• January 26, 2005
  • Posted by Marc

Give ‘Em Props - fi5e on Edward Tufte

src="http://www.woostercollective.com/images2/tufte_fi5e.jpg" />


/>“One piece that I keep coming back to is an illustration redrawn by Edward
Tufte in _Envisioning
Information_
(the original was by Uboku Nishitani, 1972). I think the
combination of the irregular black ink strokes with the diagrammatic red lines
is more intriguing than the original brush stoke on its own. The diagram shows
how powerful human gestures can be when layered with the language of analysis. I
view this simple illustration as an example of how analog and digital styles can
co-exist to create new forms.”... fi5e

style="clear:both; padding-bottom: 0.25em;">