Tag: Tufte

Adored by the software industry and hated by visualization experts – those colorful little controlling speedometers that are supposed to, at a glance, tell executives whether the company is headed [...]

Since the death of Archimedes, everyone knows that drawing circles brings nothing but trouble. JP Morgan shows us why ... as if it didn’t have enough problems already.

Management salaries are a hot topic nowadays. The usual “evidence”, however, is either manipulated in one direction or the other. Good information design can help make the discussion more objective [...]

Sachsen LB could have at least tried to. Their board of directors trusted a few traffic lights. They were usually green, but now all German taxpayers see is red.

Dogs hear quite well. Sometimes they read minds. Some designers think: "What boring numbers. It's nothing to write home about." Others believe: "If there is nothing to illustrate, what am I a designer [...]

In the days of modern, high-resolution photography, it’s sometimes hard to believe that Galileo’s tools were limited to pen and paper. His observations of the moon are sketched with the precision [...]

A vehement advocate for good information visualization, Professor Dr. Rolf Hichert has successfully spent the past few years preaching his doctrine at controller conventions and seminars throughout Germany [...]

Edward Tufte, the world’s most renowned visualization expert, holds legendary information design seminars up to 40 times a year. What an experience!

From Sten Nadolny's famous book we can learn that speed does not lead to the goal if it comes along with superficialness - and that slowness is the basic principle of close attention and thoroughness [...]

“Good management is boring” says Peter Drucker and “If you want excitement, don’t go to a good management information system.” We should reflect on this statement if we do not want to amuse [...]