Comments on: Famous Lives in Minimalist Pictogram Flowcharts

Famous Lives in Minimalist Pictogram Flowcharts

nickyskye — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:15:16 -0800

Famous Lives in Minimalist Pictogram Flowcharts: From Darth Vader to Jesus by Maria Popova.

By: griphus

griphus — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:25:52 -0800

I AM SO ANGRY AT THESE DANG OLE MINIMALIST DESIGNS THAT JUST USE THE PAST INSTEAD OF BEIGN ORIGINAL HEY MARIA POPOVA WHY NOT GO LIVE UNDER A BODHI TREE FOR A FEW YEARS AND BECOME A REAL ARTIST HUH

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:26:53 -0800

Let them eat croissants? Also...I guess I'm flowchart-ignorant. Can someone please explain the "3" next to most of the "life event" pictograms?

By: griphus

griphus — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:29:49 -0800

Jesus I think I just gave myself an anyeurism trying to be fake-angry. Anyway, these are pretty fun. The iconography in the Jesus on especially.

By: SugarFreeGum

SugarFreeGum — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:30:57 -0800

Popova is a great name! It's like "popover" said by someone with a New York/New England accent and anything that is like popovers is awesome. So light and fluffy. Popovers. Excellent with an inappropriate amount of butter and honey drooling from its warm chamber.

By: xod

xod — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:31:16 -0800

I AM SO ANGRY THERE ARE NOT MORE OF THESE HEY MARIA-THE-MOST-EXCELLENT-POPOVA WHY NOT GO MAKE MORE OF THESE NOW HUH

By: 3FLryan

3FLryan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:37:40 -0800

The Michael Jackson one got a laugh out of me. The rest were tiresome.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:44:51 -0800

GO MAKE MORE OF THESE NOW HUH posted by xod She should make one for General Zod.

By: phunniemee

phunniemee — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:51:37 -0800

Hey look, it's me!

By: tomswift

tomswift — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:52:40 -0800

Yep, I nearly stopped after the first couple, but the MJ one was excellent.

By: swift

swift — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:53:42 -0800

I was disappointed not to see a single pictogram describing the link between Darth Vader and Jesus.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:12:09 -0800

I dunno, it hits all the buzzwords but honestly I don't think they work in the end. Also, why only the number 3?

By: bleep

bleep — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:25:38 -0800

I thought the three represented the idea of "lots". Lots of this, lots of that. I also think Popova is a great name. Even if you don't know what a popover is. It's just pleasing.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:36:39 -0800

Pretty cool. I got pretty much all right except M.J. I've often thought flowcharts are wildly under-utilized in the art world.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:42:10 -0800

I like the 3. It's mysterious and looks official somehow. Gives it gravitas and significance.

By: WalterMitty

WalterMitty — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:49:55 -0800

Eh, just a pedantic note: I don't think Maria Popova made them; she's only the curator of BrainPickings.org. That said, the stuff she posts is usually interesting and I have BrainPicking's RSS near the top of my read-often list.

By: munchingzombie

munchingzombie — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:52:21 -0800

Hey, remember that thing? Here is that thing.

By: the noob

the noob — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:53:01 -0800

The rest were tiresome. Tiresome? how so, there are seven of them and they are minimalist.

By: 3FLryan

3FLryan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:22:34 -0800

Tiresome: Causing one to feel bored or annoyed. Yup, that's what they did.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 18:50:22 -0800

> Eh, just a pedantic note: I don't think Maria Popova made them WalterMitty, it's not a pedantic note, you're absolutely right. Thank you for the meaningful correction. Famous Lives in Minimalist Pictogram Flowcharts is from Milan-based creative agency H-57.

By: swift

swift — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:12:18 -0800

What is your least favorite word? Tiresome.

By: monospace

monospace — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:41:47 -0800

Uhm, wasn't the Jesus miracle about five loaves and two fishes? I call fail.

By: pla

pla — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 03:37:24 -0800

Yeah, the "3" thing bothered me as well. I agree with bleep that it seems to mean "lots", but see no particular reason why they chose the number 3 as a superscript. Why not a plus? Or a (Kleene) star? Or put it in some flavor of brackets to show it as a set of events rather than a one-off? And yeah, perhaps those preferences mean I've thought too literally about it... But three???

By: obscurator

obscurator — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:31:50 -0800

I suppose a "Life of Keith Haring" pictogram would be slightly redundant..

I'd still like to see it.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:35:25 -0800

"If the Starfleet data base is correct, there were no water valves of ferrous material in this time frame for example the tap valve or spigot. However, humor may derived from the basic comedic elements of paradoy in the guise of scientific knowledge. Also, the minimalist approach to a saga like "Star Wars" is in direct violation of all known knowledge, data is incomplete as to when Darth Vader recieved his helmet is just one logical problem not explained in the pictogram" -The Khu-Mhar-ZHun of Tuvok, Annals 4, sector 3, subparagraph 13.