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Five Ways: Perpetual Calendars

Amy Feezor — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:19:04 +0000

Not interested in investing in a brand-new calendar every time a new year rolls around? Save yourself some time with one of these perpetual picks.

1. Calendar Tin, $9.00 Multitasking at its best: the three swiveling compartments of this container let you stay up to date, and the inside lets you store small office supplies. Get it: monkeybusiness.co.il

2. ThreeSixFive Calendar, $17.99 Inject a bit of color with the bright blocks of this easygoing wood design. Get it: joannehudson.com

3. Futuro Perpetual Calendar, CAD$29.99 The 14 double-sided inserts included with this smart calendar by designer Pieter Woudt help you stay on schedule. Forever. Get it: morba.myshopify.com

4. The Calendar Wall Decal by Ferm Living, $126.50 Change the look of your workspace in a flash with this decorative WallSticker, which can be personalized with post-its and chalk. Get it: velocityartanddesign.com

5. Perpetual Calendar, ¥9,345 Keep up with every day (every year) with this simple creation hailing from Japan’s “More Trees” organization. Get it: rumors.jp

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Keeping Track of Time

Cerentha Harris — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:21:13 +0000

Dee Adams‘ home office in her lovely Oakland loft drew a lot of comments. The bright orange retro calendar on her desk was particularly popular. Dee found another similar vintage calendar in very good condition which she is giving away. Just head over to her blog and leave a comment for your chance to win. Good luck!

Etsy and Dee Adams’ Studio

Cerentha Harris — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:57:45 +0000

The editors over at Etsy liked Dee Adams’ Oakland home and studio so much they’ve included it in their Get The Look: Decor section. Christine, a writer and editor at Etsy, took the studio as a starting point and put together an amazing list of furniture and objects all from Etsy sellers. She’s done a great job. Here’s just a few of the cool things she found.

1. A red in/out tray from Found Vintage Style.

2. Orange desk lamp from Vintage on the Make.

3. Laser cut bamboo calendar and clock from Decoy Lab.

More Calendars

Cerentha Harris — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:06:34 +0000

Let me know if you are getting sick of calendars. I still haven’t bought one so I continue to look. The savvy editorial team over at Design Milk offer up their calendar choices, including this one from Blue Ant Studio that is inspired by a mid-century modern aesthetic (yes, that is an Eames plywood chair by the pool). And Blue Ant are kindly offering the calendar for free – you just download the pages from Flickr and print.

Time Trackers

Cerentha Harris — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:56:07 +0000

Designer Nate Duval’s take on a 2010 calendar.

If you are still wondering which calendar is just right for your office let me confuse you with a few more choices! So many of us rely on our electronic calendars – and they are truly great tools (those reminders that spring up on my screen are brilliant). But there’s nothing quite like a beautifully designed calendar that you can hang on the wall. It acts as a piece of art as well as a functional office tool. I went to Etsy and found a slew of handmade calendars to suit all tastes.

A new addition to the ‘Keep Calm’ series – a single page calendar to pin on your bulletin board. It is printed on a Crane & Co. 100% cotton card and you can choose from a range of colors.

A lovely letterpress page-per-month calendar. Holes drilled in the top of each page let you hang it easily.

Another month-per-page calendar with handy notes section and a clean simple design.

This is a perpetual calendar and it arrives via email as a PDF. Designed by Patricia Zapata of A Little Hut.

Editor’s note: I owe a huge debt to Christine at Etsy. She did the Look on the Bright Side story for the Etsy Finds section that I culled for this post. Thanks Christine! Nice work.