designers

EDWARD TUFTE

"Clutter is a failure of design, not an attribute of information."
American statistician who is considered an expert in information design; writes about visual literacy and makes work distinguished by the use of data-rich illustration.

NIGEL HOLMES

British graphic designer who focuses on information graphics and motion information graphics. Most famous work is "explanation graphics" for TIME magazine.

RICHARD SAUL WURMAN

American architect and graphic designer who coined the phrase "information architect" (which I love!). His work features the simple use of colored text, such as in the ACCESS travel guides.