Counting the days

IT’S that time of year, the moment for pitching out the old and breaking in the new. When it comes to calendars, it’s not all about glossy paper with Impressionist paintings or pinup photography anymore. Vintage designs are popping up on desktop calendars that look like wooden slide rules and enameled table sculpture. The L.A. store OK, (323) 653-3505, has Mick Haggerty’s limited edition “365 Days a Year,” shown on F1, a $150 conceptual piece that emphasizes living in the moment. What will 2006 hold? The choice is yours.

SEE SPOT DATE

The Dog Days perpetual calendar offers seemingly endless trios of Boston-based bowsers in a spiral-bound flip display of days and months. $25 at Ige in Los Angeles, (323) 939-2788.

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PRESENT DAY

The contemporary Coccodrillo calendar by Max Huber measures more than 4 feet in length. Each calendar lists dates in English, Italian, French and Japanese. It’s $19 from Fitzsu in Los Angeles, (323) 655-1908, and Pasadena, (626) 564-1908.

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CALENDAR, DECODED

Move the magnetic black circle into position and the day of the month magically comes into focus. Desktop perpetual day calendar is $55 at Lost & Found, (323) 856-5872.

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MEASURING STICKS

This 1959 design by Enzo Mari, reissued by Design Within Reach, is composed of three sliding wooden sticks that tell the day, date and month, year after year. It’s $98 at www.dwr.com.