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Mucha Collection
Incite Your Creative Spirit
The muted and complex palette of pastel colours and the sensuous, sinuous lines of Alphonse Muchas work heralded a novel moment in art history. In works notable for their youthful energy and simplified draftsmanship, Mucha (1860–1939) helped to turn the conventional art world upside down.

After years of toiling in obscurity, in 1895 the impoverished young Czech became an overnight sensation in Paris by creating a poster for a play starring Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress of the period. Before long, le style Mucha – later known as the Art Nouveau movement – was the term used to describe the new spirit transforming the city. Mucha s commitment, however, was not just to the nouveau, but to the larger human project: a celebration of the creative spirit.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 144 pages - 130 x 180

Mucha Collection
Incite Your Creative Spirit
The muted and complex palette of pastel colours and the sensuous, sinuous lines of Alphonse Muchas work heralded a novel moment in art history. In works notable for their youthful energy and simplified draftsmanship, Mucha (1860–1939) helped to turn the conventional art world upside down.

After years of toiling in obscurity, in 1895 the impoverished young Czech became an overnight sensation in Paris by creating a poster for a play starring Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress of the period. Before long, le style Mucha – later known as the Art Nouveau movement – was the term used to describe the new spirit transforming the city. Mucha s commitment, however, was not just to the nouveau, but to the larger human project: a celebration of the creative spirit.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 176 pages - 90 x 180

Lindau Collection

Art and Belief

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker

Attributes | 128 pages - 210 x 300

French Ornate
The Delectable Privacy Of A Silken Wrap
Europe was exposed to the soft shimmering sensuality of silk via the Silk Road from China. With the invention of the silk loom in 1804, artisans were able to create increasingly intricate designs. These journals are exactingly printed to recreate the luminosity and look of silks from this classic era, and this series is dedicated to the luscious fabrics of the Jacquard loom silk weaving tradition of France.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 144 pages - 130 x 180

William Morris
Decorative Naturalist
William Morris (1834–1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He embraced the ideal of craftspeople taking pride in their personal handiwork, as opposed to the dehumanising onslaught of the Industrial Revolution. In creating woven and printed textile patterns (only one area expressed by his remarkable talents), Morris chose to work with the ancient technique of hand woodblock printing. He famously said that any decoration is futile when it does not remind you of something beyond itself. He sought inspiration for his famous repeating patterns from the natural world around him, mille-fleurs tapestries and early prints of herbs as well as the crispness and abundance of exquisite detail in mediæval art. His evocations of antique florals and plants in all their profusion, depth of tone and magical gradation of tints have become design classics gracing the decorative arts, including our journal covers.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker

Old Leather Handtooled
The Look Of Antique Leather
Capturing the flavour of Renaissance-style binding at its zenith, these handsomely embellished journals are a delight for the hand and the eye. During this remarkable period of classical revival, manuscripts were renowned for their exquisitely crafted covers made of fine Moroccan leather, handtooled in gold with delicate foliage patterns. Brought to Europe via the flourishing trade routes to the Far and Middle East, this style of ornamentation lent a new vibrancy and lightness of design that was not present in medieval manuscripts. The timeless beauty of these antique books is brought into the present with our finely wrought binding reproductions.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 176 pages - 95 x 140

Tao
Four Masters Of Stillness

Traditional Chinese painters aimed at capturing the inner essence of the visual form. Their rhythmic brushstrokes on silk or paper were attuned to transmit the invisible forces of the universe – the Tao that pervades the world we inhabit.

Includes | Memento Pouch
Attributes | 144 pages - 130 x 180

Tao
Four Masters Of Stillness

Traditional Chinese painters aimed at capturing the inner essence of the visual form. Their rhythmic brushstrokes on silk or paper were attuned to transmit the invisible forces of the universe – the Tao that pervades the world we inhabit.

Includes | Memento Pouch
Attributes | 128 pages - 180 x 230

Parisian Mosaic
The splendor of polychromatic patterns
Our Parisian Mosaic Collection was inspired by an eighteenth-century leather mosaic binding executed in Paris by master binder Nicolas-Denis Derome. Descended from a renowned family of bookbinders, his works were much sought after as they showed a unique flair for lightness and vivacity of design.

This gold-tooled and polychromatic cover recalls a mediæval motif called au semé, which consists of small decorative patterns arranged in symmetrical lines or columns resembling a sown field. The adoption of this ancient heraldic motif combined with fresh colours and new materials brought mosaic binding into a new era of artistry.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 160 pages - 70 x 90 mm

Brocaded Paper
Sumptuous Varieties Of Gold Decorated Paper
Gold leaf blocking on leather and parchment has been practiced in Europe since the early 16th century. When applied to paper in the late 17th century, this method of relief printing produced brocaded paper, which showcased European craftsmanship and æsthetic exuberance, employing various metalworking tools to cut patterns on thin sheets of copper or brass. The patterns – ribbons, tendrils, arabesques and floral blossoms – closely echo the sumptuous designs of leather wall coverings and silk damask of the time.

Includes | Memento Pouch • Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 144 pages • 130 x 180 mm.

Intricate Inlays
The Delicate Dance Of Precious Stone
One cannot help but marvel at the delicate and deft beauty of fine inlay work. In this series, we capture both the beauty and the texture of four very remarkable pieces of craftsmanship. Designed to be a journal for all occasions, these mini- and midi-size books are perfect for everything from note-taking to capturing those serious thoughts while in motion.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker
Attributes | 176 pages - 120 x 170 mm.

Embellished Manuscripts
Great Minds At Work
To inspire the writer, these unique journals portray the work of some of the greatest writers, thinkers and artists of all time. These reproductions of excerpts of original manuscripts, letters, scores and drawings provide a glimpse into the creative process of figures such as William Shakespeare, Sigmund Freud and Vincent van Gogh.

Includes | Memento Pouch - Ribbon Marker Attributes | 176 pages - 95 x 140 mm.