[Sigia-l] Re: The IA of writing (question)

[George Olsen]

At 9:47 AM -0700 8/13/02, Beth Berrean wrote:
>Dynamics in Document Design: Creating Texts for Readers by Karen A. Schriver
>(Wiley & Sons 1997)

Not to be repetitive, but this is also a good book, although I've 
been told some people find it a little academic in places. The author 
is one of those rare designer/writer types who's really good at both, 
so she's able to think about the integration of words and visuals in 
a way that's not often covered in other books that approach things 
from one end or the other.

In the same vein Robert E. Horn's "Mapping Hypertext" 
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0962556505/interactionby-20/104-7774104-5321550> 
is also excellent -- and attempts to model what he recommends. Don't 
be put off by the clip art, it's actually got some great ideas. 
Unfortunately, I found his follow-up "Visual Language" to be a bit 
disappointing, although most of the (high-powered) reviewers at 
Amazon disagree.

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