Edward Tufte used to give seminars on good data presentation and he used a ton of early modern examples to derive a cogent albeit not uniquely determined philos

Edward Tufte used to give seminars on good data presentation and he used a ton of early modern examples to derive a cogent albeit not uniquely determined philosophy of data design that mixes images, diagrams, and text to densely and cogently communicate. Naturally the Q&A was 90% microsofties trying to tell him how their UI is actually good design, right? I was impressed by his heroic effort to not crash his face into his palm.