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Antalis McNaughton's Olympic 2012 calendar

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Posted by Creative Review, 29 November 2011, 13:53    Permalink    Comments (15)

The London Games will dominate the coming year so it's perhaps no surprise to see that Leicester-based Stocks Taylor Benson has given the 2012 calendar for paper company Antalis McNaughton an Olympic theme

Each month focuses on a graphic treatment of an Olympic event with various print finishes and techniques including foil blocking, embossing, spot UV and screenprinting (for example on the longjumper's sand in April, below) used throughout.

The calendar will be sent to over 7,500 printers, office supply dealers, designers and creatives around the UK

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Read our posts on the 2012 Olympics artists posters series here and here. See some alternative designs from Kingston students here

 



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15 Comments

Yes! Love it. Especially August. Can't make out any of the print effects but the folding on November is pretty nice.
Req
2011-11-29 14:18:15


i rather like
micha
2011-11-29 14:21:36


Mr favourite is Janurary. Its so simplistic, but still provides a stong impact.
Alex
2011-11-29 15:25:44


Enough already with the Olympic stuff - official or unofficial. It's all horrible!

I wish i'd never started this thing...
Seb Coe
2011-11-29 16:41:51


It looks class. I want one!
Tom
2011-11-29 17:05:44


Love the cycles on June, gets over that feeling of speed really well. The whole calendar looks excellent.
John Robinson
2011-11-29 18:21:55


Where can we buy/order this ???
Simone NL
2011-11-29 18:46:04


where can i buy it?
katherine
2011-11-29 19:37:55


all very retro, but still rather lovely
Adam
2011-11-30 09:22:29


Love January! These are excellent
Pickle Design
2011-11-30 11:30:09


Is the month of May a surprise?
Lorien
2011-12-01 12:32:52


Love this calender, have never found a calender worth buying this one has just broken the habit, where can I buy this????
Phil Norcross
2011-12-01 14:02:36


For those of you wishing to buy the calendar I'm sorry to say that it's not for sale. It's a mailer that Antalis is sending to paper and print specifiers on their database (SME office managers, designers, creatives, printers etc). But might be worth contacting Antalis direct and asking them to send you one if you fit in to those categories?
Stef
2011-12-02 05:57:56


They should have got these peeps to do the olympic posters.
MArk
2011-12-02 10:40:28


What's January? Looks like a flea.
Hi-Fi Lo-Fi
2011-12-02 13:15:48


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