Despite the many negative reviews that I’ve written over the years in this blog, nothing pleases me more than opportunities to praise something that’s exceptionally good. A new book by Jeff Johnson, Designing with the Mind in Mind: A Simple Guide to Understanding User Interface Design Rules, gives me just such an opportunity. Even before […]

One of the guiding mottos of my work in data visualization is “eloquence through simplicity”—eloquence of communication through simplicity of design. I share this goal with many designers, present and past. Leonardo da Vinci once wrote: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Unfortunately, people sometimes misunderstand what we mean by simplicity, assuming that simplification is a […]