Escaping Flatland

The pages on 12-35 is chapter about "Escaping Flatland."  This chapter informs us that trying to escape these "flatland" is a very important part of how we must envision information on designs.  By giving more depth and illusion, we communicate that right kind of information on a flat dimension plane (like paper), which is all honest is almost never easy.  For example, Tufte explains that standards of excellence for information design are made by high quality maps with various details, layers of close reading mixed with overview and data from engineering surveys.  The designers for this must care about what the viewer will find it interesting and engaging yet remain simple enough that the viewer can understanding what it is trying to say.