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Top 5: Stationery Trends Worth Trying

If you’re a certain kind of person, the sight of nifty post-its and crisp, unmarked notebooks will send delicious tingles down your spine. The world of stationery has come so far in recent years.

 

Here are the top five right-now stationery trends worth trying.

 

1. Stationery shops

Who would’ve thunk we’d have entire shops dedicated to beautiful, designer stationery?

 

They’re popping up everywhere and man, are they fun to play in. Skip the newsagents and head straight to one of these specialty stores that stock quaint wax sticks and seals, handmade marbled papers and calligraphy inks.

 

2. kikki. K

Swedish design has spilled from furniture and decorating into stationery and kikki.K is the brand leading the charge.

 

Simple, classic Scandinavian sensibilities dominate their design ethos, making sure your home office looks as beautiful as the rest of your house with their signature storage boxes, fabric-covered inboxes and goal-setting, dreaming and planning diaries and notepads.

 

Redecorate your workspace at kikki.K – your gorgeous surroundings will inspire new creative thought and productivity. The staff they employ are stationery and organisational nuts so lean on them to suggest what you need to get yourself sorted for the new year.

 

3. Virtual Stationery

Virtually everything is virtual these days, and stationery is no exception.

 

Why handwrite cards and notes when you can send the digital version instead? E-cards are the quick and painless way to send seasonal and birthday greetings to your loved ones, and with designers, actors and models now contributing their own lines for companies, these cards are terribly fashionable.

 

Further, artists and professional organisation bloggers are all getting in on the act with releases of printables and virtual stationery to give you an instant fix when you need it – to do lists, calendars, meal planners, cards, invitations, you name it, just download their artistic PDF designs and hit print.

 

4. Online stationery shops

Many brands under one specialized URL makes for happy stationery shopping.

 

Some of the most beautifully curated collections are right there at your fingertips, where you can access cult Korean and Japanese stationery, or chic Parisian design at the click of a button. Try Notemaker.com.au for a breathtaking selection of international design. 

 

5. Eco-Stationery

Organic, fairtrade, recycled, up-cycled. The world of stationery has come over all eco. You can get sustainable and recycled pens, pencils and sharpeners, notebooks covered in salvaged leather, and even staple-free staplers.

 

As one online store puts it: this is stationery that won’t cost you the Earth.

 

With the huge selection of stationery available to us, there is no excuse to not be organised in 2012, and no excuse to have a messy and mediocre desk in front of you. Happy writing!