After fifty-nine years, a design from the sixties endures as an example of excellence in modern graphic design. The Stendig Calendar was designed in 1966 by Massimo Vignelli and taken that year into the Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The Stendig Calendar's impressive size — three feet by four feet — and bold graphics have made it a popular as well as functional focal point of design in residential and commercial interiors around the world. Published annually by Cromwell Company, the Stendig Calendar is distributed through a variety of specialty retailers serving design conscious customers.
The Stendig Calendar consists of twelve sheets printed in black ink on white seventy pound weight offset paper stock. In an alternating order the sheets for even months are reverse printed producing a black background with white letters and numerals with odd months printed in black on white background. The twelve sheets are perforated along a line just under the binding strip to allow them to be torn away neatly.
The binding strip of the calendar has three matte black finish metal eyelets to facilitate easy hanging. Stendig Calendars are individually packaged in heavyweight bright white corrugated cartons allowing them to be safely shipped. Printed on the exterior of the cartons is a replica of the calendar and description.
Description
- Icon of mid-century modern design
- Created by legendary Italian designer Massimo Vignelli in 1966
- In the permanent collection of MoMA, New York
- Set in tightly-kerned Neue Haas Grotesk, the original Helvetica
- Months alternate black and white
- Perforated sheets tear off easily at the end of each month
- Past months’ sheets make excellent wrapping paper
Details
- 48 x 36” / 122 x 92 cm
- Offset-litho printed on 60 lb text / 90 gsm uncoated stock
- Bound at the top with three metal eyelets
- Can be hung via nails through the eyelets
- Also compatible with nail-free adhesive strips (sold separately)
- Made in the USA
