Dear Data

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 i...

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.

（意）乔治娅·卢皮

乔治娅·卢皮是一名信息设计师，她从事的信息可视化的工作常常跨越数字和印刷之间的鸿沟。因为数据非人格化的特性带来的挑战，她期望创造一种视觉叙事的方式将数字与它们所代表的意义联系起来：知识、行为、人。她是Accurate——一家位于米兰和组约的以数据驱动研究、设计和创新为主的公司——的联合创始人和设计总监。

（美）斯蒂芬妮·博萨维奇

斯蒂芬妮·博萨维奇是一名数据设计师，她的工作重点在于将源于语言、文学或科学的主题以非传统的数据呈现方式来表现。由于经常使用手工制作的方法，她的作品已经在纽约的现代艺术博物馆，里约热内卢的巴西银行文化中心，都柏林的科学画廊和伦敦英国国立维多利亚与艾伯特博物馆展出。