Information on material used.

Technical details for paper-lovers.
No-run, surface sized, heavy, smooth natural paper made of pure cellulose. Ideal for hand-writing. Cream, with 90% opacity. Manufactured in Italy, FSC certified, bleached without the use of chlorine, age-resistant (according to DIN 6738), suitable for laser and ink-jet printer.

Our paper: real writing paper.

Practically all so-called "writing paper" is actually designed nowadays to be run through offset or office printers - to the detriment of those of us who prefer to write by hand, using pen or pencil. It wasn't easy, but we finally found some real paper tailored to the needs of you rather special people. Your pen or pencil will simply glide over the paper, and, what's more, what you write will retain its shape without running - even graphite will leave a clean, uniform image.

Ruling.
We've had our paper printed with the usual lined and squared ruling plus two special types:

Cornell Notes.
An academic classic from the United States, designed in 1950 by Walter Pauk from Cornell University for organizing seminar notes. On the left is an 'organisation' margin for the day's agenda and structure, in the middle a broad 'content' column and at the bottom a space for 'things to do' and / or summary. We can say from experience that it's a great help to structure one's notes in the fashion we've just described.

From matchstick to 3-D-man.
After a bit of practice you can give the matchstick man quite a bit of depth on our paper - the technique's called "parallel projection". Some people prefer to do their 3-D's as doodles during long, boring 'phone calls; others use them to sharpen their wits. It's quite amazing how naturally untalented draughtsmen have managed to master the third dimension (even the mysteries of perspective) using this method.

Office.

This time our range of writing instruments focuses on those for everyday use. We have a range of tried and tested pens and pencils, business and office products. As in other sections, we have increased the number of products in our own-brand range. Particularly interesting are the rather unusual note-books and leather fibre organiser and the pen roll made from chrome-tanned cowhide and chamois-tanned buckskin.

Organised Chaos.

There is no denying it - life has to be organised and it is man's fate to win or lose in the constant battle against Sod's Law. As the law implies, it is inevitable that the tax return form or the manuscript it has taken ages to complete end up in the waste paper basket. Introducing order into our lives is unnatural - as any stamp collector who was ever surprised by a gust of wind well knows. At the end of the day, those who acknowledge that organisation is in vain, will at least, be that little bit wiser. But we were supposed to be discussing hole punches, files and card indexes, weren't we? They can assist modern office workers in their battle. Punched with two holes papers can at least be shielded from the forces of nature for a period of time. This does, however require a little effort which is not always popular. That is probably why so many people remain hidden behind huge piles of paperwork which they have to sort through regularly in order to find the document they were sure was there a moment ago...