Back to School 2025: Team Picks
We invited the Mark+Fold team to share memories of their school days, feelings about the 'new term' this September, and their picks from our 2025 Back to School Edit.
Journal
Hello September: the new New Year?
The start of September inevitably reminds me of going back to school, with a slight chill in the air and a return to routines, and as a stationery-lover this was always inextricably linked to stationery.
The 2026 Diary colour reveal
If you've been following us for a while, you'll know that the 2026 colour reveal is a big thing! If you're new here, we take pre-orders to help us gauge how many to order, avoiding waste materials and over-ordering.
Diary Colours Archive: 2017-2025
Since we published our first Mark+Fold Diary in 2017, the question of next year's cover colour has been an annual source of great debate within our team, and great suspense among our loyal diary customers. Part of our process this year was...
Meet the makers: Doe Leather
For eight years now, Mark+Fold has worked with Doe Leather to create our leather notebook covers. Made from exceptional bridle hide in Walsall, each cover is designed to last a lifetime and soften beautifully with use.
What makes a good notebook?
We have been obsessed with notebooks for many many years, so much so in fact that we decided to launch a stationery brand in 2015 to make better notebooks than the ones we were able to find on the UK...
Mark+Fold for Soho House
We were thrilled to partner with Soho House on a bespoke set of notebooks created exclusively for the Soho House Festival. This year’s event marked a significant milestone; 30 years of Soho House, so it was clear from the start...
The School Holiday Shuffle : Keep calm and grab a pen and paper
The school holidays are fast approaching and parents across the country face the logistical jenga of childcare for a whole six weeks. People often ask me if we would create a Mark+Fold summer holiday planner, so that’s firmly on our...
2026 Diaries and Planners are open for pre-order
We are now open for pre-orders for our 2026 Diary, Monthly Planner and Wall Planner, as well as a new batch of Leather Covers produced in Walsall UK in collaboration with Doe Leather. If you're new here and wondering what all...
Introducing the Mark+Fold Travel Journal
We’ve been working on a brand new addition to the Mark+Fold range: the Mark+Fold Travel Journal - a place to record, plan and collect your memories in a journal you’ll keep forever.
Travel Bug: Q&A with Amy Cooper-Wright
From drizzly Scotland to the Peruvian Amazon, founder Amy Cooper-Wright shares her life in travel with us.
Nomad Design X Mark+Fold
We speak to Terry Stephens from Nomad Design, about their custom notebooks; the design process and the choices made in collaboration with the Mark + Fold team.
Travel Journal Archives
As we prepare to launch our very first Travel Journal, Mark+Fold founder Amy shares her personal archive of travel journals dating back to 2002.
A visit to our bindery
Come with us and visit our specialist bookbindery where our cold-glue thread-sewn binding takes place.
Gifts for Dads
With Father's Day approaching next Sunday 18th June, we've put together a selection of stationery gifts to show your appreciation for the father figure in your life. These are practical tools to elevate his everyday, just as he does yours....
Help design our new Travel Journal
We've had many requests over the years to create a Mark+Fold Travel Journal and you'll be pleased to hear that it's coming very soon — in time for your summer travels.
From maps to diaries: a customer-led approach to design
At Mark+Fold, every product begins with a question: How can we make this work for you?
In the zone with: Magnus Long
In this edition, we hear from Magnus Long, furniture designer, who established his eponymous studio in 2012 and designs for The Conran Shop, Heals and SCP amongst-others.
A modern take on paper marbling
Our new Marmor for Mark+Fold collaboration has been an opportunity to work with our good friend and master craftswoman, Lucy McGrath, founder of Marmor Paperie
In conversation | Lucy McGrath, founder of Marmor Paperie
We’ve been working on a new notebook collaboration with London-based paper marbling studio Marmor Paperie. Ahead of the launch next week, Amy caught up with Lucy McGrath, master craftswoman and founder of Marmor Paperie.