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Epson Calendar 2024: Spectacular
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The 2024 Epson Calendar: "Spectacular"
Illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso | Art Direction by Gianluca Folì
Printed by Opificio Arte Stampata for Epson Italy
“The Italian illustration-design duo known as the Balbusso Twins (Anna and Elena) illustrated this year's Epson Calendario, Spectacular, producing a hypnotic series of lavish images that represent sports and dance in colorful patterns to calming and curative effect. (...) The result is a tour de force of illustrative design that makes each month extra special.”
— Steven Heller, PRINT Magazine / The Daily Heller
We are thrilled to share our collaboration for the 2024 Epson Calendar, titled "Spectacular". Marking the fourth edition of Epson's prestigious calendar series dedicated to contemporary illustration, this project invites viewers into a vivid visual narrative where the human figure becomes pure performance, dynamism, and speed.
“For the Epson Calendar, our desire was to create a visual narrative centered on the human figure that carried a powerful perceptual and emotional impact, enhancing the expressive force of color. We designed compositions where geometries, intricate patterns, circles, and lines interact with the moving human body, creating 'abstract spaces' that stimulate the vision. In dance, just as in sports disciplines, the body becomes a spectacle—it expresses talent, deep commitment, and the relentless will to overcome one's limits.”
— Anna and Elena Balbusso
The artistic mastery of this calendar is further celebrated by Art Director Gianluca Folì, who noted:
“The artistic duo Balbusso Twins interprets the fourth edition of the Epson Calendar dedicated to illustration. Through their refined formal and conceptual research, we are guided through vibrant colors and rhythmic compositions to discover the human body and its intimate exaltation. This is a journey of the most classic kind, yet entirely distant from any stereotypical vision.”
Our Mixed Media Technique & Artistic Genesis
To bring this powerful, kinetic vision to life, we developed a highly specialized mixed media technique that bridges our dual creative approach, blending handcrafted physical elements with advanced digital production:
- The Analog Base: Every single visual element was born on paper, crafted completely by hand using traditional painting and graphic tools. We utilized matita (pencil), tempera, raw acrylic spray paint, tactile collage, and hand-rubbed frottage textures.
- The Digital Finalization: Each handmade layer was carefully scanned. We then finalized the artwork using digital media (Adobe Illustrator® and Adobe Photoshop®) without automated tools or digital brushes. This process allowed us to construct complex, rhythmic geometries and achieve the highest level of painterly depth and intense chromatic quality.
The Art of Printing Art: Certified Digigraphie® Excellence
The 2024 Epson Calendar is the result of a profound synergy between artistic creation and cutting-edge printing technology. Produced as a limited run of 800 numbered copies, the project required the printing of 10,400 individual plates directly onto museum-quality Fine Art paper. To guarantee an absolutely impeccable result, the artwork was printed by Opificio Arte Stampata, a premier Digigraphie certified laboratory. Utilizing state-of-the-art Epson SureColor P7500 printers and Epson UltraChrome Pro12 K3 inks, this process ensures the ultimate standard of quality, perfect color fidelity, and infinite repeatability—the fundamental pillars for collectible contemporary art.
GRAPHIS BEST 100 EXHIBITION · SAN FRANCISCO
We are thrilled to announce that our series of custom illustrations for the Epson "Spectacular" Calendar traveled to San Francisco for the prestigious global Graphis Best100 Exhibition.
Hosted by the renowned Academy of Art University at the historic The Cannery galleries, the exhibition celebrated the top 100 outstanding visual works of the year, carefully curated from the winners of the international Graphis Awards.
This project for Epson continues to achieve extraordinary international acclaim. Alongside the prestigious Gold Medal awarded to us by the Society of Illustrators in New York (Illustrators 66), the series won the highest global honor with the Graphis Platinum Design Award. This landmark achievement secured our work a spot in the San Francisco physical gallery and a feature on page 40 of the official exhibition catalog, highlighting our illustrations for August (the swimmers) and September (the runner).
For those who couldn't attend the gallery in person, the complete digital showcase of the 100 selected masterpieces is permanently available online. You can explore the archive by registering directly through the official Graphis link:
Awards & Honors for our Illustrations
Our artwork for the Epson Calendar 2024 has achieved extraordinary global recognition, receiving some of the highest accolades in the international illustration industry:
- Gold Medal Winner – Illustrators 66th Annual Exhibition, Society of Illustrators New York (USA).
- Platinum Graphis Design Award 2025 – Presented by Graphis Inc. (USA).
- Award of Excellence – Illustration Annual 65, Communication Arts (USA).
- Winner – Illustration West 63, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - SILA (USA).
- Merit Award – International Illustration Annual No. 21, 3x3 Magazine (USA).
Spectacular vernissage in Milan
The 2024 Epson Calendar "Spectacular," bearing the Balbusso Twins signature, was officially presented on Monday, November 6, during a special event inside the historic Cavallerizze rooms of the Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.
Artworks by ©2023 Balbusso Twins | Fine Art Print Opificio Arte Stampata AD Gianluca Folì Graphic Design Marco Goran
© Epson Italia - Vernissage Calendario 2024