Calendar 2026: Quad
Calendar 2026: Quad explores darning, a textile repair technique where the surrounding area of damaged fabric is used as a loom to weave over.
Historically, darning was taught to students as a means to mend the cloth of various domestic items. Students would darn both practical and decorative patterns over the damaged sections of fabric, imitating different designs depending on their skill level. Such functional and ornamental darning patterns are utilised in Calendar 2026: Quad to produce the shapes that constitute its design.
The calendar takes its title from the word quad, a term that was historically given to a metal spacer used in letterpress typesetting and would later go on to refer to the spaces found in between type. Calendar 2026: Quad treats these spaces, along with areas around the edge of the ground fabric, as ‘holes’ or ‘damaged’ areas to darn.
The embroidery has been photographed and offset printed with fluorescent blue, magenta, fluorescent yellow and black ink to a 1:1 scale. Each calendar is hand numbered and comes pre-folded in an envelope. Calendar 2026: Quad can be used as a decorative item or as a functional calendar
440 × 530 mm (180 × 220 mm folded)
Offset printing with fluorescent blue, magenta, fluorescent yellow and black ink
Edition of 555
23 euro per copy
Concept and embroidery_Masaki Komoto
Graphic design_Yuri Sato
Photography_Ayako Nishibori
English text editor_Ben Tupper
Printing_RadraaierSSP (Amsterdam, NL)
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Calendar 2026: Quad
Calendar 2026: Quad では穴の補修技法の一つであるダーニングを主要テクニックとして採用しました。穴の周りの生地の構造を織り機のように捉え、覆い被せるよう”生地を織る”ことにより補修する技法です。
過去の少女たちによるサンプラーには様々な想定を元にダーニングの練習をしたものが見られます。なかでも Calendar 2026: Quad ではダメージの形や場所の特性に合わせたダーニングに着目をしました。カレンダーのデザイン上で自然に生まれるタイポグラフィの隙間を”穴”と見立て、それらを埋めるようにダーニングを施しました。また生地の端部分にも３つの異なる状況の想定のダーニングの練習をしました。
440 x 530 mm (180 x 220 mm 折りたたみの状態)
オフセット4色印刷 (蛍光ブルー、蛍光イエロー、マゼンタ、ブラック)
555 部
一部 3850円（税込）
コンセプトと刺繍＿ 香本正樹
グラフィックデザイン＿ 佐藤友莉
写真＿ 西堀綾子
英語文編集＿ Ben Tupper
印刷＿ RaddraaierSSP (アムステルダム、オランダ)
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