Books like Creating Graphics for Learning and Performance by Linda L. Lohr

A definitive guide to designing clear, precise, and effective statistical graphics, covering theory, practical techniques, and visual integrity.

"Information Design shows designers in all fields - from user-interface design to architecture and engineering - how to design complex data and information for meaning, relevance, and clarity. Written by a worldwide authority on the visualization of complex information, this full-color, heavily illustrated guide provides real-life problems and examples as well as hypothetical and historical examples, demonstrating the conceptual and pragmatic aspects of human factors-driven information design. Both successful and failed design examples are included to help readers understand the principles under discussion"-- "Single source guide to information design shows how to clarify, simplify (without dumbing down), and make complex data and information accessible. Emphasizes principles and issues so readers can apply learned concepts to their own projects"--

A practical guide to user interface design, offering pattern-based solutions for web, CD, and mobile platforms.

Richard E. Mayer examines whether people learn more deeply when ideas are expressed in words and pictures rather than in words alone. He reviews 12 principles of instructional design that are based on experimental research studies and grounded in a theory of how people learn from words and pictures. The result is what Mayer calls the cognitive theory of multimedia learning.