For the second part of my project in the study of Grid Systems, we were assigned to create two calendars for the year of 2020 inspired by a designer from history. The aim of the assignment was to use research from our designer to create a central mood, theme, or idea around which to base our two calendars, in the end producing 2 different interpretations of the style in the form of single-page, 12x17’ calendar posters, all while practicing utilizing the Grid System.

I was assigned Peter Saville, a designer known for his work in England at Factory records in the 70s and 80s creating iconic album covers. In his design I found ideas of rebellion, modernism, and use of different materials which inspired me to choose the words “Order” and “Revolt” as my starting points for my calendars. 

I decided to move forward with a composition I created out of post-it notes, cut out months, and the idea of using lines of red tape as representations of the weeks of the month in each calendar. This calendar around the idea of ‘Order’ with a small twist plays with visual hierarchy and order as it is set up methodically in rows which are created geometrically by the negative space in between the notes. I played around with different typefaces until I chose one that seemed to give the mood of classic and refined, yet italicized to indicate a twist. After some critiques I decided to push the idea further by embracing the sort of celebratory energy I felt from the colorful tape and hand-made aspects of the calendar, as I thought it would lend well to a 2020 calendar.

Process work for this project as included in my process book.

My second calendar came from much processwork which finally came from a combination of two calendars I created. I was initially inspired to recreate my own form of hand-lettering inspired by one of my favorite ad campaigns for the streetwear brand Stussy from the 70’s. In working on this calendar, I dubbed it “ New Order / Old School”. I embraced retro elements from my inspiration pieces and initially created a simple calendar composition which included voice bubbles with color-coded accent identifiers for each month.