Seemingly arbitrary expiration dates on products are functional and disposable by their very nature, but what if you elevated them to a permanent place so you could take the time to fully consider the true implications of putting a visual end date on something organic? That's precisely what graphic designer Elizabeth Ward has done with a calendar she's put together from expiration dates, called EXP CAL YYYY. Ward tells Wired she and her partner were considering the expiration date of sorts on the human body after struggling to get pregnant, and "one of us made an offhanded comment about the irony of creating a calendar of expiration dates that never expired."
To make the calendar happen, Ward started collecting the dates from products...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/10/4609236/give-expiration-dates-a-permanent-spot-on-your-wall-with-this-calendar
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