I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple.

It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.

Clutter is not a property of information. Clutter is a failure of design.

The world is much more interesting than any one discipline.

There are only two industries that refer to their customers as 'users'.

A metaphor for good information design is a map. Hold any diagram against a map and see how it compares.