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The work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press
EDWARD TUFTE'S NEW BOOK          BEAUTIFUL EVIDENCE

Business Week, Best Innovation and Design Books for 2006
"A brilliant masterpiece, the Galileo of graphics has done it again."


ZDNET, Best Business and Technology Books of 2006
"Tufte will get you thinking about the meaning of words and images,
not to mention your ability to tell the truth. A beautiful book."


Scientific American, The Editors Recommend, "Outstanding examples, how seeing turns into showing."

ID Magazine, "Hello Gorgeous! A master of information design practices what he preaches."

Martin Kemp, Nature, "The world's leading analyst of graphic information."


Beautiful Evidence
Rocket ScienceSculptures: The Bird Series
16 New Prints by Edward TufteLarkin's Twig
Artful Sentences by Virginia TufteEscaping Flatland 1-10

Ask E.T. Forum: Selected Topics Sparklines: theory and practice
Dog camouflage: Whose hermeneutic prevails?
Interface design and the iPhone
See now . . . Words later
PowerPoint does rocket science--and better techniques for technical reports
Lists: theory and practice
Grand truths about human behavior
Advice for effective analytical reasoning
Wavefields movie (beyond sparklines)
Rocket Science (+ movie)
Beautiful Evidence: chronicles
Open-Ended artworks
Porta and the Birds (at 300 frames/second)
The salmon color wheel
Plagiarism detection in PowerPoint presentations
New York, Stanford articles on ET
Lousy PowerPoint: The fault of PP users?
ZZ Smile (or Zerlina's Smile)
ET text, Data Analysis for Policy: free PDF files
Recent, long interview with Edward Tufte
ET video work on Vimeo and YouTube
London Underground maps (+ worldwide)
PowerPoint and Military Intelligence
Feynman-Tufte principle
Bird Series, with new movie
Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics
Hogpen Hill #1: sculpture installed 8/2006
Table sculptures (new movies at top)
Larkin's Twig, an ET landscape sculpture
Project management graphics (Gantt charts)
Art Theorists Speak Out Cartoonishly
Dappled light
Flame Theater
The magical number 7, plus or minus 2
Executive decision support systems
Instructions at the point of need
Does pitching out corrupt within?
Bookprints: 16 new prints
Cancer survival: tables, graphics, PP
Moderating forums: what's smart, not new
Patient-doctor information exchange
Skewed Machine: new sculpture+video
A sculpture tour, new pieces
Bouquet sculptures (+volume 5)
Sculpture: Negative space studies
Metaphors, analogies, thought mappings
Airport maps and runway incursions
Images drawn on steel (many new pieces)
Links and causal diagrams
Mapped pictures: image annotation
Millstone sculpture series, 1-6
Corrupt techniques in evidence presentations
Dear Leader I: piece completed 5/2006
Not spying on users should be a feature
Public performances: music always too loud?



Photo of Edward Tufte
Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on analytical design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and design. He is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information design, and interface design. His current work includes landscape sculpture, printmaking, video and a new book.

This website describes Edward Tufte's books, one-day course, and artwork. For further information, call Graphics Press at 203 272-9187, or fax 203 272-8600, or email.

For a moderated forum on analytical design, go to ASK E.T.

Books
Beautiful Evidence The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Envisioning Information Visual Explanations
 Presenting Data and Information: a one-day course taught by Edward Tufte
Topics covered in this one-day course include:

fundamental strategies of information design
color and information
statistical data: tables, graphics, and semi-graphics
business, scientific, research, and financial presentations
complexity and clarity
effective presentations: on paper and in person
use of video, overheads, computers, and handouts
multi-media, internet, and websites
courtroom exhibits
design of information displays in public spaces
animation and scientific visualizations
design of computer interfaces and manuals

"One visionary day....the insights of this class lead to new
levels of understanding both for creators and
viewers of visual displays." WIRED

"The Leonardo da Vinci of data." THE NEW YORK TIMES

Denver, Colorado
July 14, 2008   Full
Portland, Oregon
July 16, 2008   
Seattle, Washington
July 17, 2008   Full
July 18, 2008   
San Diego, California
August 18, 2008   
Los Angeles, California
August 20, 2008   
August 21, 2008   
Arlington, Virginia
October 6, 2008   
October 7, 2008   
October 8, 2008   
San Francisco, California
December 8, 2008   
December 9, 2008   
December 10, 2008   
San Jose, California
December 11, 2008   
Posters
Napoleon's March Historic Visual Diary of Spaceflight: Cyclogram


Essay: The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within Archival Graph Paper for Artists and Scientists
Textbooklet cover Powerpoint Essay - cover graph paper

Fine Art Prints
Japanese Weather Map Tee-Shirts Three Dancers with Dance Notation
Airport Signal People Music Score with Dance Notation  

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Website designers: Edward Tufte and Dariane Hunt    Developer: Jin Choi    Technology: ArsDigita Community System   
Photograph of ET: Robert Del Tredici

All text and images at this website are copyright © by Edward R. Tufte or by original copyright holders. Material from this website may be reproduced only with the permission of the publisher, Graphics Press LLC.