Envisioning Information [Edward Tufte] torrent

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[url=http://www.amazon.com/Envisioning-Information-Edward-R-Tufte/dp/0961392118][quote][/url]160 of 162 people found the following review helpful:
A Tour De Fource of Information Design, April 28, 2000, Reviewer: Matthew G. Belge (Lincoln, MA USA)

To me, this is Tufte\'s best book, although they are all really good. Although its visually gorgeous, its not a coffee table book to just flip through. You have to be willing to spend time with it, and if you do the rewards are tremendous.

Tufte presents a collection of some the best examples of information design ever invented, and some of the worst examples. And then he goes into the underlying principles that make the great ones sing out.

This book will be really helpful to any web page designer, UI designers, statisticians, cartographers, scientists, or anyone concerned with presenting dense information in a clear way.

There is a chapter on presenting multiple dimensional data on a flat, 2D paper that all by itself is worth the price of the book. Then there\'s the chapter on \"Small Multiples\" which presents wonderful examples of how to show patterns and changes. But then there\'s the chapter on layering of information, so the key pieces of data appear first, and the less relevant ones reveal themselves later. And on and on and on. Its just a great book.

To add to it, Tufte is obsessed with quality like nobody else I can think of in the book business. Its printed on 100% rag paper using real lead type because he thinks that all other methods are inferior. Which means the book is costly to make, but its of heirloom quality.[/quote]# Hardcover: 126 pages
# Publisher: Graphics Press (May 1990)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0961392118
# ISBN-13: 978-0961392116[/img]