Envisioning Information
by: Edward R. Tufte
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A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visualthinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. --Rudolf Arnheim
A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visualthinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. --Rudolf Arnheim
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- Gorgeous but impractical
As a coffee table book, Envisioning Information is gorgeous. You will behold luscious colors, faithfully reproduced images with fine detail, and a fine collection of some of the best and worst of informative graphics. It's a splendid portfolio of some ingenious visual displays of complex information.
For theoreticians, it's a mind-jogger and demands a critical review of how you display information today. Are we being demanding enough? Simple enough? Clear enough? There is more than one ... Read More
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- Envisioning Information
Book is in good condition, shipped quickly.I am very satisfied with this process and result.
Rating: - Portable affordable art
Tufte follows up his debut classic with an even more beautiful piece of graphic art disguised as a guide to ways to display three (and more) dimensions on a flat surface.
While even more beautifully crafted than The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition, it has less in the way of practical guidance.Tufte's principle here can be reduced to this far-reaching but not so simply-implemented statement:increase the resolution of "flatland" (paper or computer screen) to ... Read More
Rating: - A very good resource
Nutshell review - This is a beautiful resource on presenting information in a myriad of ways with many examples of good and bad design. Beautifully illustrated.
Rating: - A Continually Rewarding Gem
Every time I go back to this book I get something more out of it.Over the past 10 years I've been through my copy a couple of dozen times.If communicating information is important to you, you should take a look at this classic.
- Gorgeous but impracticalAs a coffee table book, Envisioning Information is gorgeous. You will behold luscious colors, faithfully reproduced images with fine detail, and a fine collection of some of the best and worst of informative graphics. It's a splendid portfolio of some ingenious visual displays of complex information.
For theoreticians, it's a mind-jogger and demands a critical review of how you display information today. Are we being demanding enough? Simple enough? Clear enough? There is more than one ... Read More
- Envisioning InformationBook is in good condition, shipped quickly.I am very satisfied with this process and result.
- Portable affordable artTufte follows up his debut classic with an even more beautiful piece of graphic art disguised as a guide to ways to display three (and more) dimensions on a flat surface.
While even more beautifully crafted than The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition, it has less in the way of practical guidance.Tufte's principle here can be reduced to this far-reaching but not so simply-implemented statement:increase the resolution of "flatland" (paper or computer screen) to ... Read More
- A very good resourceNutshell review - This is a beautiful resource on presenting information in a myriad of ways with many examples of good and bad design. Beautifully illustrated.
- A Continually Rewarding GemEvery time I go back to this book I get something more out of it.Over the past 10 years I've been through my copy a couple of dozen times.If communicating information is important to you, you should take a look at this classic.
