What was the motivation?

We live in confusing times, with everything coming at us lightning fast. It's almost the year 2020 after all. 

And our personal lives have so much going on. Last year, I was looking for a calendar where I could see the entire year in advance and plan my professional work as a designer, my dad duties, and another rather large Kickstarter. And there wasn't anything particularly attractive or usable. So here we are.

It's useful to think of my time in terms of weeks, Saturdays and Sundays belong together, and I didn't like how sometimes a new month would cut a week in half. (OCD designer yes). And there are some designy calendars that look cool or interesting, but require too much brain power to decode. 

The goal was to create a beautiful object that was also usable.

Use it however you’d like

Want to write a whole word across a week? Make a colored marker Gantt chart? Bullet journal? Washi tape?! This calendar gives just enough structure without getting in the way.

Funny thing is, it looks so nice, that you might just want to leave it alone.

Shared 

Have a partner or roommates? Run a studio with multiple people where it would be useful to share general time planning? It would be so convenient to see if someone is going to a conference, planning an event, going on vacation, etc.

It could also be useful to block off an entire vertical column if someone has something to do on the same day of the week (like a class every Monday, or picking up the kids).

Testimonials from 2019

“We got a lot of use as a family calendar keeping us on the same page… Now I’m hooked!” –Jesse

"I'm a writer working on my first novel and the Minimalist calendar has been PERFECT for me. I love that it reflects the fluidity and non-stop reality of time and shows me in one view the entire year, past and present. I have mine on the side of my dryer and I use magnets to identify key start and stop dates. I choose not to write upon it, perhaps because I think it is so beautiful. But the locations of my magnets tell me everything I need to know!" –Laura Esther, Portland, Oregon