It has been a big year for Mark+Fold, and we have had the great pleasure of collaborating with a whole host of wonderful creatives, writers and makers. So we thought it would be fun to hear from some of them on their favourite Christmas traditions, plans for 2026, and Mark+Fold gift picks, to give you some inspiration!
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Rosamund Dean, journalist
Rosamund and Amy met earlier this year thanks to their shared love of walks in Highgate Woods and a healthy obsession with notebooks. We welcomed Rosamund as guest writer back in October to share her thoughts on why 2026 is the year she will be returning to a paper diary.
What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
What’s in the Diary for 2026?
Which Mark+Fold item(s) would you like to find under the Christmas tree?
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Kaori Maki, bookbinder
What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
What’s in the Diary for 2026?
Which Mark+Fold item(s) would you like to find under the Christmas tree?
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Margo Selby, British textile artist
Margo is best known for her icon bold geometric patterns created on a traditional wooden loom at her workshop in Whitstable. In recent years she has expanded into creating large-scale artworks for vast spaces like Canterbury Cathedral, which are woven by a ‘relay’ team of weavers and take months to create. We had the privilege to collaborate with Margo for the second time this year, with her Shuttle II artwork featuring on our 10th Birthday Edition notebooks.
What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
What’s in the Diary for 2026?
Which Mark+Fold item(s) would you like to find under the Christmas tree?
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Vicki Hipwell, Bookbinder
What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
It’s probably getting the tree down from the loft and putting it up on an afternoon as it’s getting dark — 1 to 2 weeks before Christmas Day. Christmas music will be playing in the background.
It always makes me think of my childhood, and helping dad put the family tree up. I can almost smell the years old cardboard box all the tinsel and decorations used to be kept in. It used to bring such excitement.
My other (more recent) tradition is going to ring the bells on Christmas Morning. There is something extra special about ringing out the church bells to the village on Christmas Day.
What’s in the diary for 2026?
In 2026 I hope to visit more customers with ‘hopefully’ some exciting news on a new machine we are looking into.
In my personal life — I have a road trip to see Dad in Portugal booked for June. I don’t see him as much since he moved there in 2014 - so that time is super precious to me. We always have fun and get up to something creative when we are together. 2 years ago I helped him make a grandfather clock, bookshelves with books and other street decorations all from tissue paper & cardboard for the Festa dos Tabuleiros and got a certificate for my contribution! He also made the most amazing bi-plane to hang from a restaurant ceiling.
Which Mark+Fold item(s) would you like to find under the Christmas tree?
I would like to find my favourite, a 2026 Monthly Planner, under the tree. It’s so easy to check ahead using it. But also a 2026 Wall Planner poster would be on my wish list so I can see in one glance that long awaited Portugal trip getting closer!
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Oscar Oades, designer
Oskar first helped out at Mark+Fold back in 2015, when his dad Mike (founder of Atomik Architecture) was sharing a studio with Amy in Dalston in the very early days of Mark+Fold. At that time he had just finished his A-levels, and he continued to help out around the studio during holidays and weekends for several years before going off to work as a designer at Landor & Fitch, but we were very lucky to steal him back for a few days to help us out at the pop-up shop!
What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
The Christmas Day walk (with an optional stop at the pub).
What’s in the diary for 2026?
Got some big birthdays next year — my mum's 70th and my 30th. Apart from that I have a feeling 2026 is going to be a year of change and new beginnings — very much looking forward to what it brings.
Which Mark+Fold item(s) would you like to find under the Christmas tree?
It has to be one of the Marmor Editions of 10. The marbling is so beautiful and I love an orange accent.
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