Dear Data

Giorgia Lupi, Stefanie Posavec

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781616895327
• eBook ISBN: 9781616895464
• Topic: Design
• Subtopic: Graphic Design

Equal parts mail art, data visualization, and affectionate correspondence, Dear Data celebrates "the infinitesimal, incomplete, imperfect, yet exquisitely human details of life, " in the words of Maria Popova ( Brain Pickings ), who introduces this charming and graphically powerful book. For one year, Giorgia Lupi, an Italian living in New York, and Stefanie Posavec, an American in London, mapped the particulars of their daily lives as a series of hand-drawn postcards they exchanged via mail weekly—small portraits as full of emotion as they are data, both mundane and magical. Dear Data reproduces in pinpoint detail the full year's set of cards, front and back, providing a remarkable portrait of two artists connected by their attention to the details of their lives—including complaints, distractions, phone addictions, physical contact, and desires. These details illuminate the lives of two remarkable young women and also inspire us to map our own lives, including specific suggestions on what data to draw and how. A captivating and unique book for designers, artists, correspondents, friends, and lovers everywhere.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Week One: A Week of Clocks
• Week Two: A Week of Straight Lines
• Week Three: A Week of “Thank You!”
• Week Four: A Week of Mirror Mirror on the Wall
• Week Five: A Week of Things I (We) Bought
• Week Six: A Week of Physical Contact
• Week Seven: A Week of Complaints
• Week Eight: A Week of Phone Addiction
• Week Nine: A Week of Giorgia & Stefanie
• Week Ten: A Week of To-Do Lists
• Week Eleven: A Week of Emotional Data!
• Week Twelve: A Week of People
• Week Thirteen: A Week of I Wish I......
• Week Fourteen: A Week of Schedules
• Week Fifteen: A Week of Compliments
• Week Sixteen: A Week of Our Closets
• Week Seventeen: A Week of Food Preferences!
• Week Eighteen: A Week of How Many Drinks...!
• Week Nineteen: A Week of Beauty and Make Up!
• Week Twenty: A Week of Interesting Things
• Week Twenty-One: A Week of My Image of the City
• Week Twenty-Two: A Week of My Past!
• Week Twenty-Three: A Week of Be Nice(r)!
• Week Twenty-Four: A Week of Doors
• Week Twenty-Five: A Week of Friends
• Week Twenty-Six: A Week of Work Space
• Week Twenty-Seven: Stefanie’s
• Week Twenty-Eight: A Week of Smiling at Strangers
• Week Twenty-Nine: A Week of a Boyfriend / Husband
• Week Thirty: A Week of My Time Alone
• Week Thirty-One: A Week of Positive Thoughts
• Week Thirty-Two: A Week of Sounds
• Week Thirty-Three: A Week of Envy
• Week Thirty-Four: A Week of Urban Wildlife
• Week Thirty-Five: A Week of Getting Dressed!
• Week Thirty-Six: A Week of Indecision
• Week Thirty-Seven: A Week of Too Rude! Swearing
• Week Thirty-Eight: A Week of Negative Thoughts
• Week Thirty-Nine: A Week of Beauty
• Week Forty: A Week of Meeting New People
• Week Forty-One: Music Survey!
• Week Forty-Two: A Week of Laughters
• Week Forty-Three: A Week of Trying New Things!
• Week Forty-Four: A Week of Distractions
• Week Forty-Five: A Week of Apologies
• Week Forty-Six: A Week of Books We Own
• Week Forty-Seven: A Week of Smells and Scents
• Week Forty-Eight: A Week of Overhearing!
• Week Forty-Nine: A Week of Data
• Week Fifty: A Week of iPhone Survey
• Week Fifty-One: A Week of Privacy
• Week Fifty-Two: A Week of Goodbyes!
• About the Authors