Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrative
Riveting ideas on presenting better information design. Few would disagree: Life in the information age can be overwhelming. Through computers, the Internet, the media, and even our daily newspapers, we are awash in a seemingly endless stream of charts, maps, infographics, diagrams, and data. "Visual Explanations," the latest book by Edward R. Tufte, a Yale design professor, is a navigational guide through this turbulent sea of information. The book is an essential reference for anyone involved in graphic, Web, or multimedia design, as well as for educators and lecturers who use graphics in presentations or classes.
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Explanations of magic involve pictorial instructions demonstrating a sequence of
performance, a step-by-step description of conjuring activities.2 To document and
explain a process, to make verbs visible, is at the heart of information design.
An inventory of conjuring methods consequently provides evidence about what
not to do in the proper arrangement of information— where the point is not at all
to baffle the audience but rather to unveil and explain complex data clearly, ...
Raymond Toole Stott [A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876 (Derby,
1976), p. 76] writes: "Reginald Scot, in his Discovery of Witchcraft, denied the
existence of witchcraft and . . . explained in detail how tricks popularly regarded
in the ...
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LibraryThing ReviewUser Review - KirkLowery - LibraryThing
An eye-opening read. As a linguistic who deals with databases, this book dramatically improved my writing and design of graphics for publication. Read full review
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In "Visual Explanations," Tufte walks us through various case studies of visual explanations (charts, graphs, graphics, diagrams and maps). Some of the case studies are about great works, while others ... Read full review
Images and Quantities
Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions
Pictorial Instructions and Disinformation Design
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