“Harald Geisler’s stunning reinterpretation of a calendar is a masterful example of how a designer can completely flip a genre signifier on its head. Geisler re-imagines calendars in order to change the way we visualize time, and in turn, redefines what it means to save the date.”
Michael McGregor, NYC, Kickstarter

Only five hours to go:

Hi,

I’m gearing up again to produce my Typographic Wall Calendar made in Germany of 2012 used keyboard keys – the project runs until sunday evening and already raised $17.000 funding at Kickstarter:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/107717342/2012-typographic-wall-calendar

Yours Sincerely,
Harald Geisler

Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 6th November, 2011– German typographer Harald Geisler releases the third Typographic Wall Calendar made of 2.012 used keyboard keys with a successful Kickstarter(NYC) campaign. More than 400 backers already pledged over 17.000 US-Dollar to finance the production and order one of Harald’s meticulously created prints. The amount pledged at the moment is more than 950% of the original funding goal. The project on Kickstarter ends on Sunday Nov 6th.

What is the project about: The 2012 Typographic Wall Calendar is a huge print (27 x 40 inch) created from 2012 used keyboard keys. The Keyboard keys are arranged to read out every day of the year, as if a person would type it.
The Gregorian calendar is timing the western culture since 1582. By writing out all days of the year the visual structure of the calendar is deconstructed and reconstructed in a plain text. By showing a keyboard key the text isn’t reconstructed immediately. The key lays one moment before the text literally appears. A key wants to be pressed. In this manner the picture holds on to the moment before the creation or becoming of a text. In this withholding the picture points to the action of writing.

Harald Geisler is working on the project since 2009. The resulting artwork is printed every year and reproduces the work in original size. Starting at $35, Geisler ships the prints to any location world wide shipping included.

Where do Backers come from? Backers for this project come from all over the World including US, Singapore, Italy, Canada, Thailand, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, Israel, Denmark, Russia, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Brasil and Belgium…
All Backers can be seen on the Kickstarter site. After the Kickstarter Campaign the prints will be sold through Geisler’s website: haraldgeisler.com/order-prints

Quotes:

“…one-of-a-kind…” Armin Vit, Quipsologies (former Speak Up) Vol.47 No.60, Austin TX

“…my heart went all a-flutter”, Blair Pfander, Sundance Channel

”Loved Harald Geisler’s 2010 wall calendar…” Maria Popova, brainpickings.org, L.A. (US)

“…This is calendar ART. This is art that is a CALENDAR…”
Clerkenunwell, Chicago (US)

“Save the date
Harald Geisler’s typographic calendar is made up of a mind-boggling 2,012 used computer keys that have been manually arranged to spell out every single day in the year 2012, with the whole shebang clocking in at 27×40 inches. It may take a little practice to decipher, but it’s a whole lot more fun. ”
Kickstarter.com

About Harald Geisler:
Harald Geisler is a typographer and artist. He directs his successful studio in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The studios projects range from font-design, book publishing, calligraphic art objects and a continually growing number of still life art prints.
His typographic artworks have been exhibited all over Europe incl. the Museum für Kommunikation Frankfurt (Museum for Communication), Frankfurter Kunstverein, and the Blumen Gallery in Berlin and the Atlantis Festival in Split.
Geisler’s clients and licensors are from all over the world including famous Companies like Manhattan Cosmetics (NYC), Lars Müller Publisher (Switzerland), ABC Studios (NYC), Linotype (Germany), Museum for Applied Art (Frankfurt, Germany).

Media
More images (and high-res) can be downloaded here:

haraldgeisler.com/2012-twc-images/

The Kickstarter Video can be found here:

kck.st/2000and12

and:
Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=__UzoTFE3us
Vimeo: vimeo.com/30151979