THE BEST Calendars

Simple but very eye-catching, this ominous looking screenprinted lunar calendar from Brazilian designer Dimitre Lima politely leaves out the part where the Moon crashes into the Earth.

A year’s worth of gorgeous custom motorcycles, without the tacky pinup girls, courtesy of BikeEXIF. The perfect calendar for fanatics who appreciate bikes, and just want to cut to the chase.

True time travelers don’t just have the present in mind. Cop the 2011 calendar, or better yet pre-order the 2012 edition. It has 155 references from 95 movies, TV shows, games and comics.

It’s time to rip down that old calendar filled with kittens, and replace it with something you really want. The Walking Dead calendar is chockful of gore-tastic zombies to get you through all of 2012.

We love the bold typography and nonsensical sayings that Noa Bembibre’s calendar has to offer. Sold in an edition of 700, it’s printed in four colors on and finished with black ribbon binding,

Most of us already have calendars in our cellphones, but if you insist on carrying a printed calendar, try business-card sized full year wonder by Grafish Design. Just download and print.

Instead of featuring sexy women or landscapes, Alex Griendling’s calendar nerds up, naming time travel-related incidents from video games, TV shows, and movies for each month.

Sure, your watch, phone and computer already have one built-in, but you’ll have fun forming and arranging digits on this old school calendar. Made using laser-cut acrylic and wood veneer.

Porsche Design has created a million dollar Advent calendar which conceals some outrageously luxurious surprises, including a rose gold P’6910 Indicator watch, a P’7340 kitchen and a yacht.

Created as a promotional gimmick for STIHL leaf blowers, Euro RSCG Dusseldorf built this wall calendar that automatically sheds each day by dropping its pages to the ground like falling leaves.

Made by advertising agency BUTTER, this amusing take on the pin-up calendar was given away by medical equipment manufacturer Eizo to their clients. This is safe for work isn’t it?

It may not be the SI: Swimsuit Edition, but the 2010 Heavy Equipment Calendar is full-on construction porn, with gorgeous HDR images of wheel loaders, dump trucks, and excavators.