R. Roger Remington, Pontis, Ph.D., Sheila

Communicating Knowledge Visually

Will Burtin's Scientific Approach to Information Design

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Communicating Knowledge Visually presents a timely, in-depth examination of information design pioneer, Will Burtin. Using a methodical approach, the authors analyze Burtin's way of working and nine of his seminal projects, including his exhibitions for The Upjohn Company and diagrams for SCOPE magazine.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 306mm x 229mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 1044g
• ISBN-13: 9781939125859
• ISBN-10: 1939125855
• Artikelnr.: 62916918

Autorenporträt

R. Roger Remington is the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design Emeritus and the former director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Rochester, New York. He was on the faculty at RIT for fifty-seven years. As a scholar, his critical interests are in graphic design history, research, and writing. His commitment to design history and preservation led him to bring the archives of designers of the American Modernist generation to RIT. In 2010, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Vignelli Center, which houses the career archive of designers Massimo and Lella Vignelli and other designers. He has written five books on designers and design history.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Steven Heller Chapter 1: Introduction A Designer Ahead of his
Time The Importance of Information Design Today Will Burtin's Journey to
Information Design A Need for Understanding Chapter 2: An Overview of Will
Burtin's Life Beginnings on the Rhine A Graphic Designer of German
Precision Modernism in the Air An Émigré Mind A Fresh Career in America
Chapter 3: A Designer with an Information Priority Understanding, the
Foundation Understanding the Information Design Process Information
Design's Need for Scientific Thinking Burtin's Scientific Approach to
Visual Communication Proposed Analytical Framework: Dimensions of
Information Design Chapter 4: Purpose Facilitating Understanding
Metabolism, the Cycle of Life Exhibition Process Box 1. Case Study 1:
Metabolism, the Cycle of Life Exhibition (1963) Chapter 5: Problem
Defining and Framing The Brain Exhibition Process Box 2. Case Study 2: The
Brain Exhibition (1960) Chapter 6: Audience A Human-Centered Process
Gunner's Information File Project Process Box 3. Case Study 3: Gunner's
Information File Project (1944) Chapter 7: Approach A Cooperative Way of
Working The Cell Exhibition Process Box 4. Case Study 4: The Cell
Exhibition (1958) Chapter 8: Outcome Integration of Content Fortune and
SCOPE Magazines Process Box 5. Case Study 5: SCOPE Magazine (1941-1957)
Chapter 9: Practice Conveying the Value of Information Design Information
Design Practice Today Visual Journeys of Will Burtin's Scientific Approach
Visual Aspects of Science Exhibition (1962) The Communication of Knowledge
Exhibition (1971) Chapter 10: Education Enhancing Comprehension and
Communication Rethinking Information Design Education Through a Scientific
Lens Skills and Knowledge for Information Designers Educating through
Information Design Chapter 11: Recommendations and Information Design
Imperatives Being an Information Designer Bringing the Past into the
Present of Information Design Acknowledgments Bibliography List of Images,
Diagrams, and Tables Credits Index Colophon