List of Figures

• 1-1 The information-seeking environment.
• 2-1 A hierarchical classification as an information space.
• 2-2 A full-text search system as an information space.
• 2-3 A hypertext as an information space.
• 3-1 Exhibit map for Leonardo.
• 3-2 First section of the floor plan of Leonardo.
• 3-3 Second section of the floor plan of Leonardo.
• 3-4 Third section of the floor plan of Leonardo.
• 3-5 Exhibit map for the John F. Kennedy Museum.
• 3-6 First section of the floor plan of the Kennedy Museum.
• 3-7 Second section of the floor plan of the Kennedy Museum.
• 3-8 Floor plan of The Space Race.
• 3-9 Photographs of The Space Race.
• 3-10 Floor plan for Where Next, Columbus.
• 3-11 The first section of Where Next, Columbus.
• Left: An exhibit on Mars exploration in Where Next, Columbus. Right: An autonomous robot, based on Ghengis [#!angle89!#] [#!brooks89!#], and perhaps bound for Mars one day.
• 3-13 Exhibit maps for the Holocaust exhibit.
• 3-14 Photographs from Exploring Marine Ecosystems. Left: A simulated coral reef. Right: A label.
• 3-15 Photographs from the Fossils exhibit. Left: Looking from a balcony at the rear. Right: A view through the plant fossils section.
• 4-1 A partial message hierarchy and the areas associated with those messages in Leonardo.
• Concept hierarchy for Newton's second law, $d = vt + \frac{1}{2}at^2$. Reproduced from [#!miles88!#].
• Concept hierarchy for the Origin of Species, and the gallery in which it was mounted. Reproduced from [#!miles88!#].
• 4-4 Typical arrangement of multiple media in a Holocaust exhibit diorama.
• Levels of detail in an exhibit. Reproduced from Miles [#!miles88!#].
• 4-6 Levels of detail in an exhibit label.
• 4-7 The environmental look in two exhibits. Left: From Exploring Marine Ecosystems. Right: From Where Next, Columbus.
• 5-1 The time tower in the Fossils exhibit.
• 5-2 Well-structured paths. Top: In the abstract. Below: The Kennedy museum as a well-structured path.
• 5-3 Schematic plan of the original Kennedy museum. Some visitors would enter from below (1) to the central area with his desk (2) and proceed directly to the exit (3).
• 6-1 Viewpoints into an information space. Left: Immersive. Middle: Fly-over. Right: Survey, or map.
• 6-2 Multiple levels of detail. Left: A divided window. Right: A fisheye view.
• 7-1 The JAIR information space, after a query on ``planning.''
• 7-2 The layout of categories in the JAIR information space.
• 7-3 Figure accompanying instructions for the JAIR information space.
• 7-4 Examples of log data for the JAIR information space.
• 8-1 Early design for the Course VI space.
• 8-2 Conceptual layout of the Course VI information space.
• 8-3 The Course VI information map
• 8-4 An immersive Course VI information space, plan and isometric views.
• 8-5 Main features of the Course VI information space.
• 8-6 Signs in the Course VI information space.
• 8-7 Interface to the Course VI information space.