There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.
Good design is clear thinking made visible, bad design is stupidity made visible
I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.
Above all else show the data.
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.
The leading edge in evidence presentation is in science; the leading edge in beauty is in high art.