Envisioning InformationZusammenfassung: This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific presentations, diagrams, computer interfaces, statistical graphics and tables, stereo photographs, guidebooks, courtroom exhibits, timetables, use of color, a pop-up, and many other wonderful displays of information. The book provides practical advice about how to explain complex material by visual means, with extraordinary examples to illustrate the fundamental principles of information displays. Topics include escaping flatland, color and information, micro/macro designs, layering and separation, small multiples, and narratives. Winner of 17 awards for design and content. 400 illustrations with exquisite 6- to 12-color printing throughout. Highest quality design and production |
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... statistical graphics , this book arrays exemplary designs - this time over a broader spectrum , for types of information . all To envision information - and what bright and splendid visions can result is to work at the intersection of ...
... statistical graphics , this book arrays exemplary designs - this time over a broader spectrum , for types of information . all To envision information - and what bright and splendid visions can result is to work at the intersection of ...
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... statistical data . An even more concentrated history , below , of Tokyo climate divides a full decade of observations by town , year , month , and day . Especially adroit is the gathering of both dimensions of the paper to apportion the ...
... statistical data . An even more concentrated history , below , of Tokyo climate divides a full decade of observations by town , year , month , and day . Especially adroit is the gathering of both dimensions of the paper to apportion the ...
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... Statistical Maps on Grid Square Basis : The 1980 Population Census Results ( Tokyo , 1985 ) . See Hidenori Kimura , " Grid Square Statistics for the Distribution and Mobility of Population in Japan , " Statistics Bureau ( Tokyo , no ...
... Statistical Maps on Grid Square Basis : The 1980 Population Census Results ( Tokyo , 1985 ) . See Hidenori Kimura , " Grid Square Statistics for the Distribution and Mobility of Population in Japan , " Statistics Bureau ( Tokyo , no ...
Contents
ESCAPING FLATLAND | 12 |
MICROMACRO READINGS | 37 |
LAYERING AND SEPARATION | 53 |
Copyright | |
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ACT PAR THROM areas AUTO BLOOD CT BK ADMIN FEE BLD BK ADMIN BLOOD GAS MONT chart chartjunk clutter color complexity contour dance notation density detail diagram dimensions edition Eduard Imhof Edward encoding flatland ftelle Galileo Galileo Galilei Gotti graphical timetable grid Haven information design INHAL BLOOD GAS Interaction Jan Tschichold John John Gotti Josef Albers Jupiter LAB AUTO BLOOD LAB CHEM-8 LAB DIFF LAB RTN CULT London micro/macro designs numbers paffo paper Paul Paul Klee PHAR IV SOLUTIONS PHARMACY PHARMACY PHARMACY PHARMACY PROTH DETER reading Redrawn RESPIRATOR Robert Venturi ROOM ICU Roy Lichtenstein Ruari McLean satellites schedule sequence small multiple SMITH ROBERT SOLUTIONS PHARMACY space spots square statistical sunspots telescope three-space Tokyo trains Tukey typography Vietnam Veterans Memorial viewers visual X-RAY CHEST-BED York Α Α Α Α Δ Α Δ Α Α Δ Δ Α Φ Φ ΦΦ ΦΦΦ Ꮎ Ꮎ Ꮎ