Nerd PSA: Edward Tufte has a new book coming out! It’s called Seeing with Fresh Eyes. edwardtufte.com/tufte/seeing-w
(I’ve been waiting with much excitement—it was marked as shipping in mid-October. Alas, nothing yet. Has anyone else received their pre-order?)
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Honest question, have you ever gotten prescriptive use out of one of Tufte's books? I've always found them to be like museums rather than art classes. More full of a collection of beautiful things than instructions for creating your own.
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Tons! I think about their prescriptive lessons often in my design and communication work.
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Hrm... Like what? I'd be curious to hear what you've found the most transformative and useful for your work.
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It’s oddly hard to say exactly because his admonitions are so deeply absorbed into my practice. His comments on the cost of ink and on balancing visual weight inform basically all the visual hierarchies I design.