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Have you ever wondered where the celebrated art of still life painting came from? Before still life emerged, there were illustrators who delicately illuminated handwritten manuscripts with images of plants, fruits, flowers, animals, and insects to add emotional power...
French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) was one of the leading painters of the Impressionist movement, acclaimed for his portraiture, dreamy landscapes, and use of vibrant light and saturated colour. Renoir was born into a family of modest means, and much...
French artist Claude Monet, one of the founders of the Impressionist movement, was particularly fascinated with capturing the transient beauty of nature. In a virtuoso display of flowers, this 1897 work reproduced on our products portrays a vibrant bed...
In 2024 we join the Laurel Burch brand, now run by her children, in celebrating 50 years of Laurel Burch. Our Spring season sees the arrival of two brand new, special anniversary additions to our Laurel Burch Collection, featuring...
We are delighted to introduce our special partnership with Laurel Burch Studios and Totemic Brands as a celebration of 50 years of Laurel Burch, featuring reproductions of the vivid, vibrant paintings by the internationally renowned artist. It is our pleasure...
The time has come to announce our latest spring collection! We can't wait for you to meet our latest designs. From Impressionist art to Romantic-era bindings, step inside Spring 2024 and discover our newest collection of notebooks, journals, lifestyle accessories...
If one of your new year’s resolutions was to be more organized, then you are in luck! Our recently launched Fall 2023 collection contains a wide variety of productivity tools, including pencil cases and dot-grid planners. Or was your goal...
Our Fall 2023 launch wouldn't be complete without the addition of new accessory products! This season we have a colourful assortment of jigsaw puzzles, bookmarks, washi tape and canvas bags joining our collection. Check out an overview of these new...
Blue and gold is one of our favourite cover combinations, and this season we couldn't help ourselves, releasing two blue and gold designs. We've previously introduced Blue Luxe from our Luxe Design series, so today please allow us to...
We took a tour of New York City's skyline with our New York Deco series, first launched in Fall 2021. That season, we introduced The Chanin Spiral, which highlighted details from an Art Deco ventilator grille found in the...