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Envisioning Information
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Envisioning Information (1990) (edit title/settings)

by Edward R. Tufte (Author) (edit contributors)

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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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Even though we navigate daily through a perceptual world of three spatial dimensions and reason occasionally about higher dimensional arenas with mathematical ease, the world portrayed on our information displays is caught up in the two-dimensionality of the endless flatlands of paper and video screen.

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Escaping Flatland
Micro/Macro Readings
Layering and Separation
Small Multiples
Color and Information
Narratives of Space and Time
Epilogue

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This book is in Interaction Design Essentials. (community list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Edward R. Tufte (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Nora Hillman Goeler (Artist)
  2. Carolyn Williams (Editor) - Executive Editor, Graphic Press
  3. Howard I. Gralla (Designer) - Consultant for design, typography and production

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Graphic Press LLC
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0961392118
Page Count: 126

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