The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press

ET events: major sculpture show (60 pieces, 72 tons) Seeing Around, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT, now open through January 2010. ET short course on visual thinking + tour of sculpture show, benefit for Aldrich Museum, July 11. ET talk, The Metropolitan Museum, New York City, "The Beautiful Evidence of Medieval Drawings," July 19 at 3.00pm. Recent ET sculpture interviews, news reports here.

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

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 28, 2009

New York City

July 30, 2009
July 31, 2009

Indianapolis, Indiana

August 24, 2009

Cincinnati, Ohio

August 25, 2009

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

August 27, 2009

Arlington, Virginia

September 28, 2009
September 29, 2009
September 30, 2009

Chicago, Illinois

October 19, 2009
October 20, 2009

Minneapolis, Minnesota

October 22, 2009
October 23, 2009

San Francisco, California

December 7, 2009
December 8, 2009
December 9, 2009

San Jose, California

December 10, 2009

Corrupt techniques in evidence presentations
Advice for effective analytical reasoning
Seeing Around: New ET essay published
Dashboards: displays for decisions
Project management graphics (Gantt charts)
Cancer survival: tables, graphics, PP
Larkin's Twig
PowerPoint does rocket science--and better techniques for technical reports
Grand truths about human behavior
Wavefields: intense dynamic graphics
Geese taking flight (at 300 frames per second)
Designing a museum sculpture garden
The magical number 7, plus or minus 2
Sparklines: theory and practice
Patient-doctor information exchange
Does pitching out corrupt within?
Beautiful Evidence: chronicles
Lousy PowerPoint: The fault of PP users?
Megan Jaegerman's brilliant news graphics
iPhone interface design
Microsoft's CEO wants ET presentation methods, not PowerPoint
Mapped pictures: image annotation
Recent, long interview with Edward Tufte
Conway's Law
Lists: theory and practice
Flame Theater
Describing and tracking stimulus projects totaling $787,000,000,000 on the internet: any ideas?
ET text, Data Analysis for Policy: free PDF files
Skewed Machine
ET short course on visual thinking + tour of sculpture show (CT)
Links, networks, causal diagrams
New York, Stanford articles on ET
Sheep visit landscape sculpture
Theater Museum artworks
Dog sculpture (Porta the Portuguese Water Dog)
PowerPoint and Military Intelligence
ET sculpture interviews and news
London Underground maps (+ worldwide)
Moderating forums: what's smart, not new
Metaphors, analogies, thought mappings
Rocket Science sculpture
ET at iTunes (podcast), Vimeo, YouTube
Scaling and scale models
Book design: advice and examples
Measuring color in the field: salmon, beer . . .
Plagiarism detection in PowerPoint presentations
Porta and the Birds (at 300 frames/second)
The Drawing Center: ET exhibits
Dappled light
Tong Bird of Paradise
Feynman-Tufte principle
Richard Feynman's "Nature cannot be fooled"
Dog camouflage: Whose hermeneutic prevails?
Airport maps and runway incursions
Airspaces sculpture
Public performances: music always too loud?
Instructions at the point of need
Data mining gone wild: Bellwethers
Not spying on users should be a feature
ZZ Smile (or Zerlina's Smile)
Art Theorists Speak Out Cartoonishly

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.

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."

Historic Visual Diary of Spaceflight: Cyclogram

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.