Edward Tufte One Day Course: NYC

The Grid System - Updated

Made popular by the International Typographic Style movement and pioneered by legends like Josef Müller-Brockmann and Wim Crouwel, the grid is the foundation of any solid design. The Grid System is an ever-growing resource where graphic designers can learn about grid systems, the golden ratio and baseline grids.

Gutenberg Bible

Want to see every page of the Gutenberg Bible, check out the British Library:

Don't Forget...

Don't Forget about Visual Complexity:


Great Resource for Charts!

Wonderful Research

Check it out. Click on the first page and open up the corresponding PDF.



Thanks to Allison Fedler for these valuable materials.

Symbols and their Meanings

Check out this site: Symbols and their Meaning

Reading List from Information Design Presentation

“you are here” by Katherine Harmon
Amazon Link
New York Public Library Link




“beautiful evidence” by edward tufte
Amazon Link
New York Public Library Link




“visual explanations” by edward tufte
Amazon Link
New York Public Library Link




“envisioning information” by edward tufte
Amazon Link
New York Public Library Link





“else/where mapping: mapping New Cartographies of Networks and Territories” by Janet Abrams (Editor), Peter Hall (Editor)
Amazon Link





“information graphics: a comprehensive illustrated reference” Robert L. Harris
Amazon Link

Links from Informatin Design Presentation

Information Aesthetics: amazing blog of info graphics

Justin Quinn Charts:
MM Galleries and Conduit Gallery

Kashiwa Sato

Shift Control Studios (go to the mobiglobe/screen browser and click on one of the boxes to enlarge)

Feltron Charts (check out the annual reports!)

Science Magazine: 2006 Visualization Challenge Winners

Cornell: Visualizing Meaning Project (click on links at left to see scholars’ choices of their fav. info graphics)

Untitled Media: New Media Art

Docmentaries might help...

Looking for some visual research on your topic?

This site has documentaries, not very legal, but might help some of you.

Find Documentaries Here

This next one is a little bit more legal, it is on the NYPL site. It has video and audio of interviews and other footage.

NYPL, Audio and Video Archive

Good luck.

Resources for Public Radio

Looking to Podcast NPR shows, plus some local public radio shows, check out:
WNYC Podcasting

The have a great show that might help with topics call Please Explain, with Leonard Loepate.

Even if you don't use this site for your research, it is still a great site and a great station. Enjoy.

Needing Help with your Mind Mapping?

Hope these links can help you:

here's the wik def of sociogram

and of mindmap

Sociometry in the Classroom: How to do it

Mind Maps and Mind Mapping

Google Image Search: Mind Map

Google Image Search: Sociograms

New York Public Library Links

So you have a NYPL card, but don't want to leave you bed to go do research, these links might help.

Online digital image library (warning: not that big as their real one in midtown):
Digital Image Library

The eNYPL is where you can find eBooks, Music and Video:
eNYPL Site

Search online Journals from home:
Electronic Journals

And if you just want to take a look/see at the NYPL library site:
NYPL Home Page

Enjoy!

Research Links from Lauren

Here are some sites that I think have interesting info related to what
we are trying to do.

www.academyart.edu/graphic-design-school/mfa_program
-interesting points about the steps/abilities to become a seasoned
designer

www.macd2006.co.uk
-some good thesis projects from Masters students

www.looksgood.de
-interesting thesis project

digital.mica.edu/mfagd
-3 years of thesis projects on left hand side. yay go mica (my undergrad!)

design.cmu.edu/show_news
-here are some more thesis topic proposals from cmu students

What Lauren presented in class this week.

Remember what Lauren showed us on researching for our thesis project?

Yes? Well if you do, and you want to look over it again, here it is.

If you want the PDF version: Click Here