A recent article in New York Magazine about Edward Tufte begins “Edward Tufte is most likely the world’s only graphic designer with roadies.” But Tufte is certainly much more than a graphic designer, which is sort of the point. The article, The Minister of Information, digs deeper into the background of this phenom who has become a design guru and information usability prophet through his best selling books, like his most recent Beautiful Evidence.
He’s often quoted by our Interactive Director who has his books piled up on his desk as reference, but this has to be the best Tufte-ism: “Microsoft’s PowerPoint software is an all-conquering monster of crumminess, a threat to life as we know it.” Amen to that. [cheers to Andrew for the heads up]
Posted by Mark Busse
Tags: article, Design, Inspiration, Learning, tufte, We love
