{"id":19201,"date":"2022-08-17T11:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/2022\/08\/meine-dataviz-heldinnen-4-5-edward-tufte-der-guru-des-informationsdesigns\/"},"modified":"2022-12-23T10:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T09:47:43","slug":"my-heroes-of-dataviz-4-5-edward-tufte-the-information-design-guru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/2022\/08\/my-heroes-of-dataviz-4-5-edward-tufte-the-information-design-guru\/","title":{"rendered":"My heroes of dataviz (4\/5): Edward Tufte &#8211; the information design Guru"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Edward Tufte has been publishing about meaningful information design for almost 40 years. The New York Times even calls him the &#8220;Leonardo da Vinci of data&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_guru.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Edward Tufte \u2013 der Guru des Informationsdesigns \/\/ Edward Tufte \u2013 the informations design Guru\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"307\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_guru.png\" alt=\"Edward Tufte - der Guru des Informationsdesigns\" class=\"wp-image-19162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_guru.png 307w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_guru-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Edward Tufte &#8211; the informations design Guru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Yet Edward Tufte (ET), born in 1942, probably came to his vocation in a rather roundabout way. After graduating from Stanford with a degree in statistics and writing his doctoral thesis in political science at Yale, he was asked in 1975 &#8211; by then a professor at Princeton &#8211; to teach a statistics course for journalists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He quickly realised that journalists do not only need statistical basics for good storytelling. The question of how information should be visualised so that readers understand and retain it quickly and correctly is at least as important, if not more so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the following years, together with <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Tukey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Tukey<\/a> &#8211; another visualisation pioneer &#8211; he worked out a course whose material was to become the basis of his first book and classic of information design, &#8220;The Visual Display of Quantitative Information&#8221; from 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the publication turned out to be difficult: no publisher could be found who met his demands on layout and production. So without further ado, he took out a &#8211; second &#8211; mortgage with an 18% (sic!) interest rate on his property and published the book himself. With success: his work became a timeless design classic and was reprinted two dozen times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_workshop.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Edward Tufte\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_workshop.png\" alt=\"Edward Tufte Workshop\" class=\"wp-image-19174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_workshop.png 332w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_workshop-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Edward Tufte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the meantime, ET has published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/tufte\/books_vdqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">five books<\/a> and offers visualisation workshops several times a year at which his books are handed out to the up to 300 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a nice business model \u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At these events he avoids presentation software. Instead, selected visualisations from his books are viewed and discussed together. His credo: &#8220;PowerPoint is evil&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three principles from &#8220;The Visual Display of Quantitative Information&#8221; are particularly important for our graphomate developments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avoid Chart Junk &#8211; &#8220;Less deco, more info!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>ET uses the term \u201cchart junk\u201d to refer to all visual elements that do not directly serve to depict information or support its interpretation. This includes decorative objects, 3D effects, bright colours, but also thick grid lines or hatching. Here is an impressive example of Chart Junk by Nigel Holmes from 1982 and our graphomate re-design:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_chart-junk_nigel-holmes.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Quelle \/\/ Source: Nigel Holmes, Time magazine, 1982\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_chart-junk_nigel-holmes.png\" alt=\"Chart Junk von Nigel Holmes\" class=\"wp-image-19156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_chart-junk_nigel-holmes.png 302w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_chart-junk_nigel-holmes-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Source: Nigel Holmes, Time magazine, 1982<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_chart-junk_redesign.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"graphomate chart\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_chart-junk_redesign.png\" alt=\"graphomate chart \" class=\"wp-image-19158\"\/><\/a><figcaption>graphomate chart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visualise correctly &#8211; &#8220;Tell the truth!&#8221;<br><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The visual elements that depict data must be directly proportional to the numerical quantities to be displayed. In this context, ET also speaks of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nightingaledvs.com\/the-lie-factor-and-the-baseline-paradox\/\">&#8220;Lie Factor&#8221;<\/a>. Manipulations such as truncated value axes must be avoided, as information cannot be interpreted correctly as a result. On the other hand, the situation is somewhat different for line charts: these certainly start at value axes \u00b90, if e.g. the focus is on the change of the individual periods &#8211; as e.g. with sparklines, see below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a particularly striking example and our correct visualisation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_tell-the-true.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Quelle \/\/ Source: Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, page 118, 2nd edition, 2001\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_tell-the-true.png\" alt=\"Beispiel Li Factor\" class=\"wp-image-19170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_tell-the-true.png 224w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_tell-the-true-175x300.png 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Source: Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information,<br>page 118, 2nd edition, 2001&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_the-visual-display.