As we enter 2025, the stationery world is buzzing with fresh ideas and exciting trends. From pocket-sized notebooks to hybrid paper/digital solutions, there’s something for everyone. Founder of StationeryFest, Becki Cross explores key trends shaping the stationery scene this year.
Commonplace books or zibaldone
These are notebooks where a person collects and organises ideas, observations and information from various sources for future reference, based on their unique interests. You might record quotes, anecdotes, lists, poems or sketches. A zibaldone is an Italian commonplace book. The word means a ‘heap of things or miscellany’ in Italian.
Pocket notebooks
Tiny passport and pocket-sized notebooks are huge right now, and are a portable way to capture ideas throughout the day and minimise screen time.
Journalling
The wellness benefits from journalling continue to be well documented. Whether you keep a written, guided or creative journal, this age-old pastime is seeing a continued and sustained revival.
Erasable pens
Erasable pens and highlighters everywhere. The Legami pens are particularly popular with kids of all ages.
Texture
One of the things that appeals about stationery is the tactile appeal of the paper, the flow of the ink across the page and the feel of leather and man-made covers and accessories.
Traveler’s Notebooks
Traveler’s Notebook systems offer plenty of customisation for your planner, journal, and notebook system, whatever your preferred size.
Fountain pens and inks
Fountain pens and inks offer endless opportunities to find the perfect pen and ink combination to match your personality or your mood and refill time and time again. At StationeryFest, you could even design your own ink via the Diamine Ink Studio.
Hybrid paper and digital solutions
Hybrid paper and digital solutions linking your diary to your phone are really taking off. For example, Filofax reminder app, but I think we’ll see more of this as the years rolls on. Also smartpens, like the Livescribe range are becoming more popular, bridging the gap between paper and digital.
Becki Cross is the founder of StationeryFest, PlannerFest and JournalFest, must-attend consumer events for stationery lovers in the UK. Dates and details for 2025 will be announced very soon. See Instagram or Facebook for more information.
