2012 Calendars

Twelve calendars for the twelve months of 2012

The time has come to track another year’s course. Some predict this may be the last, so make it a good one with a standout calendar that speaks to your personal vibes. Below are 12 calendars we think would make a great addition to your 2012. The 12 Months of Apocalypse If the world ends on 21st December 2012, hopefully this calendar will be on …

Maps

A new body of work by artist Paula Scher takes a subjective look at topography

by Maj Hartov Graphic design heavyweight Paula Scher‘s new book Maps covers her cartographic artwork since the late 1990s. She calls her large-scale paintings “distortions of reality,” as they comment on our world of information overload in a deeply personal way. When she was a child, Scher’s father—who wrote an introductory essay for the book—invented a device called Stereo Templates that helps correct the naturally …

Rock, Paper, Scissors by Julien Vallée

A young graphic designer’s first monograph is full of color and motion

A lot of artists might think twice about issuing a retrospective before they reach 30. But the young Canadian graphic designer Julien Vallée— whom we covered earlier this year—already had a considerable body of work from which to choose. Vallée’s art is distinctive for its daring combination of traditional handcrafts and digital manipulation, and his painstaking combinations of cut paper and stop-motion animation are by …