Are you the kind of person that keeps a tidy inbox? Or do you dog-ear pages of your books? Sometimes, these small differences can tell a lot about a person.


Are you the kind of person that keeps a tidy inbox? Or do you dog-ear pages of your books? Sometimes, these small differences can tell a lot about a person.
João Rocha, an art director for Young & Rubicam’s Lisbon office and brainchild behind the popular Tumblr King Jong-Il Looking at Things, has been illustrating things that divide people in two categories on his most recent Tumblr project, Two Kinds of People. There are the people who like order and follow the rules and then there are others who are a bit messier, and tend to think outside of the box.
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The project began in March. Rocha told Quartz why all of the illustrations are “so minimal and simple. Truth to be told, that’s the best I can do.” Thus far, the project has accounted for many categories of people, including:









