The Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics Press

ET will give free artist tours of his show at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum on:

Sunday November 22 at 2:00 and 3:15

Edward Tufte, major sculpture show (60 pieces, 72 tons). Seeing Around, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT 06877,
now open through April 12, 2010. Reviews, news reports: ARTES , NYTimes , Chronogram cover story, Cheshire Herald,
Modern Painters, Waterbury Republican American.

ET sculpture show now open at George Champion, Modern Shop, in Woodbury, Connecticut

For ET studio tours, show tours, interviews, price list, call Carolyn Williams at 203 250-7007.

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

San Francisco, California

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

San Jose, California

December 10, 2009

Dallas, Texas

January 25, 2010

Austin, Texas

January 27, 2010

Houston, Texas

January 29, 2010

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