Now that we’re actually in ‘09, you’re helplessly behind the times if haven’t changed your calendar. Well, maybe not. Maybe you’ve just been waiting for a special day to make the switch. The Standard Hotel understands fashionably late — their hopelessly hip tribute to all things 2009 is available today. The hotel chain’s “high school” themed annual staff calendar features model employees from Standard locations around the country. The subjects were culled from locations in Miami, New York, and L.A. for the photo shoot by Michael Elins, a veteran whose photospreads have been seen in publications such as Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. The images provocatively display the personnel in high school roles ranging from “Student Council” to “Bully” to “Prom Queen”, allowing us relive our past in the future (it’s complex). Unfortunately, there’s the calendar is limited to a run of 500, so you best get a move on.

Next year is just around the corner and the hunt for a calendar has begun in earnest. Sure you could probably pick up something with arresting images of tractors or your favorite sexy tennis player, but before you jump the gun on that purchase you may want to have a look at the prints that are part of Lifelounge’s Some Type Of Wonderful ‘09 Project. The designs — displayed last week in Melbourne — were part of a response from an array of gifted artists asked to typographically represent each month of the year. Jesse Hora, Si Scott, and ESPO are just a few of the talents assigned to the task, and judging by the results, we’d say they did more than a satisfactory job. Each limited edition monthly masterpiece is currently available in the Lifelounge store, but if you don’t feel like purchasing all 12 to help keep track of the coming year, you can always just get them all in the form of one all-inclusive calendar.