Sunday, December 3, 2023

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If flowers and foliage can be said to speak, it is surely through the voice of botanical illustrators. Our Painted Botanicals journals feature images of orchids, wisteria, lilies and daisies, rendered by some of the finest illustrators in the...
Gaze into the cosmos with this astral-inspired pattern. Like an exploding supernova, the gold tooling and embellishments burst off the surface of our Midnight Star design. A brilliant 16th-century Cairo workshop is responsible for this 12-pointed star design. Though...
Inside the original 1910 version of our Daphnis & Chloe journal cover design lay one of the oldest and most effortlessly romantic stories ever written. This gilt and crushed levant morocco binding by Émile-Philippe Mercier contained Jacques Amyot’s French translation...
There’s nothing square about these urban notebooks. Inspired by the key elements of a bustling city, our Paper-Oh Quadro embodies the best of these high-functioning environments. Everyone knows the classic street layout of a busy downtown – the grid pattern. And...
India’s Taj Mahal is one of the world’s greatest monuments to love. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his most favoured wife, Mumtaz Mahal, the Taj Mahal is renowned for its symmetry and...
In addition to new softcover series Free Your Mind and Retro Pop!, four classic Paperblanks designs are now available as Flexi notebooks. If you've been waiting for Juniper, Zahra, Flint or Azure to make their Flexi debut, then we have...
If you have always admired our French Ornate series but wish there could be a larger format for sketching, or love the neo-Renaissance style of our Gold Inlay design but wish for a more pocket-friendly size, then we have...
Spring is here! Even if the weather may not always feel like it, when it comes to the covers released as part of our first-ever April Collection the warmer season has officially arrived. As part of our 25th anniversary year...
In honor of Diwali - which begins today - we're spotlighting our Little Ganesh Collection of writing journals. Diwali is "one of the most important festivals of the year and is celebrated in families by performing traditional activities together...
Romantic Sensibility is one of our classic Paperblanks series, and it had been available in our collection for many years before being recently discontinued. With subtle embellishments and a peaceful colour scheme, this series took inspiration from the book...