Gallery: Here's What Happens When Two Designers Speak Only in Infographics

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    Dear Data is a book that explores how data can help two people get to know each other.
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    In 2014, information designers Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec began sending each other postcards.
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    The designers would choose a category and gather data on it for an entire week. For instance, what kinds of urban animals they saw (Lupi's postcard pictured here).
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    They'd then analyze and translate that data into illustrations.
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    Each card has a legend on the back that explains how it's meant to be read.
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    A postcard depicting Lupi's week of indecision.
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    Lupi's legend.
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    Posavec's week of keeping track of her jealousies.
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    Posavec's legend.
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