If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.
Edward TuftePowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.
Edward TufteThat is to say, nature's laws are causal; they reveal themselves by comparison and difference, and they operate at every multivariate space, time point.
Edward TufteClutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.
Edward Tufte