A Year In Caps. 2012 Typographic Calendar printed on Sustainably-Harvested Birch Wood.

Heather Lins, whose unique pillows and homewares I have previously featured, has designed a calendar for 2012 which celebrates typography.

Each month is printed on sustainably-harvested wood veneers and makes a great gift for any graphic designer or typophile.




• Twelve 5" × 7" birch veneer cards
• Tied with a pretty ribbon.
• Gift tag and reusable gift bag included.
• Digitally printed.
• U.S. holidays.

By Heather Lins Home.
$32 USD, Buy it here.

The Best Smelling 2011 Calendar. 12 Months Of Designer Candles From Quintessence.

A Calendrier Olfactif- 2011 Candle calendar set by Quintessence
A box of twelve individually packaged candles marked for each month, from Paris based perfumerie Quintessence. From chefs and palmists to fashion designers, each container and scent has been created by a different artist.



Artists include Azzedine Alaia, Association La Voix de l'Enfant, Madison Cox, Frederic Fekkai, Christian Tortu, Jean-Pierre Vigato, François Catroux, Yaguel Didier, Ines Sastre, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Jean-Francois Lesage and Apollonia Poilane.




A very interesting and evocative idea from the fine Parisian distillateur’s Quintessence. Let each month fill your house with a specially curated scent; you can even keep the containers once the candle has burnt down and refill them with tea lights.

12 candles
30 hours burn time each
Includes a calendar with information about each artist for that corresponding month:






The 12 designers and scents:
• January by the Association La Voix de l'Enfant - Childhood Memories (strawberry)

• February by Christian Tortu - Hyacinth

• March by François Catroux - Geranium

• April by Yaguel Didier - Iris Intuition

• May by Ines Sastre - Sweet Pea

• June by Jean-Pierre Vigato - Basilicum- Helichrysum

• July by Azzedine Alaia - Beach

• August by Jean-Michel Othoniel - Melting Tar

• September by Madison Cox - Carnation

• October by Jean-Francois Lesage - Alpassi

• November by Frederic Fekkai - Almond and Honey

• December by Apollonia Poilane - Gingerbread

Price £470 ( $727.75)
buy it here at Browns

via What's Up

2011 Ultraviolet Calendar Is Truly Far Out. (Sneak Peek Of The 2012 Calendar Cover, Too)

Hey Lava Lamp lovers, Abrams has come out with a calendar for 2011 that is truly far out. The Ultraviolet 2011 Wall Calendar: 13 Posters That Glow in Blacklight features 13 vintage ultraviolet black light posters from the 60s and 70s from the collection of Dan Donahue.




Printed with fluorescent inks, the 28 page calendar measures 14.5 x 10.4 x 0.2 inches

Dan Donahue runs an artist-for-artists design group called Groop and he has given us a sneak peek at next year's 2012 black light calendar cover:



A previously published book, Ultraviolet: 69 Classic Blacklight Posters from the Aquarian Age and Beyond featured 69 posters from his extensive collection.

Dan Donahue with his Ultraviolet book:

above image courtesy of flickr