By: Chelsea Nicole
Submitted: 2011-10-01 21:01:27 | Word Count: 610
Let's get you some fresher looking calendars this year. In this article I will give you five fresh new theme ideas for modern color calendars. These are some of the best new and highly visible design themes that many types of prints are using. So read and learn a thing or two about these new theme ideas for calendars. Try to see if one of these can easily be applied to your own campaigns with calendars.
1. The web 2.0 approach – The easiest and freshest theme idea you can put into your modern calendars is the web 2.0 approach. Undeniably, the Internet has influenced our lives and the current prevailing design styles (web 2.0 type designs) can also be applied to printed materials for great effect.
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From their fonts to their colors, the web 2.0 approach appears very cute, very sleek and very colourful. This is the fresh new look of the future, something that your calendars can easily be adapted to for a great and more impressive type of effect.
2. The minimalist approach – Another great approach to calendar design today is the minimalist approach. The minimalist approach to calendar designs involves using very simple colors and blogs, along with rectangular pictures and simple text elements. Everything is basically rendered clean and crisp with straight lines.
The beauty of this is in the simplicity of the design, much like many of the modern themes in art today. As long as the color combination is good and you see the space and the content all blocked correctly it should look amazing. So try out this type of theme for your full color calendars.
3. The digitally enhanced approach – You can go for the more digitally enhanced approach as well with your calendars. This is basically the philosophy of creating digitally enhanced versions of your photographs for the calendar.
So instead of real photographs, all your calendar images will be enhanced purposefully for a modern looking surreal effect to the calendar theme. People actually like these kinds of images, especially the ones that look very hard technically to achieve. So if you do have the talent for image design, you might want to use this approach.
4. Advanced typographic approach – Beyond digital enhancements, you can actually also use typography. While typographic type designs are not really new, using advanced blending options and calendar integration is something you should try out. With all the advancements in design technology these days, you should be able to easily come up with very fancy typographic designs that work quite powerfully at attracting readers.
It is all about the detail and intricacy of the font style used as well as how you position them in the calendar among the main images. As long as you have a good and easily understood message, this can really become a great and winning approach to poster design.
5. The textured approach – Lastly, you can just go for the textured approach. This neat trick has you using textured designs as a key part of the calendar text and background. This simulates a certain background in your image that has a certain type of material make. Using this can make your calendars look like a novelty item, increasing its value and pull power. Of course you will have to choose your textures wisely for the best effect.
Great! So what are you waiting for? Why don't you try this out for your own calendars today? Good luck!
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