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This Taipei-based stationery shop curates collections from stationery designers and artists worldwide, offering PET Tapes, washi, stamps, sticky notes, and notebooks. They also have their collaboration PET Tapes with famous Indonesian stationery artist WIndry Ramadhina, featuring Windry’s famous girl illustrations on glorious summer days.
Absent Studio
At Absent Studio, Rita designs beautifully crafted stationery bags and pouches to organize crafting tools and materials neatly. The classic BAO BAG, one of its most popular products, is perfect for carrying journaling supplies on a day out but also stores and displays stationery items with grace when placed on a desk. Their products offer a stylish way to carry, organize, and display crafting/journaling supplies.
Avocado Mori
In Avocado Mori’s designs, tranquility meets playfulness, creating a sense of peace and magic that gives you a space to breathe and smile. Famous for her mini Nisse characters, Loning, the Taiwanese artist behind Avocado Mori, also collaborated with Cafe Analog to create Taiwan-themed limited edition pieces of these Nisse for the February 2024 Stationery Box, an homage to where her studio is based.
Awagami Factory
Using natural fibers like Kozo, Bamboo, Mitsumata, Gampi, and Hemp, the Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan, not only creates exquisite papers but also contributes to preserving the rich heritage of Japanese papermaking. The natural fibers, textures, and feel of their high-quality washi paper are a blank canvas for various artistic expressions and a testament to the Factory’s history, artistry, and craftsmanship.
Bande
Bande is a Japanese brand that offers high-quality washi sticker rolls made of repositionable washi paper. They are famous for the way they design some of their signature washi tapes, where each design is cut separately following its shape but sticks to one another—creating an illusion of a whole and continuous washi tape roll that is easy to peel and paste.
BigHands
Angel is a talented artist from Malaysia behind the stationery brand BigHands. She is well-known for her playful, whimsical, and sometimes' wonky’ depictions of girls in nature, animals, and everyday objects and wonders. Her soft, thin lines and precision work well to bring the “feeling of lightness” that makes her designs—despite their simple facade—feel so balanced and well thought out.
Blinks of Life
Natalia designs modern-classic stationery with a clean and minimal aesthetic for BlinksofLife in the United States. Some of their signature PET Tape, stamps, and letterpress note paper feature words of wisdom and affirmations that will lift us up in our darkest days. Her design generally celebrates the need to take quiet time, care for our needs, and love our daily routines.
Breezy Studio
Breezy Studio is a design studio based in Taoyuan, Taiwan, by talented artist Sylvia. The brand's lines include paper tape, wooden stamps, (transfer) stickers, PET tape, and a unique assortment of stationery items packaged in charming gift bags. Their illustration style ranges from playful and colorful to modern and calm, drawing inspiration from daily life's seemingly tiny yet deeply fascinating aspects.
Cotori Cotori
Cotori Cotori (Yuko Takeda) is an independent Japanese illustrator and rubber stamp artist. Her designs revolve around her famous girl character in bold lines and simple shapes, enjoying various daily activities. From masking tapes to message cards, stickers to rubber stamps, her designs remind us of childlike wonder and beauty in our day-to-day routine.
Dyna Paperie
Dyna Paperie is an Indonesian paper and stationery brand by paper artist Dyna. She is well known for her delicate touch when creating handmade paper with different shapes, colors, and textures. She makes the most beautiful handmade paper bundles, curating pieces of handmade paper that will all go well together. Wrapped with grace and elegance, her paper bundle is not only a product but an experience.
El Commun
El Commun from Taiwan emphasizes its products' seamless blend of design and functionality. Catering to those who appreciate simplicity with a touch of uniqueness, they offer items like favorite notebooks, writing tools, stickers, colored pens, paper tape, mini message cards, and letter sets. The brand encourages users to foster a love for writing, record-keeping, and having a joyful appreciation for life through the collection of cute stationery.
Freckles Tea
Freckles Tea draws inspiration from nature, botanicals/plants, floral shapes, and the change of seasons. She creates the most beautiful stationery items like PET Tape and washi tape with soft, pastel, and neutral colors, championing her delicate watercolor strokes. All her tapes look delicate, calming, and comforting to the eyes, and they are easy to mix and match for a cohesive, soft look.
