I got Sarah McNeil’s zines a couple of days ago and I love them. I liked them both so much that I wondered why it took me so long to finally get them, but am glad that I finally did.
Statistical Things That Happen But Don’t Matter and Updated Report of Observations Which Somehow Seem to Reflect Abstractly on Life is a two-part zine based on Sarah’s observations and musings about her life and the things that she is experiencing. Divided into various graphs, Venn diagrams and pie charts, the zines give much insight (in so very few words) about things like communication, money, work, emotions and family.
I find it comforting that we have a few things in common, and I can easily relate to what she’s laid out. What I love is the humor that shines through – an almost dead-pan style (as much as pie charts can muster) about seemingly trivial things like liquids that she’s downed, or the future family tree of a random cat.
Sarah just opened my eyes to a whole new way of communicating data in a personal way. And now I’m obsessed about tracking (very loosely) the random data in my life! You can get the zines in her Etsy shop when she returns from her vacation!
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Have a fun weekend and I’ll catch up with you again on Monday!
And also, the Pikaland Artist Bootcamp #1: Making Your Mark will start next week and I’m really excited to be teaching with Jamie again as we work together with our participants to help them explore and discover their own style!
great! I love the idea of the future family tree of a random cat 🙂
Really inspiring work.
These are so great! Love infographics, useful or not.