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edit no. 03may 2026

A Small Stationery Shop

A Small Stationery Shop

The first time I walked into a small stationery shop in Seoul, I had to look at every shelf twice before I could tell what I was looking at. The first thing I noticed was the pencil cases — quilted, in a fabric I'd never seen on stationery. A bowl of embroidered bookmarks sat beside them. A stack of softcover notebooks in dusty pastels. A tower of crayon boxes with covers like illustrations from a picture book. The shop had no categories. That was the method.

The shop was small, and one person had picked everything in it. The owner's taste was the whole shop. That's what a neighborhood stationery shop is.

This Edit is eleven objects from four small Seoul studios, arranged the way the shop arranges them. Pull from anywhere.

the objects, in order, ten objects

  1. Quilted laptop and tablet case

    Clam

    $91.00

    We carry it for the cotton face. In cream or black, the colors stay quiet with any laptop and any bag, while the 100s pigment quilting gives the surface enough texture and weight to carry the design.

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  2. Embroidered bookmarks, set of four

    MHOM

    $63.00

    We carry this as a small collection, one to keep together across a shelf or split into four separate gifts.

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  3. Farm crayon set

    goober

    $59.00

    We carry it for the shapes, which make a first box of crayons feel like a small farm on the table. The firm wax keeps the color on the paper instead of the hands. It also arrives ready to give, with every crayon tucked into its own groove.

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  4. Vehicle crayon set

    goober

    $56.00

    It draws like a crayon and clicks onto another like a Lego brick. Smaller pieces stack back into a full-size crayon as they wear down. We recommend the set as an uncommon kids’ gift.

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  5. Quilted pencil case

    Clam

    $43.00

    We carry it for the lightness. At 26 grams, it disappears into a packed bag, while the seed flecks give the cream version a surface worth looking at closely.

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  6. Quilted pencil case, set of two

    Clam

    $59.00

    We carry this set because the colors end up with different jobs: black alongside the laptop, cream with the notebook. Having both also means the case you need is less likely to be in the other bag.

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  7. Round pencil case

    Clam

    $47.00

    We carry it because rigid organization is overrated. This one lets the contents decide the shape.

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  8. Round pencil case, set of two

    Clam

    $66.00

    We carry the pair because we keep pens in one and markers in the other. It is a small division that works.

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  9. Round pouch

    Clam

    $49.00

    We carry it as an everyday makeup pouch. It settles around what we pack instead of taking up a fixed block of space in the bag.

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  10. Round pouch and pencil case set

    Clam

    $68.00

    We carry the pouch in a bag and keep the pencil case on a desk, and never think of them as a pair until we put them together. Same fabric and the same honest seams, in two sizes that cover most of what moves between the two.

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