Ink Calendar







Oscar Diaz has designed a calendar that uses the capillary action of ink spreading across paper to display the date. Each month, a bottle of coloured ink spreads across a sheet of paper embossed with numbers, colouring them in as it goes.

Ink Calendar makes use of the timed pace of the ink spreading on the paper to indicate time. The ink is absorbed slowly, and the numbers in the calendar are ‘printed ‘ daily. One a day, they are filled with ink until the end of the month. The calendar enhances the perception of time passing and not only signaling it.  The aim of the project is to address our senses, rather than the logical and conscious brain.

The ink colors are based on a spectrum, which relate to a “color temperature scale”, each month having a color related to our perception of the weather on that month. The colors range from dark blue in December to three shades of green in spring or orange and red in the summer.

17 comments:

  1. Je n'avais jamais vu quelque chose d'aussi innovant, j'adore! Avec ce projet je sens une résonance entre la science, l'art et la nature.

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  2. Wonderful idea!
    I can't believe how creative you are!

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  3. It's really beautiful. Is it for sale anywhere?

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  4. That has to be the most beautiful calendar I've ever seen!
    -The Freshman

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  5. What material is it made? o.o

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  6. Haha, awesome, I wonder how well it actually works.

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  7. I loved to see it at the end of the month!

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  8. I wonder how well it actually works........

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  9. It would be interesting to see how the days progress with this technology. Very organic... very natural.

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  10. This is brilliant! I would love to have one of these on my wall!

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  11. So clever and so beautiful! I want one!

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  15. wow that's really amazing. nice to see great design ideas out there and people appreciating them!

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