Every year for the last 4 years I have looked forward to obtaining the annual calendar from the design team of Cummings & Good in Chester, Connecticut. Artful and unique, these beautiful creations serve first as an embellishment to any office or kitchen, but then packaged in a canister the happy calendar owner can roll it up at the end of the year and keep a year of events as a time capsule. These calendars are not just a palette for date keeping, they celebrate a yearly theme… Love, Work, Play, and this year Books. Each month of 2010, a literary theme is illustrated and illuminated… A Book of Photographs, Alphabet Book, Sketch Book, Book Case, Cook Book, and Scrap Book are some of the subjects explored.
The variety of letterforms, imagery, and illustration on these calendars are examples that have made Cummings & Good the amazing design team that they are. It is a labor of love. For more than three decades the award-winning Cummings & Good have created compelling design solutions for Fortune 500 companies, arts organizations, educational institutions, and special events. For the past 16 years, the team has created these gorgeous keepsake calendars.
Design of Time: Ten Years of Cummings & Good Calendars, an exhibition, is presently on display at Thomas J. Dodd Research Center Gallery and Corridor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut through March 5, 2010. The exhibit highlights the calendars and covers from 2001 – 2010. The creative process is demonstrated from concept sketches to the final printed pages as well as original art, photographs, constructions, news articles, correspondence, and promotional items. Slow Latin Groove Project will play at the opening reception on Sunday January 24 from 2-4pm.
January 19th – March 5th, 2010
General exhibition Mon – Fri, 8:30 – 4:30 PM
Sunday, January 24th
Opening Reception 2 – 4 PM
Peter and Jan would love to see you at the opening.
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
University of Connecticut Libraries
Storrs, Connecticut
(860) 486-4500
The Dodd Research Center is adjacent to
the Homer Babbidge Library.
Get your own calendar from the Cummings & Good Website
Also available at Mohawk Paper’s Felt & Wire.
Jan Cummings
Lisa, Thanks for your enthusiasm!