The School of Life Catalogue AW17

Retail Range Autumn / Winter 2017

The School of Life The School of Life is an organisation devoted to teaching us how to grow into happier, calmer, more successful people.

We have designed a range of emotional wellbeing tools that can help us to flourish and better understand ourselves and the world. These items are elegant, surprising, smart, often witty and most of all, useful.

Our card sets, games, stationery, homeware and books help us to make relationships work, build fulfilling careers, understand ourselves, find calm, nurture friendships and get the most out of culture.

Our products are arranged according to the areas we feel we can bring about the most powerful and positive change.

These are products to entertain, delight and genuinely transform us.

• Love

• Work

• Self-Knowledge

• Friendship

• Calm

• Culture

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LOVE It is estimated that 70% of a person’s life-satisfaction depends on the quality of their relationships. Yet this is an area where we too often get stuck, unable to make ourselves understood or find the sort of love we need. Our tools are designed to help us escape our frustrations, learn to communicate properly and put us on the path to sincere and flourishing relationships.

100 Questions: Love Edition 100 question cards with box 150 × 115 × 50 mm £20 / $30

20 Poems 20 cards 220 × 158 × 25 mm £20 / $30

Stay or Leave? Card Game 52 game cards 89 × 126 mm £10 / $15

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Who Should I Be With? Card Game 52 game cards 89 × 126 mm £10 / $15

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Work Most of us don’t want to work merely for money: we also want to ensure that work can be a source of creativity, meaning and (on a good day) pleasure. The tools in this range help us to overcome some of the obstacles to finding the sort of work that can truly satisfy and develop us.

100 Questions: Work Edition 100 question cards with box 150 × 115 × 50 mm £20 / $30

Confidence Prompt Cards 60 cards in box 104 × 73 × 36 mm £10 / $15

What Should I Do With My Life?

Card Game 52 game cards 89 × 126 mm £10 / $15

Writing as Therapy Journal: Projects A5 Linen bound notebook 192 pp 210 × 148 mm £15 / $20

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Career Crisis Prompt Cards 60 cards in box 104 × 73 × 36 mm £10 / $15

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Self-knowledge In Ancient Greece, when the philosopher Socrates was asked to sum up what all philosophical commandments could be reduced to, he replied: ‘Know yourself.’

Self-knowledge matters so much because it is only on the basis of an accurate sense of who we are that we can make reliable decisions – particularly around love and work. These tools help us to understand the hard-to-access bits of our minds and to know our deep personalities as well as we can.

Know Yourself Prompt Cards 60 cards in box 104 × 73 × 36 mm £10 / $15

Am I Normal? Card Game 52 game cards 89 × 126 mm £10 / $15

Imperfection Pot 100 × 100 mm ceramic pot / Wooden box / 120 × 120 mm £50 / $75

Writing as Therapy Journal: Night Thoughts A5 Linen bound notebook / 192 pp 210 × 148 mm £15 / $20

Writing as Therapy Journal: Journeys A5 Linen bound notebook / 192 pp 210 × 148 mm £15 / $20

Writing as Therapy Journal: Affairs A5 Linen bound notebook / 192 pp 210 × 148 mm £15 / $20

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Emotional Baggage Pencil Case: Yellow Heavy-duty canvas 200 × 60 × 30 mm £12 / $18

Emotional Baggage Pencil Case: Black Heavy-duty canvas 200 × 60 × 30 mm £12 / $18

Emotional Baggage Pouch: Orange Heavy-duty canvas 266 × 180 mm £18 / $25

Emotional Baggage Pouch: Blue Heavy-duty canvas 266 × 180 mm £18 / $25

Emotional Baggage Tote: Khaki Heavy-duty canvas 375 × 400 mm £35 / $50

Emotional Baggage Tote: Navy Heavy-duty canvas 375 × 400 mm £35 / $50

Emotional Baggage Luggage Tag: Tomato 100% Leather 110 × 70 mm (without strap) £25 / $35

Emotional Baggage Luggage Tag: Navy 100% Leather 110 × 70 mm (without strap) £25 / $35

Emotional Baggage Luggage Tag: Green 100% Leather 110 × 70 mm (without strap) £25 / $35

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Mood Book: Daring Plain Hardback Notebook 132 pp / 189 × 247 mm £15 / $20

Mood Book: Sceptical Plain Hardback Notebook 132 pp / 189 × 247 mm £15 / $20

Mood Book: Productive Plain Hardback Notebook 132 pp / 189 × 247 mm £15 / $20

Key Traits Key Tag: Idiosyncratic Acrylic Key Ring 51 × 19 mm £10 / $15

Key Traits Key Tag: Conciliatory Acrylic Key Ring 51 × 19 mm £10 / $15

Key Traits Key Tag: Sane Acrylic Key Ring 51 × 19 mm £10 / $15

Key Traits Key Tag: Guileless Acrylic Key Ring 51 × 19 mm £10 / $15

Seeds of Virtue: Flowers 5 Notecards and Seed Packets in a Printed Gift Box with sleeve 161 × 114 mm £16

Seeds of Virtue: Herbs 5 Notecards and Seed Packets in a Printed Gift Box with sleeve 161 × 114 mm £16

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friendship We all long for warm and close connections with our families and friends – but too often our social life ends up superficial and unsatisfying. Our tools help to bring out the best in ourselves and others – and ensure that gatherings can be occasions for genuine sharing, discovery and joy.

