Two-thirds of the world’s population has a smartphone. And moments without rrrrrrrings, pings, pushes and Likes are rare. Almost a luxury you could say. BLOCK helps you find a healthy balance between being connected and when not. Simply because smartphones have no connection in this modern and stylish version of the Faraday Cage (1836). 

It functions as a beacon of space, rest, attention and silence in these hyper-connected times. But it’s also a statement about breaking the habit of having a smartphone always on you, or in sight. In BLOCK our smartphones now have a fixed place where they can no longer interrupt. And this might even help us notice how much we used it. And how hooked we are.

What should have been, is.
when people first used a stick to draw on the ground.
The link between stationery and people began The link, time and again, has continued to evolve along with the evolution of people. and continues to exist today.
However, its intended purpose has never changed,
We are now rethinking this evolution.
Eliminating unnecessary ornamentation and function, we are taking a new look at what’s really necessary, rediscovering essential elements
and aiming to finally arrive at what should have existed all along.
 
STÁLOGY
stationery, standard & technology

“Capture Your Inspiration”

Founded by Haruo Ito in 1938, ITO Bindery traded as a simple bookbinding business named Hakucho-do. When the business passed to Ito’s son, Toshio, in the late 1980s, the business changed a little too, adopting its current name.

It wasn’t until 2009 that ITO Bindery began developing the notepads that we know and love today, but they were almost immediate successes. Their sobriety belies a deft originality, the kind that comes from following an idea from beginning to end with thought and method.

• Notebooks
• Notepads

A stationery brand founded on a single ballpoint pen. As the Americana inspired name suggests, PENCO is a company making pens. That is, it started with a single ballpoint pen. By now their nostalgic analog collections encompass stationery ranging from clips to clipboards, notebooks to console boxes and pencases to, well… pens. PENCO is a Hightide brand, and their attention to design can be seen throughout the entire Hightide range of casual everyday stationery.

• Pens
• Clipboards
• Desk Organizers
• Storage
• Many other items

Since its establishment in 1950, the Midori brand has been popular with many customers and has produces many hit products and long sellers. In addition to sophisticated designs, Midori manufactures goods that combine both beauty and functionality by paying special attention to beauty and materials used.

TRAVELER’S Company is now a separate entity from Midori and comprises TRAVELER’S Notebook, BRASS, KRAFT and Spiral Ring Notebook series. In all packaging, the Midori logo’s will be omitted.

TRAVELER’S Company has a big fanbase worldwide, and because the distribution is very much controlled, fans consider stores carrying it as true gems.

• Leather notebooks
• Multiple inserts
• Brass writing tools
• other paper goods