Forever Calendar
Last winter I illustrated a timeless, hand-drawn calendar to organise the year. Inspired by the magic of life.
Line art is one of the most intuitive creative gestures I am into. Many themes intervene as inspiration and guide my pen, as elements unfold and worlds unveil. For the Forever Calendar I've admired birth and rebirth, dream catchers, the balance of nature, the universe, friendship, and the diversity of this beautiful planet of ours.
Rich meaning condensed in small traits.
Each element was thoughtfully, intentionally created to convey a sense of eternity, empathy, and energy. Perhaps that's linked with what I was living at the time, having given birth to my second daughter since just months, and deeply feeling the way all these concepts intertwine in our lives.
I hope this piece reflects the sense of foreverness I have felt ever since.
Closes-up of the Illustrated Forever Calendar I've drawn last year. Yep, it took me ages to draw all those details :)
A limited edition has been printed in France last November, on high-quality, certified, and durable paper. To finance the project, I've run and successfully funded an Ulule campaign.
I started working on the illustrations back in 2022, shortly after completing the first edition for that same year, but I also became a mother again around that time. I hope this calendar reflects that journey, and captures the essence of eternity and the flow of time—how moments of magic, like becoming a parent, feel like they stretch into forever.
Hello, I'm Simona, and this is my happy place on the web (more on that here). I am an Italian designer and illustrator based in France, my happy place on Earth.
Illugination is where I gather my thoughts on topics ranging from education and philosophy to open web, sustainability, and sometimes even physics. It's also my creative studio: here you may find case studies for projects I've worked on and creations I’ve brought to life in the last 10 years or so.
Thanks for being around,
Simona
