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Graphic design

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Trouble in "Flatland," or, the Was Against Confusion / Bruckner, D.J.R.; Tufte E., 1990

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Identifier: CC-22647-23078
Scope and Contents

Edward R. Tufte's book "Envisioning Information," the subject of the review, is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Visual Explanations / Tufte, Edward R. ; Bragdon C ; Cornell J ; Danto A ; Friedman M ; Ives N ; Klucis G ; Lichtenstein R ; Lissitzky E ; Malevich K ; Marcus A ; Morison S ; Poggi C ; Rushdie S ; Shattuck R ; Tansey M ; Wilmarth C., 1997

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Identifier: CC-28352-29533
Scope and Contents

In the introduction, Tufte characterizes his three books on information design as follows. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information is about pictures of numbers, i.e., depicting data and statistics. Envisioning Information is about pictures of nouns and visual strategies for design. Visual Explanations is about pictures of verbs, the representation of mechanism and motion, of process and dynamics, of causes and effects, of explanation and narrative. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997