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Stationery Trends For 2025 As we enter 2025, the stationery world is buzzing with fresh ideas and exciting trends. From pocket-sized notebooks to hybrid paper/digital solutions, there’s something for everyone. Founder of StationeryFest (stationeryfest.co.uk), Becki Cross explores key trends shaping the stationery scene this year.
COMMONPLACE BOOKS OR ZIBALDONE
These are notebooks where a person collects and organises ideas, observations and information from various sources for future reference, based on their unique interests. You might record quotes, anecdotes, lists, poems or sketches. A zibaldone is an Italian commonplace book. The word means a ‘heap of things or miscellany’ in Italian.
TEXTURE
One of the things that appeals about stationery is the tactile appeal of the paper, the flow of the ink across the page and the feel of leather and man-made covers and accessories.
TRAVELER’S NOTEBOOKS
Traveler’s Notebook systems offer plenty of customisation for your planner, journal, and notebook system, whatever your preferred size.
TOP STORY
HYBRID PAPER AND DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
Hybrid paper and digital solutions linking your diary to your phone are really taking off. For example, the Filofax reminder app, but I think we’ll see more of this as the years rolls on. Also smartpens, like the Livescribe range are becoming more popular, bridging the gap between paper and digital.
FOUNTAIN PENS AND INKS
Fountain pens and inks offer endless opportunities to find the perfect pen and ink combination to match your personality or your mood and refill time and time again. At StationeryFest, you could even design your own ink via the Diamine Ink Studio.
POCKET NOTEBOOKS
Tiny passport and pocket-sized notebooks are huge right now, and are a portable way to capture ideas throughout the day and minimise screen time.
Traveler’s Notebooks offer a lot of flexibility in journalling and note-taking
JOURNALLING
The wellness benefits from journalling continue to be well documented. Whether you keep a written, guided or creative journal, this age-old pastime is seeing a continued and sustained revival.
ERASABLE PENS
Becki Cross.
Erasable pens and highlighters everywhere. The Legami pens are particularly popular with kids of all ages.
Commonplace books like these from Midori, are becoming more popular.
Manuscript Goes Live With Tom Hessin Website After introducing the first writing instruments under the new Tom Hessin brand in autumn, Manuscript has now launched a dedicated website – tomhessin.com - for the new brand. The Charles Collection is the first range under the new Tom Hessin branding. “We are thrilled to introduce the Charles Collection, by Tom Hessin, to our customers,” said
There are five different colourways in the Charles Collection, the first launch from Tom Hessin.
Charlie Stockbridge, managing director at Manuscript Pen Company. “These pens are a celebration of heritage, but they also represent the future of fine writing instruments. They are designed for anyone who values both style and substance, whether for professional use, creative endeavours, or simply enjoying the art of writing. 2025 will see many more products added to the portfolio.”
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