OPEN HERE THE ART OF INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN /ANGLAIS

by MIJKSENAAR PAUL

Beautifully-printed, full-color survey of illustrations from users' manuals, guides, and instructions that have accompanied technology products from the 1500's to contemporary times. Commentary by visual information design and technical communication faculty at prestigious Netherlands universities. Both good and bad examples of instructional design are included. Contains some wonderful retro images with great charm.

Genres: Design, Art, Art Design, Nonfiction

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Shorttailedopossum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Goed voor m’n humeur, hilarisch, maar stipt soms wel interessante dingen aan. Fijne waardering voor alledaagse kunst en alledaagse problemen.

[Jos Deroo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funky book on Visual instructions (how to and how not to).

[Christian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book, although its age shows a little bit. While you might think that instructional art is a limited field, the book is actually far shorter than it ought to be, and ends with a tantalizing page called "What we left out."

I've always loved commercial and industrial art, so I may be a bit biased here, but almost every page features a print I'd love to have framed and hanging on my wall.

I especially appreciated the kitchen-gadget "quiz" which revealed how mysterious many man-made objects can be, no matter how educated or experienced you may be.

[Bill Jelen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Open Here contains a collection of illustrated opening instructions from around the world. Think about how you would communicate a task such as threading a sewing machine using illustration. This book has a retrospective of illustrations from the last 100 years and is a great book for generating ideas about how to communicate.

[Cecilia · Rating 3 out of 5]

kind of disappointing for a book on graphic language. the design should've been better.

[Ralph Zoontjens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice examples of well-crafted instruction graphics.