Dear Data: Week 38 (Negative Thoughts / A Week of Negative Thoughts-Pessimism)
Stefanie Posavec
American, born 1981
Giorgia Lupi
Italian, born 1981
2015
Two postcard-sized, hand-drawn data visualizations in ink, marker, and colored pencil in which Giorgia Lupi records a week of “negative thoughts,” translating emotional experiences into marks, counts, and connections exchanged as part of the Dear Data project.
You first notice playful, teardrop- or petal-shaped colored marks clustered like tiny floral constellations across the top panel and, below, stacked eye‑like ovals arranged into a triangular pile and a smaller cluster along a thin baseline, the whole page feeling intimate, meticulous, and hand-made.
As part of the Dear Data exchange, this piece demonstrates how hand-drawn information design can render subjective inner life legible and poetic, helping popularize a human-centered approach to personal data and storytelling.
Medium
.a: Ink, pencil, and marker on paper
.b: Ink, marker, and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
.a (Giorgia to Stefanie): 5 1/2 × 8 1/2" (14 × 21.6 cm)
.b (Stefanie to Giorgia): 5 7/8 × 8 1/4" (14.9 × 21 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Committee on Architecture and Design Funds
Accession
962.2016.38a-b
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