My first stop, after I dropped my suitcase at the Shibuya Tokyu REI Hotel, where check-in and checkout have been entirely automated, was the Itoya flagship store in Ginza, a stationery department ...

Size: A5 (5.8 by 8.3 inches); 192 pages Ruling options: lined, graph, blank Get this if: You want a softcover notebook that is the size of a trade paperback book and has smooth paper your pen will ...

“Just because a notebook contains recycled paper doesn’t mean it has to scream “THE WORLD WILL END IF YOU DON’T RECYCLE” across the front cover,” says design director Zack Shubkagel.

The notebooks are US$18 for a pack of three, and measure 60 x 110 mm, and 100 pages thick. Presumably unintentionally, they also add in a frustrating design decision, much like every Apple product ...

This week's innovation pick marries good old-fashioned notebooks with digital storage options. That way you can keep your ideas and sketches in the cloud and access them when you need them.