The start of a new year brings the start of exciting personal projects. First on deck: The AK Experiment.

Nicholas Felton has been creating some unbelievably awesome annual reports based on his day-to-day activities. I’ve been toying with the idea of designing my own for awhile now, but I never found the right opportunity to sit down and properly plan out the project. So, I thought: What better time to begin my own than at the start of a new decade?

Since I’ve never designed an annual report before–and since I’ve never shown signs of OCD–the documentation, calculation, and design of this entire report will be a challenge. In the meantime, I’ve developed an inventory sheet to fill out on a daily basis. At the end of each month, I will design a new report based on my findings.

My project will be less detailed in the travel department (as I don’t have a pedometer, nor do I travel extensively) and more so in the realm of technology (texts, tweets, emails, etc). This will be an interesting way to learn more about myself and about the design of information graphics. Plus, it gives me a good excuse to work consistently on at least one of my own for-fun projects.

Look for the first AK report in 29 days. I may toss in an update or two on this project before then. Only time will tell…

Happy 2010, everybody. I hope you are as stoked about the fresh new year as I am!