Hankodori
Hankodori is a Japanese rubber stamp artist based in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa, Japan. With over 38 years of experience, the brand consistently produces cute and adorable stamp designs with clean lines and simple shapes that feature daily life, functional objects, and seasonal changes—tinted with some Japanese culture and customs that give the stamps an intimate background story.
Himekuri
Himekuri is a Japanese stationery brand well-known for its signature “Himekuri Calendar,” which won the prestigious Award of Excellence in Functionality at the 2018 Japan Stationery Awards. Its unique mini calendar features a tearable sticky note with 365-day sheets with different images/designs for each day, reminding people to cherish every day with its unique memories and experiences.
Jr.Journal
Jr.Journal is a Hong Kong-based designer brand that started in 2021 and offers modern and calming aesthetics. Its design brings a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of busy lives into your journal spreads. Soft strokes, simple shapes, and muted/neutral colors have been some of its signatures. Chloe, the wind behind Jr.Journal, has successfully portrayed beauty in simplicity through the brand’s product lines.
Kamiterior
Kamiterior is a Japanese specialty paper company known for its "Memoterior" Mini Memo Pads, featuring high-quality papers in various colors and textures. The pads, each focusing on a theme, offer 100 sheets of paper suitable for tearing, layering, and creating tags. Ideal for writing, scrapbooking, and embellishing journal pages or outgoing mail, these unique papers provide a versatile canvas for creative expression.
Kobo Ren
"The Lotus Atelier," a traditional stamp manufacturer with over a century of history, was established in 1910 in Fukuoka, Japan. Akino-san, who was married to the third generation of the family, created the famous peg-like ‘Kobo Ren' stamp with modern and traditional Japanese symbols. Kobo Ren stamps are made with premium wood from the Hon-Tsuge tree that takes 40 years to grow in Kagoshima, Japan.
Listeninda
Listeninda is a stationery shop and studio based in Indonesia. In her shop, she offers various stationery items from well-known designers and allows people to purchase sampler tapes. Her latest product was a collaboration with well-known Indonesian stationery artist Windry Ramadhina—a PET Tape called “Together”, that captures the joy in spending time with people you love.
Little Lu
Little Lu is a Japanese illustrator and graphic designer who narrates and illustrates her food adventures in her journals with fountain pen and ink. She is also a wooden stamp designer, and her designs mostly portray her famous “boy” character, who is recognizable for its playful pose; doing various activities in various moods—drawn with confident, bold, and simple lines
Ma7Stamp
Ma7Stamp is a Japanese brand from designer Manami-san specializing in hand-carved stamps, perfect for arts and crafts projects. Beyond creative endeavors, her stamps also find practical use in Japan as personal seals or Hanko. One of her signature stamp series features a girl with glasses, Fumiko—which was a success since there were few stamps featuring glasses-wearing girls.
Matoka
Matoka, a Japanese stationery brand, distinguishes itself with simple, playful, yet captivating, colorful designs of stationery products, ranging from paper products to pencil cases and book covers. Renowned textile designer Kayo Aoyama, who studied in Sweden, also crafts a wide array of heart-teasing stationery items for Matoka that combine Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics.
Modaizhi
Modaizhi is a team of passionate designers based in Taiwan. They are well-known for their sharp, pointy-shaped tiny characters/silhouettes doing various activities. Their anniversary stamp sets are extremely popular collectibles among stationery lovers. The brand's name is derived from the southern Fujian pronunciation of "nothing," reflecting the belief that “the things you do when you have nothing to do are the things you truly love.”
Mori Ringo
Mori Ringo is the most famous Japanese wooden stamp brand for its cute and playful squirrel design, featuring a cheeky squirrel doing various activities as seasons change. Run by artist Asako-san, Mori Ringo has also been invited to exhibit her stationery products in various stationery markets and workshops. Despite the squirrels’ popularity, Mori Ringo also carried more classic and delicate-looking stamps.
