Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1930824157
ISBN 13
9781930824157
Category
Graphic Design
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Publication Year
1997
Publisher
Pages
158
Description
In Visual Explanations, Edward R. Tufte writes about the importance of graphic design when presenting data related to movement, action, cause, and effect. In an early chapter, he argues that good design can mean the difference between life and death by comparing the thoughtful data presentation of early epidemiologist John Snow with the inept presentation of the engineers behind the Challenger spaceship disaster. Next, he explores various techniques for presenting data over time – subtle visual distinctions; parallel construction; multiples in space and time; and “confections,” assemblages of subjects and actions that all together tell a story. Tufte illustrates the points he makes using centuries worth of examples from the history of graphic design.
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