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The MoMA Perpetual Calendar by Gideon Dagan Design

By Ryan Konko

Posted on April 24, 2013

A new way to keep track of time as the days go by.

Wall-mounted calendars with those corny pictures of landscapes, kittens, or butterflies can get pretty boring, especially when it’s the same uninspiring picture after uninspiring picture. Luckily, Designer Gideon Dagan, has created a new way of keeping track of the days and months in a very unique way that will draw more attention than that rip-away desk calendar telling you to “do your best today!”

In 1998, Dagan designed a new calendar for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City that could be used year-after-year while being eco-conscious. The MoMA Perpetual Calendar has since been recreated to celebrate ten years of the original design and is now being offered in both small and large sizes for the home or workplace.

The MoMA Perpetual Calendar is made from injection-molded ABS recyclable polymer and a variety of magnets. The round dial is held in place by a small stand and features the 12 months of the year while uses a magnet inside to alter the date. A horizontal bar wears the days of the month and intersects the dial at the left-hand side. Positioned on the bar at the center of the dial is a string-tethered Maglev (magnetic levitation) ball that is attracted to the magnet inside the dial positioned inside the corresponding month, pointing towards it like a clock dial. A magnetic ball on the horizontal bar can be moved to indicate the day of the month. The calendar is manually adjusted and can be reused year-after-year.

The MoMA Perpetual Calendar can be mounted to a wall or placed on a flat surface and allows for a unique way of keeping track of time, that’s a little more exciting than that boring flip-calendar your co-worker bought for you.

The MoMA Perpetual Calendar can be purchased through the Gideon Dagan Design store in either small ($28.00) or large ($40.00) sizes in Silver, Black/Red, Silver/Black, and Red/Black colors.