43 posts tagged “stationery”
I received a beautifully done, wax sealed wedding invitation today from Harmony and Alex. Congratulations!
I met this young couple 2 years ago in London and remember we had a nice chat in an Italian restaurant one night, very inquisitive minds. I hope they still keep that in their spirits and don't let works bog them down. I'm not going to give you guys funny marriage quotes or advices, but let's see what I can find from an anagram of your names…… Harmony + alex…… "X-ray manhole"…. ok suppose marriage is like a manhole and... ok it means nothing….. here you go "Hoy! Relax man!" This I will sign in your guest book, and remember this gold sentence throughout your life!
Here's some more photos of the real Moleskine Surprise boxes I've received on Monday. Last year when the Volant series was launched, collaborating with Moleskine Asia, we created beautifully designed envelopes for people to put colorful Volants in and send as Xmas gift. From our experience with huge Moleskine display during City Notebook's TOKYO/KYOTO release, we know people would love a gift box in the form of a Moleskine notebook for this Xmas. In addition, the retail price is almost like 30% off buying the contents individually. Its never done before.
What's unique about these boxes is that when sending them as gifts, you can almost certain they are on the top of your can't-go-wrong gift list, no matter what the content is. That's one big achievement as a brand. But don't get it wrong, these boxes aren't one of those quick and dirty ways some retailers would do to clean up old stocks, they are thoughtfully designed into themes for customers to choose easily when they think of their gift recipients.
For a more elaborated present, you may find it hard to stuff these big boxes into a Xmas hamper, but that's the point isn't it, a hamper full of discovery… and surprises. I can tell you the Luxury, For Him and For Her sleeves are the most handsome, they can be easily adapted to your hamper's color theme.
To give you an idea how large these boxes are, I've put some pocket and large sized Moleskines beside the box. There's plenty of space still to add more stuffs to your present, and again the box is not only a nice packaging but can be doubled as a storage box approximately the size of an A4 paper (unfortunately because of the round corners, an A4 paper cannot be laid flat inside).
It will be great fun to assemble your own perfect stationery Xmas gift box based on these. Put in a few more interesting products like MT masking tapes, Amadana calculator, rubber stamps, etc and a personal note written with ink and paper, voilà! A thoughtful and useful gift. The Moleskine Surprise Boxes are going to arrive city'super and LOG-ON before this weekend. For a list of available countries in Asia, please contact Moleskine Asia.
Well not exactly a guide but this should give you some starting points. My last info about these locations was April 2008 so please validate before you go.
- Read this post from last year
- Geo is my number 1 recommendation
- Interesting H1 Complex in Thonglor, nice book shop and lifestyle stores
- Q Concept Stores, beautiful mix of merchandise including fashion, gadgets, antique, etc.
- Thailand Creative & Design Centre
- Manga by Playground! (mind you Playground! in Thonglor no longer exists last time I went) in Central World Plaza is a super hip store filled with designer toys, graphic design books, fashion, furniture, etc. I wonder if this store still exist.
- TRUE cafe in Paragon
- Propaganda, the company which created Mr. P, nice shop but not limited to their own products
- B2S, just so you can see how a very basic stationery category store looks like, in addition to stationery they have books and music as a store concept
There are more interesting shops and department store counters in shopping malls like Paragon, Central World Plaza, etc.
In case you need free metro maps, you can download before you go.
via Bloomberg, Nov. 25 -- Kokuyo Co., a maker of stationery and desks, will buy the rights to operate The Conran Shop home-furnishing outlets in Japan to expand beyond office products. Details here.
We've been wanting to produce a Moleskine gift box for Xmas for a few years now and this year it became a reality. Xmas in our stores are so crowded people have difficulty choosing products, our purpose has always been trying to reducing the think-time by creating gift sets good enough for gift exchange and proper gifting at various price range.
- For Him: HK$280
- For Her: HK$280
- Artistic: HK$380
- Traveller: HK$380
- Luxury: HK$580
It's time to gear up for lots of store visits, there will be a lot of layout changes, one more new store and multiple phases of Xmas promotion happening from this week onward. My gears will change from office setting (mind.depositor, Moleskine diary, fountain pen, calculator, camera) to field setting (pocket Moleskine, camera).
One of the indispensable tool is this "Holder for M" from Vintage Revival Productions. It is an ingenious two piece product made from a combination of leather and denim label material. One piece acts as a holder which allows you to insert your M into your jean's back pocket (8,800 yen), the other is a pen holder (4,500 yen). Both pieces are looped so that you can slide to the front and back cover of you M easily without permanent damage.
Where did I found this you asked? It was last July when I thought I was having the last meeting of a business trip in Tokyo, Mr. Doi from Sweetroad (a great store to visit mind you) told me about Mr. Iwata and his shop Iwata Denki. I had to rush to that store in Setagaya before it's closed. Full of sweat and unable to communicate in Japanese, I was signing and nodding a lot and had a great "conversation" with Iwata san, a designer himself, who published 2 design books called GOALD (goal of design), and constantly working to create new products. Do visit Iwata san's blog to get a glimpse of his works and product collections from his friends.
Iwata san made some very nice leather Moleskine covers. They are like stickers, only in leather, which are removable and probably can last several uses when you change your Moleskine. I was about to buy the brown snake skin embossed or the wood imitation cover but too bad they were out of stock. He also made those cute little leather photo clips which look like smileys, they are put into recycle film cans and sold in stores like Tokyu Hands and Loft.
Iwata san was very keen to show me his collection of great products in the shop, wooden iphone case, his leather credit card holder, coin pouch etc. "Holder for M" was the one thing I got from his shop, then I was out of cash in Tokyo :)
So if you are going to Tokyo, I suggest you to dig up these interesting small shops to go, it is far more rewarding as a journey. As for myself, the connection and sense of discovery always give me the thrill.
The world has become so small now. 10 years ago it seems so impossible but now I'm trading from Hong Kong with Kelly from a horse farm in Walla Walla!
The last 2 days of my family trip we went to Sea Paradise in Yokohama and Kidzania in Lalaport.
Not long ago I said PoGo is No Go, particularly for serious photo journaling people. I decided to use up all the ZINK photo paper and sell the unit fast. Then 5 days ago when I received the self-inking stamps for the Travel Photo Cafe 2009, I played with the stamps on the opposite page of 2 PoGo prints I sticked on my notebook. 3 days later, I found that the colors on the PoGo print faded in areas in direct contact with the stamps!
Took me a few tries to get the right sunlight for a key photo to be used in the Travel Photo Cafe 2009 event (19th June - 2nd July).
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