Sanat / Art
A DESIGNER’S
MEGALITHS
EDWARD TUFTE, DESCRIBED AS THE “DA VINCI OF
DESIGN” RECENTLY SHIFTED HIS FOCUS FROM VISUAL
DESIGN TO SCULPTURES THAT HE SHOWCASES ON A
SPRAWLING FIELD IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
EDWARD R. TUFTE
1942 yılında ABD’nin Kansas City şehrinde doğan Edward R.
Tufte, 1964’de Stanford Üniversitesi’nin İstatistik bölümünden
lisans ve master derecesini, 1968 yılında Yale Ünivesitesi’nin
Siyaset Bilimi bölümünden doktorasını aldı. 1967 – 1977
yılları arasında Princeton Üniversitesi’nde ders verdikten
sonra 1977’den itibaren Yale Üniversitesi’nde çalıştı. Bu
üniversitelerde istatistiksel grafik, uygulamalı istatistik, politik
ekonomi, demokratik teori, araştırma yöntemleri gibi alanlarda
ders verdi. Analitik tasarım alanında yazdığı dört kitabı
yayınlayan ve günübirlik kurslar düzenleyen Graphics Press
şirketini kurdu. Kitapları 2 milyonun üzerinde sattı. Heykel ve
baskılarını New York’ta ET Modern ve Artists Space’de, Los
Angeles’daki Architecture+Design Museum’da ve The Aldrich
Contemporary Art Museum’da sergiledi.
Edward R. Tufte is a pioneer and leading figure in the creation
of the field of information design in the 20th century. He
received his B.S. and M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University
in 1964, his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University in
1968. He initially taught as a lecturer at Princeton University
and as Professor of Public Affairs at The Woodrow Wilson
School at Princeton University. Later he was a Professor
of Political Science, Statistics, and Computer Science and
Senior Critic at the School of Art at Yale University between
1977-1999 where he is currently Emeritus Professor. He has
published 4 books on information and analytical design and
conducts one-day courses through his own firm Graphics
Press, LLC. He is also an accomplished artist whose sculpture
and prints were exhibited in solo shows at ET Modern in
New York, Artists Space in New York, Architecture+Design
Museum in Los Angeles, and a major sculpture and landscape
artwork exhibit was organized at The Aldrich Contemporary
Art Museum in Connecticut. He is also the owner of the ET
Modern museum/gallery in New York City.
22 NATURA • OCAK - ŞUBAT 2014 / JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2014