
Beta Minimal Calendar
This is a Monday first calendar, paper surface only, 25" x 36" Why a minimal calendar? This is all about the fight against "chart junk" and the quest for the most elegant tool that will look great on your wall and keep you organized. "Chart junk" is the excess ink (lines, graphics, numbers, etc) that can hinder you from viewing and understanding the actual data. In our case, we are trying to minimize unnecessary ink when laying out the year, without reducing the calendar's readability. And thus we hope this will help you focus on the "data" of the calendar (i.e. your plans, goals and memories). One of the first things you should notice is that each row is two weeks. This might throw you off. Therefore, we printed the ISO week number under each Monday, thus highlighting the beginning of each week (especially weeks that start in the middle of a row). The weekends are distinguished with gray ink. This should help you focus on the work week dates, while also helping you quickly see h