you got a big enough wall?

this ma-husive calendar was designed by the genius that is massimo vignelli way back when in 1966 and it's been a sellout since. the design has remained unchanged and can only be a testament to it's clean, simple design. timeless? most likely.

apparently it's so big that the pages can be recycled by using them as wrapping paper... hmm, i would of thought that would be reusing but whatever.

check more of this out at stendigcalendar to see the sheer scale of it (i've not a clue of the language, though if you hover of the blue dots you will get some shots of the beast) and to see more from the big man himself, head on over to vignelliassociates.

lunar calendars

while we're on calendar design, i thought it'd be useful to bring up this one. produced by one of my former graphic teachers from my days at eccles college, ryan morley, and his design studio, bird and bee, these calendars track the stages of the moon throughout the year by use of a lunar wheel. printed as a wall poster and postable card.

as well as tracking the moon's journey through the skies, it also provides information on monthly moon phases, moon quarters, 'moonrise' time, moons rising sign, lunar and solar eclipses, solstices and equinoxes, sunrise and sunset times plus traditional pagan moon names and festivals - the latter of which seems quite interesting.

check more of his stuff out @ bird&bee.

tis always a bad day when one doesn't know what day it is...

calendars. some might say pretty boring but apparently it pays a pretty penny.

here is airside's annual calendar from 2004 till now. in classic airside fashion they're brightly coloured and highly illustrative. i really like how they have tried to deviate from the norm of the grid, but yet still kept the calendar functional and how they have tried (and succeeded) to do this in a unique way each year. i was a bit apprehensive about using a grid myself and have tried to do something different with it than the stereotypical 'box with dates'.

(click thumbnails to enlarge for your perusing pleasure.)

i guess you've already heard of these lot anyways, and if so, i'm sure you like their work. check more of it out over here. if you haven't, why the hell not?!