The "2012 Typographic Wall Calendar" is a project to produce a large (70cm x 100cm / 27.56in x 39.37in) printed wall calendar for the year 2012. The calendar is made of two-thousand and twelve used keyboard keys. The keys are arranged manually by German typographer Harald Geisler to write out all days of the year 2012.
This is a real, usable calendar. The Typographic Calendar makes finding dates a fun and creative process. The keys are arranged in a grid. If you read them from left to right, they read each day of the year in sequence: January Sun 01 Mon 02 Tue 03 etc. You can think of it like a long array, sequence or string of all dates in the year. To make things easier, every month is differentiated by an "arrow key." This enables you to scan the grid for a specific month before beginning to search for the day. After a bit of practice, you can orient yourself quickly within the grid. You can also use certain brands of whiteboard markers to write events onto the calendar.
The calendars layout is simple, despite looking otherwise at first glance. Harald imagined a person working in an office typing every day of the year down like a text, every pressed key literally appears on the calendar. The keys are arranged in a grid. You read the composition just like a text: from left to right and top to bottom. The line breaks at the end of the canvas and the code continues on the left side again–like a monospaced typewriter. The entire text of the calendar fits on one big page, 70 x 100cm.
above: The 2011 calendar, made of two-thousand and eleven keys
The project is being funded on Kickstarter, where you can get a print of the 2012 calendar for just $35. support it here.
Prints of the calendar The printed Typographic Wall Calendar reproduces the keys in their actual size. The size of the print is B0 (70cm x 100cm / 27.56in x 39.37in). It's printed in four color offset on thick paper and UV coated to protect the print from scratches and the colors from bleaching.
above: cover for 2012 Lavazza Calendar by Ellen von Unwerth
The 2012 Lavazza Calendar
The Lavazzers is the name of the twentieth edition of the Lavazza Calendar, which in celebration of such an important event reunites 12 of the masters of photography that helped to make the Lavazza Calendar such a success over the years: Erwin Olaf, Thierry Le Gouès, Miles Aldridge, Marino Parisotto, Eugenio Recuenco, Elliott Erwitt, Finlay MacKay, Mark Seliger, Annie Leibovitz, Albert Watson, David LaChapelle, Ellen von Unwerth.
They put themselves enthusiastically into play, celebrating their most intimate relationships with the Lavazza coffee through self-portraits. The 12 photographers, just like any closely knit team, were led by the Armando Testa agency, which was in charge of producing also this edition of the Lavazza Calendar and was art-directed by Fabio Novembre. The photographers interpreted themselves in innovative, unusual and imaginative shots.
January: ERWIN OLAF LOCATION: Studio Erwin Olaf, Amsterdam PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANTS: Wouter van Gens, Alessandro Pisano STYLISTS: Monica Petit & Maartje Wevers MAKE-UP ARRIST: Annemiek Bohnenn SET DESIGN: Floris Vos MODELS: Tabarra Diop, Irene Hoek, Jason King, Sefton Clarke, Chantal Hanse, Lotte Valk POST PRODUCTION: Wieger Poutsma, Fisk-Imaging
February: THIERRY LE GOUÈS LOCATION: Upper East Studio, Paris PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT: Benoit Palluel MAKE-UP ARTIST: Audrey Gautier MODEL: Sahara Koné POST PRODUCTION: Bepong
March: MILES ALDRIDGE (see Miles Aldridge's 2010 Lavazza calendar) LOCATION: Big Sky Studios, London PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANTS: Benjamin Madgwick, Tom Moran, Daniel Smith STYLIST: Cathy Kasterine MODEL: Ruby Aldridge HAIR STYLIST: Kerry Warn MAKE-UP ARTIST: Alice Ghendrih SET DESIGN: Andy Hillman POST PRODUCTION: Tapestry
