The classic notepads in A7 format have now been joined by practical self-adhesive and digital counterparts, but as simple notes for quick memos, short greetings, shopping lists and more, they have lost none of their relevance and practicality. This note box is a worthy and attractive way of storing such notes until they are needed. Made of oak and maple wood with a finely sanded and oiled surface, it is solid and attractive and fits in hallways, kitchens and offices to keep paper ready to hand for writing down your thoughts (at least if there is a pen nearby). You can also find the matching filling in the form of write-proof, heavy paper in DIN A7 from us.

The note box is part of a range of desk utensils produced for us by a manufacturer in Steinhöring, Bavaria. As straightforward, simply designed objects made of oiled oak and maple wood, they not only cut a fine figure on any desk, but are also coordinated in such a way that the individual elements can be combined - particularly interesting if one or two more pieces can be placed on the "Clean Desk". As solitaires, they fit in easily anywhere anyway.

In desk matters, the working world is divided into "full-cabinet makers" and "empty-cabinet makers". The one likes a work surface overgrown with thousands of things, the other a place of action of almost Japanese-like emptiness. If you ask the experts, the "empty-desk person" has a clear advantage: they say that for the sake of concentration and order of thoughts, as little as possible should be stored, but that it should be well sorted and quickly accessible. And in order that this rather simple wisdom can also be applied with scientific dignity, it is chased through the village or through the office rooms as a "Clean Desk Policy". The claimed "new clarity" is, however, quite the old one - the well-known designer's saying of "less" being "more" is and was, after all, also valid in the working environment.