Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Figure It Out : Getting from Information to Understanding - Stephen P. Anderson
eTextbook alternate format product

Instant online reading.
Don't wait for delivery!

Figure It Out

Getting from Information to Understanding

By: Stephen P. Anderson, Karl Fast

Paperback | 26 May 2020

At a Glance

Paperback


$51.69

or 4 interest-free payments of $12.92 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 7 business days

Have you shopped for a new TV or tried to choose a healthcare plan? What about making sense of a medical diagnosis or your taxes? In all areas of life, we are surrounded by understanding problems. We&apos: re given information, but not understanding.

Figure It Out looks at various ways you can help people make sense of confusing information. It shows you how to think about information as a resource that makes sense of confusing topics. This is THE guide for working with information.

Industry Reviews

"A rich and actionable toolkit for sharpening thinking and extending capabilities for understanding and reasoning."
-- Eva-Lotta Lamm, designer and visual thinker


"Required reading for designers and anyone else who needs to explain things."
-- Hugh Dubberly, Principal, Dubberly Design Office


"Stephen and Karl have cracked the code on how to make complex concepts not only simple but tangible."
-- Dan Roam, Author of The Back of the Napkin and Draw to Win


"The challenge of making sense of the oceans of information brought to us by digital technology is the truly significant task of our era. Not since Pinker's 1997 tome has anyone addressed this important arena with the breadth and clarity it deserves"
-- Alan Cooper, author of About Face and The Inmates Are Running the Asylum

More in Product Design

Mid-Century Modern Designers - Dominic Bradbury

RRP $140.00

$96.99

31%
OFF
Bauhaus : Basic Arts Series - Magdalena Droste

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
Sketching (paperback) : Drawing Techniques for Product Designers - Koos Eissen
Iconic watches :  & Their Incredible Stories - Colin Salter

RRP $39.99

$31.75

21%
OFF
Interwoven : Exploring Materials and Structures - Maarit Salolainen

RRP $100.00

$70.99

29%
OFF
Dieter Rams : As Little Design as Possible - Sophie Lovell

RRP $120.00

$83.75

30%
OFF
Tom Sachs Guide - Howie Kahn

$148.75

The Monocle Book of Designers on Sofas : Monocle Handbook - Virginia McLeod
The Design of Everyday Things : Revised and Expanded Edition - Don Norman
Ettore Sottsass - Philippe Thome

RRP $120.00

$83.75

30%
OFF
Skateboard - Jonathan Olivares

Hardcover

RRP $79.95

$58.99

26%
OFF
Understanding Jewellery - DAVID BENNETT

RRP $120.00

$83.75

30%
OFF
Workstead : Interiors of Beauty and Necessity - Workstead

RRP $140.00

$96.99

31%
OFF
Jamie Hewlett. 45th Ed. : 40th Anniversary Edition - Jamie Hewlett
Oyster Perpetual Submariner : The Watch that Unlocked the Deep - NICHOLAS FOULKES