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rose_peterson's review against another edition
4.0
While this is more of a coffee table book than an engrossing read, the data visualizations are compelling. I wish there was a little more variance or risk-taking in the drawings as they began to look the same over 52 weeks, but I'm intrigued by the artists' conclusion about collecting data on their daily lives: "By noticing our behaviour, we were influencing our behaviour."
I'm also interested in exploring possible uses of this book as a mentor text for my students...
I'm also interested in exploring possible uses of this book as a mentor text for my students...
spiderfelt's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a fascinating exercise. I give the creators full marks for the concept and their extraordinary creativity. As a book, it was difficult to read and ultimately, without having a relationship with either creator, I was not motivated to read the entire collection with care and attention to the minute detail they invested in the project.
khchristensen's review against another edition
3.0
The premise of this book was really interesting to me - two artists spend each week of the year recording data about specific things in their lives, illustrate the results on a postcard, and send them to each other. The postcards are fun to look at, but the depth of data is incredibly overwhelming and I quickly stopped reading their analyses.
snowbenton's review against another edition
3.0
I loved the premise of this book: two designers would track the same piece of data for a week (number of times they look in a mirror, how often they say thank you, sounds they hear, etc) and send each other postcards with a visual representation of their tracking, complete with a key that explains the design elements. However, I quickly found myself bored as each page was just the picture of the postcards themselves. Giorgia's drawings were impressively rendered, but her detail was so extravagant I read them and then moved on without looking back at the postcard. Stefanie's were more manageable and her comments were amusing, but her drawings were terrible. Overall, I wanted more of a story, or at least more interesting postcards.
booksandrabbits's review against another edition
5.0
This book was given to me as a gift by my friend. I have read it over the course of exactly a year, taking the time to consider each postcard and give them each the attention they deserve. Such a clever idea. Am tempted to gather my own data and do something creative with it.
anetq's review against another edition
4.0
Don't get the Kindle version!!
This is a cute book about data, about visualising data and becoming a data scientist of you own life. Giorgia & Stephanie exchange postcards for a year each week recording and drawing data from their own life on the same topic. It's lovely and I would like to see the real thing, as in a print book in colours!
I have no idea why they published this in a Kindle edition - even with the rudimentary (and slow) zoom function most of the pictures are too detailed, and should have been in colours for the legend to work...
This is a cute book about data, about visualising data and becoming a data scientist of you own life. Giorgia & Stephanie exchange postcards for a year each week recording and drawing data from their own life on the same topic. It's lovely and I would like to see the real thing, as in a print book in colours!
I have no idea why they published this in a Kindle edition - even with the rudimentary (and slow) zoom function most of the pictures are too detailed, and should have been in colours for the legend to work...
kalista_putri's review against another edition
5.0
Infinite stars for this book. Keren BANGET. Dari baca buku ini jadi tau bahwa ternyata ngumpulin data buat divisualisasiin ga perlu data yang serius2 amat; hal sehari2 di hidup kita juga bisa kita track. Cakep2 bgt visualisasi datanya, makes me happy with all those colours and shapes and textures and patterns AHHHHHHH. Now I have 20+ ideas of my own, mau ngetrack apa, dari baca buku ini. So excited to learn more!
moxiedoll's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars. I love everything about this book. It took longer to get through I think because I really wanted to have serious TIME to devote to looking at each postcard when I read it. In a dream world I would love to do this myself with some other willing (crazy) person. Just a little less than 5 stars because some of the postcards could have dealt the info a little more clearly, otherwise highly recommended!