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The following reference material is greatly beneficial to the study of information design, data visualization, and the design process.

Information Design


Books
Baer, Kim. Information Design Workbook: Graphic Approaches, Solutions, and Inspiration + 30 Case Studies. Rockport Publishers, 2008.
Berinato, Scott. Good Charts: The HBR Guide to Making, Smarter, More Persuasive Data Visualizations. Harvard Business Review Press, 2016.
Cairo, Alberto. The Functional Art: An Introduction to Information Graphics and Data Visualization. New Riders, 2012.
Klanten, Robert, Nicolas Borquin & Thibaud Tissot (Eds.). Data Flow: Visualising Information in Graphic Design. Die Gestalten Verlag, 2008.
Klanten, Robert, Sven Ehmann, Nicolas Borquin & Thibaud Tissot (Eds.). Data Flow 2: Visualising Information in Graphic Design. Die Gestalten Verlag, 2010.
Knaflic, Cole Nussbaumer. Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
Knight, Carolyn & Jessica Glaser. Diagrams: Innovative Solutions for Graphic Designers. Rotovision SA, 2009.
McCandless, David. The Visual Miscellaneum. HarperCollins Publishers, 2009.
Visocky O’Grady, Jenn & Ken. The Information Design Handbook. F+W Publications, 2008.
Meirelles, Isabel. Design for Information: An Introduction to the Histories, Theories, and Best Practices Behind Effective Information Visualizations. Rockport Publishers, 2013
Tufte, Edward. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. (2nd Ed.) Graphics Press, 2001.
Wong, Dona. The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2010.
Yau, Nathan. Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics. Wiley Publishing, 2011. 

Websites & Blogs
FlowingData. http://flowingdata.com/
Stephen Few | Perceptual Edge. http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/
Alberto Cairo | The Functional Art. http://www.thefunctionalart.com/
Stephanie Evergreen. http://stephanieevergreen.com/blog/
Ann K Emery | Data Analysis & Visualization. http://annkemery.com/
Nadieh Bremer | Visual Cinnamon. https://www.visualcinnamon.com/
Visualoop | Infographics & Data Visualizations. http://visualoop.com/
Information is Beautiful. https://informationisbeautiful.net/
Visual Complexity. http://www.visualcomplexity.com/vc/
Nicholas Felton. http://feltron.com/
GOOD magazine, Transparency section. http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodmagazine/sets/72157618896371005/
Robert Kosara | EagerEyes: Visualization & Visual Communication. 
https://eagereyes.org/
Data Viz Done Right. http://www.datavizdoneright.com/ (Useful critiques of published data visualizations.)
WTF Visualizations. http://viz.wtf/ (Examples of how NOT to visualize data!)

Best Practices
The Data Visualisation Catalogue. https://datavizcatalogue.com/
Dataviz.tools | a curated guide to the best tools, resources and technologies for data visualization. http://dataviz.tools/
Chartopedia | your guide for choosing the right chart types. 
https://www.anychart.com/chartopedia/usage-type/
Data Viz Project | collection of data visualizations to get inspired & finding the right type. http://datavizproject.com/

Data Journalism & Data Storytelling
Data Journalism Handbook. http://datajournalismhandbook.org/1.0/en/
Data Driven Journalism. http://datadrivenjournalism.net/
Datablog | The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/data
Data Journalism | The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/media/data-journalism
The Upshot | New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/section/upshot

Data Visualization Tools
Google Data Studio. https://datastudio.google.com/
Datawrapper. https://www.datawrapper.de/
Flourish | Data Visualisation & Storytelling. https://app.flourish.studio/
Data Driven Documents (D3). https://d3js.org/
D3 Tutorials by Scott Murray, Code Artist. http://alignedleft.com/tutorials
Chart.js | Simple yet flexible JavaScript charting for designers & developers. 
http://www.chartjs.org/

Information Design Studios
Density Design. http://www.densitydesign.org
Catalogtree. http://catalogtree.net/
Column Five Media. http://www.columnfivemedia.com/
Fathom. http://fathom.info/
Accurat. http://www.accurat.it/
FFunction. https://ffctn.com/

Design Process & Research

Books
Crow, David. Visible Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics in the Visual Arts. (2nd Ed.) AVA Publishing AG, 2010. (First published 1993.)
Fletcher, Alan. The Art of Looking Sideways. Phaidon Press, 2001.
Hofmann, Armin. Graphic Design Manual. Verlag Niggli AG, 1965.
Noble, Ian & Russell Bestley. Visual Research: An Introduction to Research Methodologies in Graphic Design. AVA Publishing AG, 2005.
Roberts, Lucienne & Rebecca Wright. Design Diaries: Creative Process in Graphic Design. Laurence King Publishing, 2010.
Tolleson, Steve. Soak Wash Rinse Spin. Princeton Architectural Press, 2000.

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