Some people love receiving postcards that show beautiful scenes or pleasant paintings while others prefer those that have some kind of personal touch. Not surprisingly, many people love getting postcards that are witty… that make them think… that tease their brain… and at the same time, make them laugh.
Introducing… Indexed Postcards by Jessica Hagy.
Thanks to fellow Postcrosser, Addis R. Perez (username: rainmelonpie) from Puerto Rico, who shared with us the info about Ms. Hagy’s unique set of postcards. Now many of you will know about these witty postcards and may love them, too.
Indexed postcards started as simple, weekday-morning blog entries back in 2006. On pieces of 3×5 index cards, Jessica Hagy would connect a number of words and phrases wittingly with charts and diagrams that look like those figures that you encountered in your high school geometry or algebra class.
Some of the cards comment about controversial topics such as immigration, religion, politics, and the media while most are based on real life experiences and observations of the author—all written in such a way that makes you realize how real the connections are!
Here are some of Jessica’s most famous and most controversial Indexed creations:
Zip it back up. There are secrets in there.
All mixed up
These Indexed cards and many more have been featured in various media outlets such as Time Magazine, GOOD Magazine, BBC Magazine Online, NY Times Freakonomics, PC Mag, Yahoo, and Guardian UK. You can check out more of Jessica’s work here: Indexed.
Good news for many Postcrossers who love or will love Jessica’s brilliant creations: Jessica Hagy has teamed up with Chronicle Books and published an Indexed Postcard Book. Just follow this link to check it out: Indexed Book on Amazon.com, .ca, .co.uk, or .de.
What do you think of them? Do share!
5 comments so far
As you can see, I have already used one of these cards for an official swap: PR-856 http://www.postcrossing.com/postcards/PR-856
I try to match a user's interests with the subjects on the cards. Although not your typical postcard, these designs certainly bring a fun twist to one's collection!
That's a neat idea! Very cool
I've never seen them, thanks for sharing! It's always nice to see creative cards and new ideas. :D
I don't like this kind of postcards :D
I dislike... Please, don't send me this kind of postcards... thanks!