Mr. Eggplant
Behind Mr. Eggplant—a Taiwan-based stationery brand with a modern, edgy, and playful design—is a woman who loves journaling and documenting life. She recorded different stages of her life in her journal and believes handwriting can bring positive energy to daily life. Apart from building her stationery brand and designing stationery items, she also offers various creative workshops
MT
Established in 2007 in Kurashiki by Kamoi Kakoshi Co., Ltd, MT masking tape is dubbed the original Japanese 'washi' tape brand. Passionate about design, they collaborate with influential designers and offer a vast collection of patterns and colors, including seasonal scenarios. Sets like MT Slim are created for precise crafting, and MT for Kids features child-friendly designs.
of6withlove
Of6withlove is a stationery brand and shop curated by designer Claire Lin in Japan. In the summer of 2023, she created a collaboration PET Tape with stamp artist Jesslynn Padilla that received a warm reception from the stationery community. Claire also creates products such as Stationery Kits that bundle curated Japanese stationery and handmade items and offers pre-loved stationery items in her shop.
Petra Brcic
Petra Brcic, the talented stamp artist from Zagreb, Croatia, blends a folk charm into her modern aesthetics. Her work reflects a deep appreciation for nature's wonders, as plants and animals are portrayed through an intimate and intricate design. In every stroke of her carving tools, Petra Brcic infuses magic and wonder, making her creations and collaboration items with Cafe Analog a treasured pieces: artistry at its finest.
Put and Paper
Puput is an Indonesian leather artist who enjoys creating her vintage-modern twist of leather journals, pouches, and small storages. Each product is handmade using leather materials under the Consorzio Verra Pelle in Tuscany, Italy. She only works with high-quality leather, like Maya from Conceria il Ponte and Pueblo from Badalassi Carlo. PutandPaper is all about leather artistry meets the love for journaling.
Sarica Studio
Sarica is an artist/designer based in the US and a well-known journaling YouTuber. She designed vintage stationery items inspired by flowers and old analog systems. She still produces her stickers at her home studio. One of her best-selling products is her Tomoe River Paper notebooks with a 3.5 mm grid. She runs her studio with her husband, Sam.
SOM Studio
SOM (SumthingsofMine) Studio is a stationery/gift shop and stationery brand based in Malaysia that aims to help people “collect and create moments.” They are well known for their cute, minimal, and sleek-looking design, which perfectly captures the modern aesthetic of “less” by considering the importance of giving their product design breathing room and sufficient negative space.
SomeSoftofFern
From Taiwan, SomeSortofFern’s beautiful stationery items capture playful figures, like their famous Small Potato PET Tap and the fairytale-like design for their Thetis Mermaid PET tape. But, they also master modern vintage styles in their botanical print-on stickers and Begonia tracing paper roll—and something more edgy and abstract as they play with lights and shadow, as seen in their Glimpse of Light/Shadow tapes.
Stamp Marche
Stamp Marche is a Japanese stationery brand well-known for stamp designs, including the famous Maru-chan girl character. Today, they have commercialized more than 1,500 types of stamps based on customer design requests. Their shop—inspired by the vibe of a traditional “art market” also offers other stationery items like notebooks, stickers, ink pads, and more.
Toyo Steel
Toyo Steel Co., Ltd. is a Japanese industrial company specializing in manufacturing and distributing storage and organizational products. Established in 1969, it is known for producing high-quality steel cabinets, toolboxes, and other storage solutions. Their sleek industrial designs and various sizes/models for the signature Toyo Box make these boxes popular among stationery enthusiasts to organize stationery/crafting items.
Usagi Print
Usagi Print is a Taiwanese brand established in 2015 that specializes in home decor, illustrations, stationery, postcards, and stickers. Their unique offerings include a series of girl PET Tapes with a distinctive blend of retro and art nouveau-like designs that evoke a sense of nostalgia—perfect for those seeking a touch of vintage charm in a relatively light and colorful aesthetic.
Yohand Studio
Xiao Yu, the artist behind Yohand Studio, is famous for her playful and adorable characters with simple shapes, such as Supergirl, Dog Cloud, and Hug Ghost. She translates her creations into stationery items, bags, but also clothing. All her designs and loveable characters exude the charm of child-like wonder filled with cheerful delight that brings smiles to everyone’s faces.
Yuka Butter
Yuka Butter is a Japanese artist and illustrator who moved to the Netherlands in 2023. From 2023 onwards, she collaborated with Cafe Analog to create various designs of washi stickers and PET Tape, including one for Cafe Analog’s 2023 December Box called “Tiny Winter Joys.” Her modern, playful, and soft-colored designs bring warmth into the hearts of those who enjoy journaling and letter writing.
