Edward Tufte
Edward Tufte
Edward Rolf Tufteis an American statistician and professor emeritus of political science, statistics, and computer science at Yale University. He is noted for his writings on information design and as a pioneer in the field of data visualization...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth14 March 1942
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful practice design
Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.
years making-changes discussion
Public discussions are part of what it takes to make changes in the trillions of graphics published each year.
design information clutter
Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.
nature law differences
That is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space, time point.
mind open-mind empty
An open mind but not an empty head.
nature thinking law
The speculative part of my work is that these particular cognitive tasks - ways of thinking analytically - are tied to nature's laws.
design maps information
Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.
ideas long forever
The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now.
design details add
Here's the general theory: To clarify, add detail. Imagine that. To clarify, add detail. And clutter and overload are not an attribute of information, they are failures of design. If the information is in chaos, don't start throwing out information, instead fix the design.
school simple play
PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.
teaching hands hands-on-experience
A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences.
computer power-of-love overhead
If you like overheads, you'll love PowerPoint.
artist editing design
Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose.
design confusing information
There is no such thing as information overload, just bad design. If something is cluttered and/or confusing, fix your design.