Envisioning Information | 
|  | | | Title: | Envisioning Information | | Author: | Edward R. Tufte | | Publisher: | Graphics Press | | Type: | Book / Hardcover | | Publication Date: | May, 1990 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0961392118 / 9780961392116 | | List Price: | $48.00 | | You Save: | $13.44 | | Amazon Price: | $34.56 | |
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A remarkable range of examples for the idea of visual thinking, with beautifully printed pages. A real treat for all who reason and learn by means of images. -- Rudolf Arnheim
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Customer Reviews:
• It's A Good Book 17 April, 2008
This is my 3rd favorite of Tufte's books after Visual Display and Visual Explanations, but it would be a good addition for any Tufte collection and still contains useful info.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1BB67PPFYXD40
• Envisioning Information 09 October, 2008
Book is in good condition, shipped quickly. I am very satisfied with this process and result.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A1P8P8JRK5D4DM
• A Continually Rewarding Gem 15 June, 2008
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.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A15RFYZQ2J1Q40
• Portable Affordable Art 20 August, 2008
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 show more data to increase clarity.
As usual, the principle is lavishly illustrated with beautifully-reproduced examples of good and bad ways of envisioning information. In fact, I have found Tufte's principle and illustrations are useful ways of thinking about how to improve my own graphics, but I find my ability to implement them frustrated by the limitations of the design tools I use most: Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word, wikis. That is a negative reflection on the tools, not on Tufte.
In any case, enjoy Tufte's books now for the portable affordable art that they are, and hope for the tools to catch up soon.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2G3U6AM951P6D
• A Very Good Resource 30 June, 2008
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.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A197IE826EIWPI
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