{"id":14796,"date":"2010-04-01T22:04:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-02T05:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=14796"},"modified":"2010-03-31T17:41:25","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T00:41:25","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/14796","title":{"rendered":"The Traffic Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t buy a calendar anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Because, like clockwork, a super cool one will arrive in the mail; typically a bit after the New Year has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>For the past 15 years, Thomas Krug has been mailing me an incredible calendar. It often arrives in a large box and it always dazzles. Elaborate printing techniques, special inks, die cuts \u2013 a mesmerizing trip of photography and design.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas is the owner of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trafficweb.de\" target=\"_blank\">Traffic<\/a> design agency in Winnenden, Germany. And his firm&#8217;s self-designed calendar is one helluva promotional item. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar2.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;fantasy be with you&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\nThis year&#8217;s theme deals with <em>fantasy,<\/em> perforated door signs (to hang on knobs) and (though I like to guess, instead of rely on a literal translation) &nbsp;. . .&nbsp; <em>product placement.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p>Behind each image of a product is a photograph (with the calendar date part) incorporating the product in some fantasy way. One has to tear thru the diecut perfs to actually <em>use<\/em> the calendar. <\/p>\n<p>Or in short, I haven&#8217;t seen the whole calendar yet because it&#8217;s only April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>font surprises<\/strong><br \/>\nPast calendars have included die cut fish, video stills of NYC, stripper fashions &nbsp;. . .&nbsp; it&#8217;s always a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>And this year Thomas is using some of my <a href=\"http:\/\/new.myfonts.com\/fonts\/steve-mehallo\/jeanne-moderno\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeanne Moderno fonts<\/a> to punctuate. It&#8217;s a blast to see my fonts in an unexpected setting. <\/p>\n<p>Years back, my <a href=\"http:\/\/new.myfonts.com\/fonts\/steve-mehallo\/chandler-42\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chandler 42<\/a> fonts found themselves paired with some unreal, black and white, nude zodiac photographs. <\/p>\n<p>Again, <em>dazzling.<\/em> Of course.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar10.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar8.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar7.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/TrafficCalendar11.jpg\" width=\"380\"><\/p>\n\r\n\t<div style=\"float: left; \">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-text=\"The Traffic Calendar\" data-url=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/14796\"  data-via=\"mehallo\">Tweet<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t buy a calendar anymore. 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