principles of graphical excellence
edward r tufte may have just become the third person on my list of living people i'd like to meet. i am using his work to improve a graphic for the brookings document and just thought of sending it to randall schmidt
"Graphical excellence is the well designed presentation of interesting data-a matter of substance, of statistics, and of design.
Graphical excellence consists of complex ideas communicated with clarity, precision, and efficiency.
Graphical excellence is that which gives to the viewer the greatest number of ideas in the shortest time with the least ink in the smallest space."
or it will be stewart brand