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The work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press
 Presenting Data and Information: a one-day course taught by Edward Tufte
Topics covered in this one-day course include:

fundamental strategies of analytical design
evaluating evidence used in presentations
statistical data: tables, graphics, and semi-graphics
business, scientific, research, and financial presentations
complexity and clarity
effective presentations: on paper and in person
interface design
use of PowerPoint, video, overheads, and handouts
multi-media, internet, and websites
credibility of presentations
animation and scientific visualizations
many practical examples

"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

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Beautiful Evidence
Rocket Science Essay: Seeing Around
16 New Prints by Edward Tufte Sculptures: The Bird Series
Artful Sentences by Virginia Tufte Larkin's Twig

Ask E.T. Forum: Selected Topics Tong Bird of Paradise
Seeing Around: New ET essay published
Election data displays
Does pitching out corrupt within?
PowerPoint does rocket science--and better techniques for technical reports
Beautiful Evidence: chronicles
iPhone interface design
Scaling and scale models
Advice for effective analytical reasoning
Dappled light
Theater Museum artworks
Dog sculpture
The magical number 7, plus or minus 2
Lists: theory and practice
Plagiarism detection in PowerPoint presentations
Rocket Science (+ movie)
ET video work on Vimeo and YouTube
Flame Theater
Lousy PowerPoint: The fault of PP users?
Mapped pictures: image annotation
Wavefields: intense animated graphics
Project management graphics (Gantt charts)
Grand truths about human behavior
Porta and the Birds (at 300 frames/second)
Moderating forums: what's smart, not new
Sparklines: theory and practice
Executive decision support systems
London Underground maps (+ worldwide)
Cancer survival: tables, graphics, PP
Patient-doctor information exchange
Metaphors, analogies, thought mappings
New York, Stanford articles on ET
Open-Ended artworks (new pieces added)
PowerPoint and Military Intelligence
Corrupt techniques in evidence presentations
ET text, Data Analysis for Policy: free PDF files
Larkin's Twig, an ET landscape sculpture
Dog camouflage: Whose hermeneutic prevails?
Art Theorists Speak Out Cartoonishly
Recent, long interview with Edward Tufte
Not spying on users should be a feature
Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics
Instructions at the point of need
Feynman-Tufte principle
Table sculptures
Airport maps and runway incursions
ZZ Smile (or Zerlina's Smile)
A sculpture tour, new pieces
The salmon color wheel
Skewed Machine: new sculpture+video
Public performances: music always too loud?
Millstone sculpture series, 1-6



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




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."

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.