Chapter 6. Books and Longer Documents
Figure 6.1.
“THE WORLD IS COMPLEX, DYNAMIC, MULTIDIMENSIONAL; THE PAPER IS STATIC, FLAT. HOW ARE WE TO REPRESENT THE RICH VISUAL WORLD OF EXPERIENCE AND MEASUREMENT ON MERE FLATLAND?” | ||
| --Edward R. Tufte | ||
Unlike many design projects whose brief life can be compared to that of a beautiful butterfly, what makes longer documents such as books fun to create is their permanent nature. You can knock yourself out designing the greatest invitation, newsletter, or magazine spread, but before long it’s bound for the trash. Books, on the other hand, are often revered, collected, deified, and displayed for years or lifetimes ...
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