Journal

Year 2021 Recap.

Year 2021 Recap.

Dear friends, colleagues and partners, We’re writing this letter taking a flight. For the first time in two years. It feels liberating and somewha...

You, Me and NFT.

Dear friends, As this year comes to a close, we wanted to make something special for you. Choosing between a calendar, a postcard, a gift card, we...

2022 Year Plans. Note for Investors

Dear friends, colleagues and partners, It’s Fiodor here, founder at Soumkine. You all know us as makers and creators, obsessed with great design a...

Monthly Digest. October Issue

This month we finally relaunched the production of stapled notebooks that was discontinued in 2019, exactly two years ago. Kudos to those who have ...

The Story Behind Zero-Waste Collection

It looks a bit like a fiction story that turned out to be reality. The story begins in 2016 when the very first zero-waste notebook first saw the...

Soumkine's Paper Test: Fountain and Ball Pens

The quality of paper was never an option at Soumkine. It has been a built-in default feature in all our notebooks from day one. Today we're proud t...

Featuring Universal Planner 5th Gen: What's New

You may call us hopeless perfectionists, but we believe in the beauty of artistic excellence and the power of small details. Today we are proud to ...

6 Ways to Use Soumkine Universal Planner

Today we take a deeper dive into the virtues of our Soumkine Universal Planner system through N. 407, an A5 size notebook with 160 numbered pages o...

Why it takes 72 hours to make a Soumkine book

The process of making a notebook may seem like a no-brainer. However, it takes us almost three days to produce a Soumkine book. It requires a lot ...

Working from Home in 2021: Nine Lessons since the Pandemic

By Dyana Wing So The challenge of working from home has evolved. If 2020 was about adapting to the new normal, 2021 is about building on lessons l...

The Short and Fascinating History of Paper Planners

Despite all the digital tools available today, paper planners continue to provide an irreplaceable refuge for personal timekeeping in our modern wo...