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by ChuckFrank 5511 days ago
Congratulations sir, and thank you for that excellent example. Professor Tufte held a master class while I was at UCLA Design, and his belief that information should be comprehensive, clear and legible, while obvious, still holds for me significant poetic challenges. Being comprehensive is not about simply adding more information. Instead it's about removing unnecessary information so as to prioritize the most relevant information. My favorite example of late is the NYT 2008 ballot redesign. Not only is it clear and legible, but it successfully removes all the unnecessary information to make the remaining information more actionable. --> http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/25/opinion/200808...