To know why we need Snow White or “Once Upon a Time,” we should quickly understand what social media does to us, explore what myths provide us, and what to do (next) about it.The solution, according to Todd Wilms?
Fairy Tales Connects Us
I agree (and I finally understand why infographics are all the rage).
You can read the whole article - very quickly* - HERE.
The gorgeous fairy tale infographics on "The Good and Bad in Fairy Tales" (only available in Israeli as far as I can find) are by Jenny Lumelsky. You can see a couple more on her Behance page HERE. I would dearly love it if an English translation were available.
*So smart to write it this way. Even the I-only-have-5-minutes-thanks-to-my-social-media-wiring minded people he mentions will be able to get the gist. :)
Fairy tales are object-oriented, swappable, scalable, meme-rich, hyper-textual, and have broad cross-platform compatibility.
ReplyDeleteSocially speaking, they're good eating.
For anyone interested in a translation of the Hebrew:
ReplyDelete[The font on most of these are tiny and blurred and impossible to read. Is there any way to get a better quality version?]
Down both the sides it says 'hayo haya pa'am' which means 'Once upon a time'. Next to that in parenthesis you have 'tov' [good] on the first one, and 'rah' [bad] on the second one.
At the bottom, over the animals, it says 'ma'd gova' [height meter].
The small red letters on the top say "Chosen qualities that identify the good/bad character in fairy tales".
In the bottom corner next to the animal height meter it says: "Based on the tales of the Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Anderson".
After that, everything else is a bit harder to read.
What I can make out is:
-The arrow pointing to the hair in the 'good' picture says "hair color" [next to it are different colors and lines that mark how popular each is].
-The arrow pointing to the eyes in the 'good' picture says "eye color" and once again there are colors and amounts.
- The arrow pointing to the plants in the 'good' picture seems to say 'surroundings'
You could probably guess the others by looking at the small pictures under the words.
I assume that the same thing is written on the 'bad' picture's arrows, but it's harder to read that one.
I hoped this helped!
Ok, I found a clearer image at http://jennylumelsky.com/filter/graphic/Fairy-tale-Infographics so here's the rest of the translation:
ReplyDeleteMost things are the same on both pictures:
The three rows of lines at the top say [in condescending order]: Strength, Bravery, and Energy.
The three rectangles say 'height' and three circles say 'weight'.
On the side under the big letters there is a key which explains that the tiny circles of color represent the color of each thing and the diamonds represent the material they are made out of [from top to bottom: plants, gold, silver, pottery, magic, glass, other], the measurements for the weight and the height in meters and kilograms, and a list of the images she created the infographics from.
-The arrow pointing to the crown/hat says: Headwear.
-The arrow pointing to the skirt in for 'bad' and the shoulder for 'good' says : Clothing.
-The arrow pointing to the wings says: Wing Type.
-The arrow pointing to 'good''s elbow says: What she collects.
-The arrow pointing to the shoes says: Footwear.
-The arrow pointing to 'bad''s broom says: Broomstick- speed meter.
The creatures on the height meter are:
[from shortest to tallest]
-Fairy
-Rabbit
-Dwarf
-Puss in Boots
-Fawn
-Child
-Bear
-Pegasus
Oops, when I said pottery, it's really 'cloth'. Sorry!
Delete@Josh - Nice summary! I agree with much of that.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous - you rock! Thank you. That makes things a lot clearer. Really appreciate the time and effort you took in the comments!