As the design in itself is a very important factor, the layout also plays a major role in making it the outstanding one. So making sure of having an interesting layout is sure thing to a good design.

Lets see some of the most Innovative & creative calendars designed till date, to get a better understand and to know what limits designers go to create a unique & Outstanding one.

Magnetic Calendar – Easily customizable & fun calendar. Special appeal of this calendar is special chips, like “Deadline”, “Arrival”, “Departure”, five “Drink Day” and one “Don’t Drink Day”.

Designed by Serhiy and Igor Chebotaryov.

Dupont – Corian Calendar – A functional desktop accessory.

Timor Desk Calendar – Designed by Italian Designer Enzo Mari in 1967.

108 Timeless box Calendar – A Calendar which spans for 9 years with visual imagery flowing through a timeless box.

Matches Calendar – Its designed to signify energy and it surely does. This calendar has pages lined up with matches, signifying the number of days. Designed by Yurko Gusulyak.

Ink Calendar - This is an interesting one, u can also say its an interactive one made basically by controlling the ink flow onto the printed papers. Designed by Oscar Diaz.

Typodarium – This Typodarium tear-off Calendar showcases 365 different typefaces from fifty boundaries and designers from all over the world. At the back of every date sheet, you can find a small typed information on the type face. This might get boring for people who do not know type faces, but for people who know, its fun.

Perpetual Calendar – Designed by Gideon Dagan for MOMA in 1998. Th date is marked manually moving the metallic balls. It can be wall-mounted or used on a desktop.

Coffee Cup Calendar – Designed by Takeshi Nishioka

Tielen Perpetual Calendar – Designed by Sander Tielen from Netherlands.

A – Calendar – Designed by Sven Ellingen. This Calendar shows the hours of sunlight for each day for a year.

Symbol Calendar - Designed fully in Symbols and numbers, one would think its too confusing but its actually very simple. To find what day September 7 was, go up to the number 7 and look in the September row and there u find it.

Folding Calendar - This Calendar has a common grid of numbers for dates and a different sheet for the months. Designed by Luis Pabon.

Colour Calendar - Designed by Jonathan Davies. Each month is associated with a colour range, for example blue for January. Its pretty amazing to see the colour shades & tones vary as it moves forward in months.

Post-It Calendar - This is a very simple design layout. Each post-it has a day marked on it and beneath it a to-do list, where you can add anything and when leaving for work, make sure you peel it off  and take it along.

Step Perpetual Calendar

Vintage Calendar System - This wooden pice of work is an effective space saving Calendar.

Acrylic Calendar - This acrylic Calendar has a number of movable acrylic cubes, that can be adjusted manually to set the day, month and date.

Pershing Calendar - This simple calendar uses its white spaces very moderately and can easily make people wonder whether its a calendar or a brochure.

Circular Calendar - Designed by Entropia.

Helvetica Calendar - Designed by Effektive Design Agency.

Circle the date Stickers - This is a fun piece of idea. You can take these circular date stickers anywhere and even stick it on a project to mark its due date. Its not a standard type calendar which is restricted to wall or desktops alone, its fun to be taken around and use however!

Wallapaper Calendar - Desingned by Christiaan Postma.

Picture Calendar - The picture only calendar. Designed by Cecilie Ellefsen.

Chalkboard Calendar -

I would like to conclude saying, its ultimately a personal choice of  whether u like it or u want it. Its like saying, ”Wow!!!! That’s really an amazing design and i just love it” and there’s a difference saying, ” Its such a creative design, and i really want it ” see what i mean ?

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