40 days of dating

40 days of Dating is a web-based project organized by two New York designers Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman. Two good friends with opposite background in relationships find themselves single during the same period decide to pursue an experiment: date for 40 days. To make the experience  successful they have to follow some rules: seeing each other everyday, document everything, three dates per week, not seeing anyone else, seeing a couple therapist and go on one week-end together.



What I really love about the project is that through the website and their daily questionnaire we learn about both point of view and perspectives. Their understanding of each other are most of the time not they try to convey. It is really addictive as you always want to know what will happen next? How their relationship is going to evolve? Are they going to fall in love? 


Moreover what I really love about this project is the website in itself. It definitely represents both of their personality and their experience through designed "post card" for each day. One of my favorite is the design for Tim's 33rd day. It beautifully depicts how they were supposed to hold hands all day long through a drawing of two persons far away with extended arms and hands that wants to be hold with a caption incrusted that says "My hand misses her hand".