Nothing says Fresh Start in quite the same way, don’t you think? And it’s pleasing to note that even in the face of world digital domination, one can still find so many very good ones—a development I’d credit to both the proliferation of independent letterpresses and a heightened interest in, and appreciation of, good graphic design among the browsing and buying public. This desk calendar by Sugar Paper is pleasingly but mildly retroish—and despite its extreme pinkness, somehow not too girly.
Here’s a novel notion: buy this calendar, and what you receive is a PDF, which you then print out yourself—in whatever quantity you desire.
A songwriting legend a month, from Johnny Cash to Nina Simone. Way too cool for school, but also surpassingly pretty.
At times I find myself powerless over the forces of twee.
A painting by Ryan McGinness will set you back rather a lot, but the desk calendar he cranks out every year—which features a different illustration on each page, and ample room for note-taking and appointment noting—is cheaper than a taxi ride from Bushwick to Chelsea.
I’m not one of the many who genuflect every time Pantone rolls out yet another collaboration, but the notion of using Pantone chips to create pixelated images—a brainstorm of the ever-creative folks at design firm Pentagram—is a tiny stroke of genius.
Stendig’s wall calendar is a classic of contemporary graphic design and the only calendar in the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection. It’s also just really, satisfyingly big,
Another classic: Massimo Vignelli’s Perpertual Wall Calendar, which could not be a whole lot more minimal and will last you from now until forever.
And on the entirely other end of the spectrum: I very much like the idea of checking out Crispin Finn’s Year planner at the end of 2013 and having a cool little mini-record of everything that went down over the previous 365 days.
Love the Stendig! I’ve had it for years now. One of the great things about it is that it’s made in the USA.
Love every single one of these! Great job!
I have a weakness for calendars. If I hadn’t already bought mine for the year, I’d get one of these. (I got the paper source calendar for my kitchen, a Cavallini calendar of vintage travel posters for the upstairs hall and a Cavallini desk calendar with pictures of vintage appliances for my office.
I think I like all the ones you show here.
The first calendar is by sugar paper:
https://sugarpaper.com/shop/product/kate-desk-calendar-raspberry-1/
Thanks. All fixed now.
Oooh! Love many of these. I have treated myself to a Snow & Graham calendar for the past few years (http://www.snowandgraham.com/2013-calendars/cat_1.html; this year I got the black and white, but usually I opt for abundant color), but this makes me think it might be time to branch out.
Went to loopzart’s Etsy shop to check out the “Star Wars” calendar for my son. Was not able to determine if it is a licensed product. My guess is that it is not. Find it rather amusing that the site claims that their calendars are for personal use only and not to be reproduced or resold. And although her art work is adorable, the characters are not hers to sell. So I will pass.
I had the best Wild Unknown calendar: pen and ink bunnies with rock lyrics. Bought the same one (at Bird) for two years because I loved it so much.