Timely motifs

IT hangs on a wall, sits on a desk. In just one year, that calendar will be hopelessly out of date. Though some take that built-in obsolescence as an excuse not to care, others approach their calendar selection with the discernment of an art collector. Go ahead, they seem to say: Make my days. Whether they are world-renowned typographers or crafty entrepreneurs, the designers represented here have responded with calendars that are anything but everyday.

-- David A. Keeps