Richard Saul Wurman: an architect and graphic designer from Philadelphia. He is a pioneer of making information understandable. We has written and designed over 80 books and created the TED conferences. He also created the ACCESS travel guide books that were simple and very effective.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/richard_saul_wurman
www.wurman.com
Nigel Holmes: was born in 1942 in England. He moved to New York in 1977 when he was hired at Time magazine to design "explanation graphics." He worked there for 16 years and then became a freelance designer, lecturer, and author of books on the subject. He started his own company and has written 6 books on the aspects of informatio
n design.
www.nigelholmes.com
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wikipedian.org/wiki/nigel_holmes
Edward Tufte: was born in 1942 in Kansas City, MO. After receiving a PhD from Yale he was hired by Princeton where he taught courses in political economy and data analysis. He also published 3 political sc
ience books. He now teaches statistics, information design, interface design, and political economy
at Yale University. He is an expert at the presentation of information graphics such as charts and diagrams.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/edward_tufte
www.edwardtufte.com
I think it is interesting that Edward Tufte is so influencial in information design and he didn't take the creative route in school or choice of beginning career path. Both Nigel Holmes and Richard Saul Wurman had creative backgrounds and chose the direction of information design. It feels like Edward Tufte was first interested in the actual information that the design would convey than the actual design itself.
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