Postcrossing Blog

Letters of note is a site that gathers fascinating and entertaining letters, postcards and other mail items. They’re special for a number of reasons, but one way or another have gone unnoticed until now.

For example, remember the movie Who framed Roger Rabbit? It was groundbreaking at the time because of the way the animated characters acted seamlessly with the living characters of the movie.

The following memo was send by RIchard Williams, the movie’s director of animation to all the people working on the animation department:

Isn’t it precious, now that we know that they’ve achieved this effect so well? This, and many other wonderful examples, on lettersofnote.com.

On the last post, some of you wondered what kind of objects can be sent through mail. Well, here’s a cool project that tests the limits of postal services (and their patience too!): To Mr. Cheng.

Artist Eric Ericson, from Sweden, spent a few years sending all kinds of unwrapped objects through the mail: food, a skeleton, a baby doll, books, vinyl records, a pair of glasses, individual playing cards… you name it.

The result is a fascinating minimalist website and book (published in Sweden but we hope they make it available in Amazon soon!).

Here’s what the artist had to say on a recent interview with Wired magazine:

Wired.com: You have previously published books of letters, for example one where you sent letters with odd ideas to authorities, like asking a Swedish municipality if it could host a North American Indian tribe. Why are you so fascinated by letters?
Ericson: Sending things is a fun way to communicate, and I love the seriousness in letters. I mean, you would never receive a lawsuit by e-mail. There is something about letters, especially nowadays when they are getting more and more rare, and we’re communicating in other ways instead.