Our stay in Taipei is drawing to a close and I’m filling my suitcase with things I’ve bought here that I’m bringing back to New York: Pilot pens, old school pencils, rolls of clear and double-sided tape (for some inexplicable reason, I prefer the Asian variety over the ones in the U.S.), design magazines (including zakka and ppaper), and a bunch of design books.

I’m really inspired and motivated by the stationery and accessory designs I’ve seen here. Almost every day, I’ve been scribbling sketches and taping together bits of paper to test out different ideas.  I’m excited to get back to my studio and materials ~ my new journal and notebook designs are almost ready, so if all goes according to schedule, they will be making their debut in mid-June!

Elsewhere: the mogu empire, the national stationery show through the eyes of design*sponge, and via Amy of Greenjeans, Craft In America: Memory, Landscape, Community, which I’m going to stay up and watch (I should be over jetlag by then).

May 23rd, 2007