This was created a few years ago for the wedding of Andrew Enright and Heather Samples. They gathered some of their favorite stories about the attendees of the ceremony and used them to illustrate their connections. I think this is a neat idea for a wedding because it’s not only a good way to seed conversations between previously unacquainted guests but also a fairly accurate representation of the way loosely affiliated people naturally learn about each other.
Side note: this is officially the first entry in my mental index of “neat wedding ideas.”
I also like this because reminds me of Sydney, whose stories often include enough interrelated characters to be good candidates for this type of data visualization.
Unlike most girls, I spent my early adolescence playing in the mud rather than planning my wedding. Consequently, I have no idea what songs to play at my wedding or which flowers will go in the centerpieces. This above idea, though, is fantastic. Consider this also my first entry of “neat wedding ideas.” Also works for small dinner parties.
