The world is generally multivariate

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

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

The commonality between science and art is in trying to see profoundly - to develop strategies of seeing and showing.

If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant.

I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.