Format: A5

Size

Width: 148mm

Height: 210mm

Depth: 5mm

Interior: Plain

Page Count: 80 Pages

Closure: No Closure

Colour: Blue

GSM paper weight: 100

Cover: Hardcover

Edge Printing: No

More Features

300 gsm decorative printed cover paper with rounded corners

All pages are perforated for easy tear-out

100 gsm cream-coloured FSC-certified, acid-free sustainable forest paper

Saddle-stitch binding in a thread colour that matches the cover design

Decorative front endpapers that showcase the cover design and provide the story behind the cover art

Name plate

When we were first beginning to make Paperblanks journals, we found a piece of William Shakespeare’s handwriting and just knew it could become an inspiring journal cover. Soon we added designs featuring the writing of Ernest Hemingway and Jane Austen and created a series that would become our Embellished Manuscripts Collection. These first covers were minimalist designs with the literary manuscripts written in black ink against beige paper. Eventually, our creative urges started to take over and we sought to play around with the design by adding a gold frame.

Working from a photograph of a small piece of gorgeous gold embellishment, our Art Director created a full frame for the Shakespeare manuscript and highlighted it with a burnt orange background. Of course, our curiosity for what could come next didn’t stop there! By removing the manuscript we immediately saw the possibilities for a design inspired by classic Renaissance leather bindings. And thus, our foundational Old Leather Collection was born.