The Information Design Handbook

by Jenn Visocky O’Grady and Ken Visocky O’Grady

The Information Design Handbook is crammed with case studies, boxouts, trouble-shooting tips, colour wheels, typographical dos and don’ts, and essential design principles to explain all of the keys to creating information graphics — whether those designs are up close and intended to guide the user around a publication or document, help them plan their lives, or be viewed from afar to guide someone around a physical environment. Importantly, this comprehensive desktop reference will also look at how to integrate different types of information design into an overall information design scheme for organizations within the public sector, retail, transport, and so on. The best information design often goes “unnoticed” by the viewer because it conveys information so effectively. This book celebrates graphics that are exemplars of communication and aesthetics, and reveals and explodes the thought processes and design skills behind them.

About The Author

Jenn + Ken Visocky O’Grady are partners in business and life. The couple cofounded Enspace, a creative think tank where collaboration enhances communication. The firm’s work has been recognized by numerous organizations and featured in magazines and books. Together they have had privilege to travel North America, jurying competitions and presenting workshops and lectures. They also promote the value of design in the classroom — Jenn as an Associate Professor at Cleveland State University, and Ken as an Assistant Professor at Kent State University.

Their first book, A Designer’s Research Manual, is suggested preparatory text for a portion of the Canadian R.G.D. Qualification Examination.