Japanese Lacquer Boxes（日本傳統漆盒圖案係列）

The Refined Grace of Lustrous Lacquer

The ingenuity and grace of the ancient craft of lacquerware is celebrated on our journal cover portraying a masterful example of a 19th century Japanese lacquer box made during the Edo or the Meiji period. Selected from a private collection in Kyoto, this box is lacquered in the Maki-e tradition, in which sap from the lacquer tree is sprinkled with metallic powder, such as gold, silver or copper, to create luxurious designs. Over the centuries, craftspeople learned to use this sap, which hardens to a brilliant, hard gloss coating, as a finish to decorate and protect favoured wood and paper objects. These fine lacquered surfaces are evidence of the uniquely human ability to create beauty from unlikely sources.

Paperblanks為愛爾蘭古典筆記本與日誌的知名品牌，近二十年來，以其獨樹一幟，極具華麗、異國風情、古典雅緻、充滿藝術靈感的封麵設計,傲視全球。甚至,其封麵還是凹凸有緻地立體，輕觸筆記本錶麵，不管是巴洛剋花窗、莫紮特歌譜還是花草迴紋飾，都一一透過指尖，穿過眼簾，達到你內心的感動觸發點。一個人的旅行，就在上麵謄寫自己心情悲喜與靈魂感動的私密所在好瞭。

Paperblanks的所有筆記本的封麵全是一件件的藝術品。而且每款筆記本都有獨立的ISBN號碼，而它的種類更是多得數不過來。

Paperblanks嚮來愛地球,采用的傳統手工綫裝法讓筆記本呈現更多細節。它還堅持采用sustainable forestry的無酸紙，懷舊又環保，充滿藝術靈感的獨特封麵設計傲視全球。

此外，Paperblanks深信書寫對人類的重要性及影響力，並堅信企業應背負起社會責任及愛護地球的使命，所以從材質的選擇、製程的控製、社會及地球環境的影響與良好工作條件的提供等，不論是外顯的成效或是理念的深耕皆是Paperblanks的核心宗旨，社會責任。