Envisioning Information | 
 enlarge | Author: Edward R. Tufte
Publisher: Graphics Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 2537
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 126
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0961392118
Dewey Decimal Number: 302.23
EAN: 9780961392116
ASIN: 0961392118
Publication Date: May 1990
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Condition: Clean, unmarked inside wirh firmly bound cloth boards in nice shape, but jacket has a one inch rip to back bottom and some wrinkling, plus some foxing spots to front cover. Ships within 3 days. Guaranteed.
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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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 Envisioning Information October 9, 2008
Book is in good condition, shipped quickly. I am very satisfied with this process and result.
Portable affordable art August 20, 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.
 A very good resource June 30, 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.
A Continually Rewarding Gem June 15, 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.
 It's a good book April 17, 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.
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