HornsVisualLanguageBook

Visual Language: Global Communication for the 21st Century

(we call this page "HornsVisualLanguageBook," because "VisualLanguageGlobalCommunicationForThe21stCentury" is too long.)

RobertHorn wrote this book to teach some of the elements of VisualLanguage.

It's actually written using VisualLanguage. Get a feel for it- look at the many Example selections from the book.

It's sort of like a comic, but with much more diagram than sequence of panel (like ScottMcCloud's teaching comics.) However, I'm not sure why it has a table of contents, rather than a MapOfContents.

RobertHorn's company, MacroVu, publishes and sells the book. You can also get it from Amazon. It is currently out of print, however.

Discussion

I haven't read it yet, so I can't say much about it. However, it's the biggest items on my "must read" list, right now. Too bad my local library system doesn't carry it. -- LionKimbro

Ironically, the parts that made the most sense to me were written in old fashioned text. -- 81.211.110.171 2005-01-29 15:55:23

Really? Would you have preferred a textual description of this diagram?

It sounds like the OldAcademicPrejudiceAgainstPictures to me.

Also: see VisualLanguageVsEnglish. -- LionKimbro 2005-01-29 22:56:17

I've further responded to "...most sense to me were written in old fashioned text" on: LaborOfReaders. -- LionKimbro 2007-08-03 18:35:45