100 Questions: Original Edition 100 question cards with box 150 × 115 × 50 mm £20 / $30

100 Questions: Family Edition 100 question cards with box 150 × 115 × 50 mm £20 / $30

Pessimistic Greetings Cards Set Five cards, five envelopes, gift box 156 × 110 mm £12 / $18

Kindness Prompt Cards 60 cards in box 104 x 73 x 36 mm £10 / $15

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The Confessions Game 100 question cards with box 150 × 115 × 50 mm £20 / $30

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calm Calm has a deep and natural appeal. Most of us long to be more patient, unruffled, at ease and capable of reacting with quiet good humour to life’s setbacks and irritants. But if calm is an ocean, most of us are still in the shallows. These hugely effective tools help us to secure calm on a regular basis and to grow into the serene people we have always longed to be.

Calm Prompt Cards 60 cards in box 104 × 73 × 36 mm £10 / $15

Small Pleasures 60 cards in box 100 × 80 × 22 mm £12 / $18

Gratitide Card Set 114g / 60 cards in box 100 × 80 × 22 mm £12 / $18

15 Minutes Timer Glass / Hourglass, instruction booklet and box / 130 × 55 mm £20 / $30

Cleaning as Therapy Soap: Sea Breeze Soap / Sea Breeze / 230 g £8 / $12

Cleaning as Therapy Soap: Cilantro & Lime Soap / Cilantro and Lime / 230 g £8 / $12

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Cleaning as Therapy Tea Towel 100% Cotton / White with Blue Stripe / 730 × 530 mm £10 / $15

Cooking as Therapy Tea Towel 100% Cotton / White with Orange Stripe / 730 × 530 mm £10 / $15

Colouring as Therapy: Still Life with Fruit A1 Colouring poster / 128 gsm art paper / 680 × 990 mm £10 / $15

Colouring as Therapy: Know Yourself A1 Colouring poster / 128 gsm art paper / 680 × 990 mm £10 / $15

Colouring as Therapy: Wave A1 Colouring poster / 128 gsm art paper / 680 × 990 mm £10 / $15

Colouring as Therapy: Walden Pond A1 Colouring poster / 128 gsm art paper / 680 × 990 mm £10 / $15

Utopia Candle: City of Tomorrow Freshly cut grass with green pear, rose, lily, jasmine and balsam Ceramic candle pot / 80 × 90 mm £35 / $50

Utopia Candle: Walden Wild berries, citrus, geranium, cassis, amber and sandalwood Ceramic candle pot / 80 × 90 mm £35 / $50

Utopia Candle: The Republic Warm spices with bergamot, mandarin, nutmeg, black pepper, cardamom, cumin and vetivert Ceramic candle pot / 80 × 90 mm £35 / $50

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Drawing as Therapy Sketchbook A4 with multi coloured stitching Plain sketch paper £15 / $20

Glass Paperweight: Stars, Small Glass / Gift boxed Diameter: 60 mm £25 / $38

Glass Paperweight: Sand, Small Glass / Gift boxed Diameter: 60 mm £25 / $38

Glass Paperweight: Algae, Medium Glass / Gift boxed Diameter: 70 mm £25 / $38

Glass Paperweight: Moth, Medium Glass / Gift boxed Diameter: 70 mm £25 / $38

Glass Paperweight: Sea, Large Glass / Gift boxed Diameter: 80 mm £25 / $38

The Pessimist’s Umbrella Hand open umbrella with printed inside layer / 342 g / 240 × 60 mm (when closed) £24 / $30

Emotionally Intelligent Keyring Gold Plated Iron / 35 × 95 mm £7.50 / $12

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culture The School of Life is hugely interested in art, literature, psychology and philosophy – and draws upon these disciplines for its many ideas. It proposes that works of culture were all made, in one way or another, with the idea of improving how we live.

This range of products connects up culture with our own dilemmas and hopes around love, work and our psyches, and invites us to see culture as a resource with which to address the complexities of being human.

