note taking & writing
The Passepartout B6 Notebook Cover from Ateliers Phileas is a pared-back interpretation of their well-known Yokohama design — created in response to customers who wanted the same craftsmanship, but in a simpler, more minimal format. By removing the extra elements — no…
It is pretty much exactly one year ago that I had introduced the then new stationery brand Ateliers Phileas with a review of their first product, the A5 leather notebook cover called Yokohama. I have used that A5 cover, and…
There is a new star rising on the stationery horizon! And if the likes of Superior Labour, The Traveler’s Company, Midori MD, or Y-Studio are floating your boat, you definitely might want to check out the Ateliers Phileas, as they…
Inside Stationery – series background (click to expand) I have been doing stationery reviews for a few years now. While I will continue making these, I sometimes feel that the focus on the products and their specs tends to take…
Roterfaden is an extremely interesting calendar/notebook system company, which essentially started from a diploma thesis at design school (read more about the background and history here). The idea behind the patented clip mechanism-based and handmade (!!!) system is to provide…
Scrively and the Bullet Journal – Background (click to expand) I have become a user of the analogue Bullet Journal organization system a few years back. The Bullet Journal-Workshop is meant to share with you the ideas, add-ons, adaptations and small improvements that I have come…
Writersblok notebooks are something that I had not yet come across, so I really wanted to get my hands on them and see what they can do. Are they an alternative worthwhile, compared to the usual suspects, or do they…
Coincidence recently brought me together with Matthias Buettner, CEO of X17 and X47, who introduced me to his product-portfolio and kindly assisted me with help and advice in bringing to you a series of blog-posts on book-by-book note taking-systems, of…
The past weekend was a great weekend. Not only, but especially for the stationery-nerd in me, as an amazing new (or maybe rather old) notebook joined my ever-growing collection. As I was out on the playgrounds with our kids, my…