April: MARINO PARISOTTO LOCATION: Alassio PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT: Silvio Repetto STYLIST: Maky Hanykova HAIR STYLIST & MAKE-UP ARTIST: Gianni Di Muro MODELS: Katerina, Kristina H, Olena, Tereza COSTUMES: La Perla, Verde Veronica, Verdissima, Via Uno, Mario Valentino, Sartoria De Valle
May: EUGENIO RECUENCO LOCATION: Eric Dover Studio, Madrid PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANTS: Pedro Galan, Dani Torres, Camilo Germain STYLIST: Eugenio Recuenco HAIR STYLIST & MAKE-UP ARTIST: Lewis Amarante SET DESIGN: Eric Dover POST PRODUCTION: Paz Otero, Focal Imagen
June: ELLIOTT ERWITT LOCATION: Central Park, New York City PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT: Mio Nakamura
July: FINLAY MACKAY (see Finlay Mackay's 2008 Lavazza calendar) LOCATION: Film Plus Studios, London PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANT: Jake Green MAKE-UP ARTIST: Bill Turpin SET DESIGN: Matt Duddleston POST PRODUCTION: Box New York
August: MARK SELIGER (see Mark Seliger's 2011 Lavazza calendar) LOCATION: Mark Seliger Studio, New York City HAIR STYLIST: Zaiya Latt MAKE-UP ARTIST: Regine Thorre MODEL: Misty Copeland POST PRODUCTION: Printed at Norkin Digital Art, Ltd
October: ALBERT WATSON LOCATION: 69 Gansevoort Street, New York City HAIR STYLIST & MAKE-UP ARTIST: Trevor Bowden MODEL: Breaunna
November: DAVID LACHAPELLE LOCATION: Hana, Hawaii PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANTS: Drew Dawson, Tyson Lee Smyer, Jacob Schmidt HAIR STYLIST: Larry McDaniel MAKE-UP ARTIST: Sharon Gault SET DESIGN: Henric Nieminen
December: Inside back cover: ELLEN VON UNWERTH LOCATION: Chez Regine, Paris PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANTS: Joris Rossi, Yvan Gherman, Jerome Vivet STYLIST: Joanna Schlenzka HAIR STYLIST: Ed Moeland MAKE-UP ARTIST: Cathyanne McAllister MODEL (COVER): Valerie van der Graaf
CON TE PARTIRO’ CREDITS ART DIRECTION: Fabio Novembre CATALOGUE: Onlab PROJECT MAPPING: Apparati Effimeri DIGITAL PROJECT: Neotokio! POST PRODUCTION: Garret Suhrie PHOTOGRAPHER ASSISTANTS: Nick Rogers, Matthias Gaggl
The Exhibit The 2012 Lavazza Calendar is accompanied by an exhibition at the Triennale di Milano – Teatro dell’Arte which takes a look at all the Lavazza calendars for the past 20 years: The exhibit and installation, LAVAZZA CON TE PARTIRO’, was also art directed by Fabio Novembre and includes the following:
I'm know I'm behind on sharing some of the best 2011 wall calendars with my readers, so I hope you'll forgive me for the delay. One of the most coveted art photography calendars, which most of you have probably not yet seen despite the fact that we are 1/4 through the year, features a hot chick and hot wheels.... Tuning World's 2011 Miss Tuning Calendar.
above: The calendar features 27 year old Kristin Zippel
If you love wheels and women, the annual Miss Tuning calendar by Tuning World, Bodensee is sure to get your motor running. Each year they feature the year's chosen "Miss Tuning" striking sexy poses alongside automobiles to bring you an upscale version of the classic grease-monkey pin up wall calendar.
above: Kristin Zippel proudly displays her cover image on the 2011 Miss Tuning Calendar
This years' new Miss Tuning - 27 year-old Kristin Zippel - hails from Mering in the German state of Bavaria. She won the title last May at the World Bodensee Tuning event in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
The calendar cover for 2011:
This year the calendar has a distinctly American theme. Iconic and classic American made automobiles were shot in the Great Lakes region of North America by photographer Max Steam.
"I'm really looking forward to my own first calendar," said Zippel.
Below are close-ups of each month followed by the full shots so you can get a good look at both the tits and the tires - or the asses and the chassis, whichever the case may be. These are followed by images from the set.
