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As 2022 draws to a close, we are delighted to have had such a memorable 30th Anniversary Year! And as we look to a brand new year at Paperblanks, we’ve rounded up a few top moments from our #Paperblanks30...
English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Gothic horror novel Frankenstein, considered to be one of the first works of science fiction, tells of a scientist who creates a sentient being in a morality-pushing experiment. After many years of requests we...
Our Shape Shift series reproduces an original work by heralded Art Deco designer Pierre Legrain. It highlights key elements of his artistic style, with the triangles, trapezoids and zigzagging lines all bringing a lively sense of movement. We have further...
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...
Paperblanks is pleased to announce the winners of the Paperblanks Photo Contest. This contest played off the idea that the many designs of Paperblanks’ books evoke different cultures, places and eras from throughout the world and history. Beautiful photos...
Paperblanks comes to game night! Our iconic designs come to life on playing cards with full-colour printing and metallic inking. With iridescent shine and customized card backs featuring some of our bestselling antique binding designs, our playing cards will...
When Yonnie sailed the Aegean Sea this September, the problem was not choosing which Paperblanks journals to bring, but which ones not to! About her trip, Yonnie writes: I chose the Nocturnelle Mini mainly to record the names and a brief history of the...
Our Enigma design is inspired by a cover said to have been designed by Le Gascon, a legendary but unidentified 17th-century bookbinder. Originally released as a red and gold hardcover journal under the name Mystique, this black Enigma version...
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...
Connect with the ornate world of yesteryear with this stately gold on black geometric design. Reproducing an expensive goatskin leather book binding crafted in Amsterdam in 1835 by Friedrich W.J.C. Kolb, our new Onyx journal celebrates the harmony between art...