Paperblanks hardcover wrap diaries feature a magnetic wrap-around closure to ensure your diary stays securely closed.
Hardcover Diaries
Paperblanks classic hardcover diaries offer an extensive range of attractive and thought-provoking cover designs.
Flexi Diaries
Paperblanks Flexi Softcover Diaries offer a flexible counterpart to their existing hardback cover designs
Paperblanks Diaries - 2021 Diaries & 2020-21 Academic 18 Month Diaries
This section contains all Paperblanks diaries currently available, these include all of the Paperblanks 2021 diary designs & 2020/21 18 Month Academic diaries.
The Paperblanks Academic diaries run for 18 months from the end of June 2020 until December 2021.
2021 Diaries are available to pre order now and will be dispatched as soon as they become available, which should be around the end of September. Your card will not be charged until your order is dispatched.
Don't wait - order now and have the complete range to choose from. If you wait you may miss out on the one you really want!
2020 saw the addition of softcover 'Flexi' diaries to the range in addition to the classic hardcover diaries and hardcover wrap diaries with magnetic closure.
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Vibrant layers of foliage, flowers and butterflies draw us into a vivid representation of nature, bursting with life and colour. This light-hearted and captivating montage is the work of Texan artist Gary Grayson, who blends pop art and impressionism with influences from nature.
The instantly recognisable renderings of a genius captivate in this richly textured golden cover design. The reversed handwriting and meticulous drawings can be of none other than Leonardo DaVinci, the infinitely curious polymath and inventor. Leonardo’s studies of geometry and the universe are focussed here on his observations on the light of the moon relative to the radiance of the sun.
This elegant cover brings to mind medieval monks working by candle light, however it is in fact a hybrid of artisanal craft and a new mass-market manufacturing method known as the printing press. Delightful and highly skilled illuminations feature flora and fauna, with vibrantly coloured flowers and birds framing what appears to be meticulously hand-written latin lettering, yet are in fact individually cast movable letters reassembled into printed text.
Thought and imagination are celebrated in these captivating cover designs, which invite us to engage the power of our minds. Unlock and let your mind take flight, take shelter from the background noise and let creativity flow. German artist Catrin Welz-Stein forms digital collages of old photos and illustrations to visualize the subconscious in these engaging and surreal cover designs.
Rich colours, lush textures and surreal imagery combine to present these charming covers taken from the work of French author and illustrator Benjamin Lacombe, at once both vintage and distinctly contemporary. The colourful portrait of the 'Frida' cover is taken from his illustrated 2017 biography of Frida Kahlo whilst the Madame Butterfly cover is originally from Lacombe’s illustrated 2013 book of the same name.
Android Jones' kaleidoscopic and spiritual works are created in the digital space and are renowned for evoking transcendental states of consciousness. The 'shaman of pop' is a master of electro-mineralism, fusing Eastern iconography with futuristic projections from the realm of science fiction.
Frederick de Wit’s Celestial Planisphere cover is a remarkable and romantic map of the heavens depicting the hemispheres with representations of the constellations and signs of the Zodiac.
The Embellished Manuscript range inspires the artist within us all by collecting together excerpts, drawings and quotes from some of the greatest creative thinkers of our time. Fill each day with an inspirational snippet from the brilliant minds of Proust, Monet, Schubert, Bach, Lewis Carroll or Bram Stoker.
These popular diaries featuring the artwork of Canadian artist Laurel Burch and celebrate the playful and fascinating nature of cats. The ideal diary for cat lovers, they feature two cover designs, 'Blue Cats & Butterflies' and 'Mediterranean Cats', available in Midi and Mini size respectively both are available in horizontal week-to-view format. Additionally, 'Blue Cats & Butterflies' is also available in verso (days on the left, notes on the right) format.
A self-taught artist, Laurel Burch started her career in San Francisco in the ‘Flower Power’ days of the 1960’s. Always following her own intuition, Laurel developed her own distinctive and much loved style. Her very popular ‘Flutterbyes’ design has been chosen for this diary cover. It is available in mini, midi and maxi sizes and a range of formats.
A stalwart of the Paperblanks collection 'Old Leather' beautifully recreates antique leather books using modern printing techniques including embossing and foiling. The original Black Moroccan design combines an intense dark chocolate brown Moroccan leather embellished with handtooled gold.
Petrykivka painting is a Ukrainian technique which uses tiny brushes created from cat hairs to create mesmerizing kaleidoscopic visual effects. Olena Skytsiuk uses thousands of small strokes to create these lusciously vivid floral scenes.
The design reproduced on this journal cover, originally crafted by Riviere and Son, centres around a sensitive plant surrounded by other richly hued flowers, foliage and butterflies. The binding was used for The Sensitive Plant and Early Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley and is a celebration of the creative spirit.
Celebrating the art of the Persian Safavid style of 16th century bookbinding, the covers of these diaries feature the intricate geometric patterns of animal and plant motifs that were a hallmark of the style. These bold designs are recreated as Mini, Midi and Ultra size weekly diaries in horizontal week-to-view and day-to-view formats.
Much like the New Romantics who brought previous movements in music, art and poetry to new prominence, Paperblanks have revived their Romantic Sensibility designs in bold new colours for the present-day.