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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!
choirqueer's review against another edition
4.0
This was such a sweet, creative idea, and really enjoyable to read. I wish the graphs had been larger / more zoomed in; I'm visually impaired and it was pretty hard to read/follow most of them because the handwriting was so tiny.
broomgrass's review against another edition
3.0
Liked it, but read it in a condensed period of time, so some of the impact was lost. Enjoyed the different styles of the artists, and made me think about data respresentation, etc. This almost counts as a book read for my dissertation?
robyn_m's review against another edition
5.0
As a longtime fan of Nicholas Felton's personal annual reports, picking up this book was an easy choice. Two information designers, Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, created this project together visualizing personal themed data each week on postcards for one year. These are not Excel spreadsheets nor computer-created charts; every postcard with its data representation was drawn by hand. Each week offered the opportunity to track data for a (new) specific theme and for each woman to experiment with a new method of display. While the weekly theme was shared, it is interesting to see how each designer interpreted the assignment; the display of Giorgia's cards on the left of each double page spread, and Stefanie's on the right, makes for easy comparison of their styles. Occasionally, a postcard would be lost in the mail, requiring additional effort in an already extremely ambitious project.
The publication itself is beautiful and of high quality. The spreads featuring postcards are interrupted often with spreads showing a single card at higher magnification, or with bits of humor poking fun at aspects of the previous week's cards. There is very little additional text within the book. At times, the layout / design and color choices of individual postcards are somewhat difficult to understand. But I can appreciate the attempts at experimentation and creativity. For those interested in data visualization, information graphics, data collection, and complex analog art, this is highly recommended!
Further information, photos, and videos can be found at:
http://www.dear-data.com/theproject
The publication itself is beautiful and of high quality. The spreads featuring postcards are interrupted often with spreads showing a single card at higher magnification, or with bits of humor poking fun at aspects of the previous week's cards. There is very little additional text within the book. At times, the layout / design and color choices of individual postcards are somewhat difficult to understand. But I can appreciate the attempts at experimentation and creativity. For those interested in data visualization, information graphics, data collection, and complex analog art, this is highly recommended!
Further information, photos, and videos can be found at:
http://www.dear-data.com/theproject
heres_the_thing's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.75
Read for work.
While the postcards created for this project were sent over the course of 52 weeks, the final result was a quick and breezy read. I enjoyed seeing all the differences in how the authors tracked and explained their data. It's a really enticing project and I can see how it can also serve as a good training tool for building your data viz/storytelling muscles.
While the postcards created for this project were sent over the course of 52 weeks, the final result was a quick and breezy read. I enjoyed seeing all the differences in how the authors tracked and explained their data. It's a really enticing project and I can see how it can also serve as a good training tool for building your data viz/storytelling muscles.
anatomydetective's review against another edition
2.0
I suppose I am just not a very visual person. This was a chore and I am glad I got it as a freebie. Tedious and to me not very artistic or interesting. Visually and anthropologically dull.
vintonole's review against another edition
4.0
If you are interested in data and data visualization this is for you.
ida_ree's review against another edition
5.0
This is a fascinating book born from a fascinating project. Two women, one in New York and one in London, spent a year sending each other weekly postcards depicting an aspect of their lives. One week they'd focus on laughter, another on smells, or apologies, or phone use. Then they'd find a way to draw a graphic representation of the data gathered. I can't describe it adequately. You have to see it. It really looks like a great mindfulness tool.