Stuart K. Card

So far, mainstream interaction design is predominantly a visual/temporal field, even though the research labs have done interesting work in tangible user interfaces, haptics, auditory interaction and so on. Visualization of information has attracted quite a bit of interest and many ideas have been proposed. This book is the first extensive collection of articles and research reports in information visualization. More or less all important contributions from the 1980s and -90s are included show more and the result is a great source of inspiration for visualization work. show less

This collection of classic papers has quickly become the standard volume for information visualization. It is academic in nature, but clearly written and approachable. With over 700 pages and 47 articles, it is a valuable reference source.