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"graphomate chart\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_the-visual-display.png\" alt=\"Visualisierungsvorschlag graphomate chart\" class=\"wp-image-19172\" width=\"283\" height=\"207\"\/><\/a><figcaption>graphomate chart<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>ET describes the original left chart as &#8220;the worst chart ever to find its way into print&#8221;. Probably not only because of the double cut value axis, which leads to a Lie Factor of ~25; the coloured 3D areas are also pure chart junk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maximise Data Density &#8211; &#8220;Above all else, always show the data!&#8221;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>ET advocates a high information density when communicating facts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cMore information is better than less information.\u201d<\/p><cite>Source: Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information,<br>page 166, 2nd edition, 2001&nbsp;<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Our eye-brain system is able to absorb and process a very large amount of information in a short time. Large diagrams with few elements do not help in evaluating the information. Only a presentation of many data points and dimensions creates context and thus enables the recipient to understand facts correctly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are used to consuming our daily dose of information via highly condensed tables &#8211; football leagues, share prices and others. But the claim for a high visual information density &#8211; e.g. by means of small multiples as in the following illustration &#8211; requires the most persuasion in my experience.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_small-multiples.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Quelle \/\/ Source: Hichert+Faisst, 2015\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_small-multiples.png\" alt=\"Small Multiples\" class=\"wp-image-19166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_small-multiples.png 542w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_small-multiples-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Source: Hichert+Faisst, 2015&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>ET is also considered the &#8220;inventor&#8221; of sparklines: simple, intense, word-sized charts. Sparklines are ideal for visualising trends (such as fluctuations in temperature or stock market prices) in a space-saving way. They are no taller than a printed line and can therefore be easily integrated into a table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example of the development of exchange rates:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_sparklines.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Quelle \/\/ Source: Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, page 172, 2nd edition, 2001\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"588\" height=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_sparklines.png\" alt=\"Beispiel Sparklines\" class=\"wp-image-19168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_sparklines.png 588w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_sparklines-300x52.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Source: Edward Tufte, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information,<br>page 172, 2nd edition, 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, this high information density comes at a price: Sparklines cannot all use the same scale as the small multiples shown above. They are therefore NOT comparable with each other, but can only be read horizontally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have integrated the idea of<strong> sparklines<\/strong> into our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/products\/graphomate-matrix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">graphomate matrix<\/a>. With a few clicks you can display a trend over time in a column. We have gone one step further and implemented <strong>sparkbars<\/strong> in addition to sparklines. Sparkbars scale identically across the rows and can therefore be compared with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an example of our graphomate matrix in Excel\/MS365:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_graphomate-matrix.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"graphomate matrix for MS365\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_graphomate-matrix.png\" alt=\"Beispiel graphomate matrix for MS365\" class=\"wp-image-19160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_graphomate-matrix.png 646w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_graphomate-matrix-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>graphomate matrix for MS365<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While sparkbars are used on the 1st hierarchy level of the product group, sparklines are used to visualize trends in the individual countries. The last value is formatted in black, maximum and minimum are displayed in blue and red for easier classification.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best of all, you can use the sparklines and sparkbars not only in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/platforms\/microsoft\/microsoft-365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MS365<\/a> but also in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/platforms\/sap\/sap-analytics-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAP Analytics Cloud<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/platforms\/microsoft\/microsoft-power-bi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Power BI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/en\/platforms\/tableau\/tableau-desktop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tableau<\/a>. They work identically everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back to Edward Tufte. Currently, ET is more of an artist. His own 100,000 sq. ft. sculpture garden in Connecticut is quite impressive:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_skulpturen.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Quelle \/\/ Source: https:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/tufte\/hogpen-hill-farms\u00a0\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_skulpturen.png\" alt=\"Edward Tufte Skulpturengarten\" class=\"wp-image-19164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_skulpturen.png 480w, https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/edward-tufte_skulpturen-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Source: https:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/tufte\/hogpen-hill-farms&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lars&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PS:<\/strong>&nbsp;I just found out that Mr Tufte has a second forename: it\u2019s Rolf &#8211; Edward Rolf Tufte &#8230; really!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ccbync.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graphomate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ccbync.png\" alt=\"ccbync\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This file is licenced under the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Creative Commons-Licence<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edward Tufte has been publishing about meaningful information design for almost 40 years. 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