20 Aphorisms 20 cards 220 × 158 × 25 mm £20 / $30

The Thinker Game 52 game cards 89 × 126 mm £10 / $15

Cultural Memory – A matching game 36 Pairs 60 × 60 mm cards £18 / $25

Birthplaces of the Great Ideas Postcards 20 postcards with cover 148 × 105 mm £12 / $18

Untranslatable Words 20 cards in box 159 × 115 × 20 mm £12 / $18

German Untranslatable Words 20 cards in box 159 × 115 × 20 mm £12 / $18

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The School of Thought Notebooks: The Anti-Capitalists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Feminists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Bauhaus Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The English Modernists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Pop Artists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Minimalists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Existentialists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Stoics Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

The School of Thought Notebooks: The Pessimists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

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The School of Thought Notebooks: The Buddhists Plain, grid and lined paper (one of each) / 64 pp / 125 × 178 mm £15 / $20

Keyword Pencil Set: Psychoanalytic Six pencils / Definition booklet, buckram finish box / 185 × 53 mm £12 / $18

Keyword Pencil Set: Visual Arts Six pencils / Definition booklet, buckram finish box / 185 × 53 mm £12 / $18

Keyword Pencil Set: Literary Criticism Six pencils / Definition booklet, buckram finish box / 185 × 53 mm £12 / $18

Keyword Pencil Set: Philosophical Six pencils / Definition booklet, buckram finish box / 185 × 53 mm £12 / $18

The Psychology of Colour Pencil Set 12 coloured pencils / Definition booklet, buckram finish box 184 × 102 mm £18 / $25

Big Thinker Notebooks: Darwin / Woolfe A4 with multi coloured stitching Plain sketch paper / 132 pp £10 / $15

Big Thinker Notebooks: Nietzsche / Freud A4 with multi coloured stitching Plain sketch paper / 132 pp £10 / $15

Campus Bag 100% Cotton / 380 × 430 mm £15 / $22.50

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Emotionally Intelligent Pin Badge Gold Plated Iron Diameter: 30 mm £6 / $10

Existentialist Pin Badge Gold Plated Iron / 41 × 9 mm £6 / $10

Philosophical Pin Badge Gold Plated Iron / 41 × 9 mm £6 / $10

Stoic Pin Badge Gold Plated Iron / 28 × 7 mm £6 / $10

The School of Life Pin Badge Gold Plated Iron / 32 × 28 mm £6 / $10

The School of Life T-Shirt 100% Cotton / Grey marl with white print / Unisex / Multiple sizes available £24 / $36

Interesting Guests: Conversation Placemats Set 1 Cork / Set of 4 cork based placemats / 215 × 290 mm £35 / $50

Interesting Guests: Conversation Placemats Set 2 Cork / Set of 4 cork based placemats / 215 × 290 mm £35 / $50

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the school of life press At The School of Life, we have been studying human nature for many years.

We established The School of Life Press to condense our learning into a collection of wise and considered texts. Our titles are designed to entertain, educate, console and transform.

Our books address issues such as how to find fulfilling work, how to master the art of relationships, how to understand one’s past, how to achieve calm, and how better to understand and – where necessary – change the world.

Essay Book – Why You Will Marry The Wrong Person Hardback book / 72 pp 187 × 115 × 7 mm £10 / $15

Essay Book – On Confidence Hardback book / 96 pp 187 × 115 × 10 mm £10 / $15

Essay Book – How to Find Love Hardback book / 96 pp 187 × 115 × 10 mm £10 / $15

Essay Book – Why We Hate Cheap Things (Coming Soon) Hardback book / 72pp 187 × 115 × 7 mm

Essay Book – Self-Knowledge Hardback book / 93 pp 187 x 115 x 10 mm £10 / $15

How to Reform Capitalism Hardback book / 112 pp 181 x 110 x 14mm £10 / $15

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Great Thinkers Hardback book, Yellow ribbon bookmark / 480 pp 202 × 150 × 45 mm £20 / $30

Small Pleasures Hardback book, Yellow ribbon bookmark / 247 pp 210 × 140 × 25 mm £15 / $20

Relationships Hardback book, Yellow ribbon bookmark / 118 pp 190 × 140 × 16 mm £15 / $20

Calm Hardback book, Yellow ribbon bookmark / 136 pp 190 × 160 × 17 mm £15 / $20

A Job to Love Hardback book, Yellow ribbon bookmark / 189 pp 195 × 130 × 18 mm £15 / $20

On being Nice Hardback book, Yellow ribbon marker / 123 pp 125 × 185 × 15 mm £15 / $20

Sex Hardback book, Yellow ribbon bookmark / 128 pp 179 × 120 × 15 mm £15 / $20

Things Never To Tell Children Hardback illustrated book / 32 pp 180 × 180 × 7 mm £8 / $12

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