Getting the picture: Diagram design and the information revolution

Information Design Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 87-110

  Richards, Clive ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 26444572245     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.9.2-3.01ric     Document Type: Article

References (21)

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21. The development and potential of the cinegram is reported in a number of papers, e.g.: Richards CJ and Fischer D (1994) 'Cinegrams: interactive animated systems diagrams for technical documentation', in: The use of IT in art and design, technical report 26, Loughborough: Advisory Group for Computer Graphics; Fischer D and Richards CJ (1995) 'The presentation of time in interactive animated systems diagrams', in: Earnshaw RA and Vince JA (eds.) Multimedia systems and applications, London: Academic Press pp. 141-159.