The chapter Interface and Interpretation in Graphesis covers the concept of interface (or more specifically, human computer interface) in the context of history, functionality, theory, and design. What stood out to me were two things:  Drucker's interpretation of the interface as more than just a structure of organization or a…

In the first chapter of Graphesis, Johanna Drucker explores the evolution of people's perception and use of graphics throughout history. She states early in the passage that "images have a history, but so do concepts of vision and these are embedded in the attitudes of their times and cultures as…

I had a lot of fun reading Robert Simmon's Subtleties of Color, especially through the perspective of a scientist. I used to work in a retina neuroscience lab, and although our specialty was not in phototransduction or visual components of the circuit, I appreciated seeing the field of visual neuroscience…

Graphs and plots are "visual representation(s) of data, not way to magically transmit pure understanding"--though there is an implicit understanding of this fact within me, I was newly struck by the truth of this statement while reading Healy's introductory chapter in Profiles of Badness and Bergstrom and West's…