Checking the calendar

With a dozen days left for this year to end and another to begin, the wall or desk calendar is centre stage. This marker of days and months also doubles, with the right choice, as an artwork or decoration, brightening up your home or office.

While each square of the grid holds functional promise, it's the image that holds each month that not only brings specialness to literal daily life, but also anticipation, especially with the turning of the page at the start of each month. Will it be an art masterwork? A view of the magical city? An iconic film poster? A character from a favourite animation movie? A dorky, ironic slogan? Each glance at a date brings with it a visual escape.

Calendars anchor us in the present while offering a glimpse of beauty. In the office, they soften the sterility of desks and cubicles, reminding us that beyond deadlines, there are mountains, movies and kittens. At home, they join the framed artwork on your walls, a rotating gallery refreshed 12 times a year.


Like seasons, the artful calendar brings joy that is there for you to see.