Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrativeRiveting 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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Page 76
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans depicts depth (the blue,
bathymetric tints) and altitude (tan, hypsometric tints) in 21 color gradations —
with "the deeper or the higher, the darker the color" serving as the visual
metaphor for the ...
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans depicts depth (the blue,
bathymetric tints) and altitude (tan, hypsometric tints) in 21 color gradations —
with "the deeper or the higher, the darker the color" serving as the visual
metaphor for the ...
Page 77
By indicating depth with visually minimal gradations in color, the cartographers
were able to add an extra two-dimensional layer of gray- line data right on top of
the ocean contours. Minimal differences allow more differences. In ghastly ...
By indicating depth with visually minimal gradations in color, the cartographers
were able to add an extra two-dimensional layer of gray- line data right on top of
the ocean contours. Minimal differences allow more differences. In ghastly ...
Page 119
(Cezanne) Our glass dissolves into atmasphere, like light on a haystack or mist. c
"6 The subject.matter of Cezanne is not an apple or a person or a glass but a
color.space structure and rhythm. Cubism breaks our glass into bits and pushes ...
(Cezanne) Our glass dissolves into atmasphere, like light on a haystack or mist. c
"6 The subject.matter of Cezanne is not an apple or a person or a glass but a
color.space structure and rhythm. Cubism breaks our glass into bits and pushes ...
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User Review - KirkLowery - LibraryThingAn 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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User Review - jasonli - LibraryThingIn "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
Contents
Images and Quantities | 13 |
Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions | 27 |
Pictorial Instructions and Disinformation Design | 55 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Visual explanations: images and quantities, evidence and narrative |
| Author | Edward R. Tufte |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Graphics Press, 1997 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 156 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / General Art / Design / General Art / Graphic Arts Computers / Computer Graphics Computers / Computer Graphics / General Design / General Design / Graphic Arts / General Gebrauchsgraphik - Visualisierung Graphic methods Information - Visualisierung Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy Mathematics / Graphic Methods Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / General Naturwissenschaften - Visualisierung Pattern perception Social Science / Media Studies Social Science / Research Technology & Engineering / General Visual communication Visual perception Visuelle Kommunikation |
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