Edward Tufte
I went to Edward Tufte’s One Day Course today, to hear his perspective on The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Beautiful Evidence, Visual Explanations and Envisioning Information.
- Do whatever it takes to explain something: don’tdecide what medium you will use beforehand
- Metaphor is the map: nothing can be erased from a map because it is 100% content
- Reduce optical clutter: no boxes around words! Tufte remarked that the Surgeon’s Warning has such a strong box around it that the outline overwhelms the characters of the warning.
- Good design is self-effacing. 100% content. Get design out of the way.
- Users scan, scroll and then screen change (drilling down into a subject).
The Rise of the New Groupthink
Very interesting especially in the ITP context—
Our brainstorms
Our wide-open seating/working areas
Can be challenging when one wants to focus deeply
Hence we wear noise-canceling headphones to signal laser focus
But I find I still want to also be able to listen to classmates’ ideas and questions and progress
So the water cooler is pretty fantastic.
Source: youtube.com
NOAA Graphical Forecast
So cool!
Source: harvardmagazine.com
Windy dropseed prairie grass in the parking spot/outdoor seating at Local (Sullivan St.)
http://bit.ly/sr2qjR
Interesting post by Diego Rodriguez, partner at IDEO, professor at the d.school.
I like his approach and think it’s relevant especially given last night’s student presentation in Applications class that made us think about originality, creativity, invention, remix mashup new old appreciate copycat etc… Matt Richardson’s take on this made sense to me. In my words, it’s: if you like a project, try it yourself, you’re bound to add to it, change it, improve it, have your own thumbprint.
