing for the mind : The brain loves a difference : The Gestalt school of thought and pattern recognition; Choosing graphic forms based on how vision works; The perceptual tasks scale as a guide for graphics; Other preattentive features: seeing in depth -- Images in the head : How to open an airplane door ; Recognizing by remembering : The comparing brain; The mental imagery debate; How do we really know that a face is a face?; Applying object recognition to information graphics; Looking ahead -- Part III. Practice : Creating information graphics : Brazilian saints ; The changing face of Brazil's population ; Inequality and the economy : A word on structure, color, and type -- The rise of interactive graphics : Early lessons on interaction design : Visibility; Feedback; Constraints; Consistency ; Structuring interactive and animated infographics ; Different kinds of interaction : Instruction; Conversation; Manipulation; Exploration ; How to plan for interactive infographics --
Part IV. Profiles : The infographics gentleman / John Grimwade -- Information art / Juan Velasco and Fernando Baptista -- All the infographics that are fit to print / Steve Duenes and Xaquín G.V. -- Capital infographics / Hannah Fairfield -- Germanic precision / Jan Schwochow -- Visualization in academia / Geoff McGhee -- Quantitative humanism / Hans Rosling -- Truth and beauty operator / Moritz Stefaner -- The rising stars / Gregor Aisch and Jan Willem Tulp -- Visualizing literature / Stefanie Posavec.
Computer graphics.
Charts, diagrams, etc.
Information visualization.