If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must sharpen his weapon first. As the new year begins, let's choose a weapon that takes advantage of his hand.
Holding this Stationery Bible in your hand, the heavy feeling seems to have shown its weight. Nowadays, no matter articles or books, the gimmicks of the title party can be seen everywhere. However, if you open this "Bible", you will find that the world of stationery can be so solemn, elegant and breathtaking, which makes people linger, and the book is as its name suggests.
Some people say that China has entered the era of the rise of the middle class, and a large number of people with money and taste are being born. Therefore, there will be luxury jewelry monopoly blooming everywhere, and there will be a prosperous and magnificent scene of China Legion snapping up overseas. When it comes to Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Dior, PRADA, GUESS and other brands, there are not a few friends. Classic models, limited models ... and so on, but also gave birth to a variety of purchasing in the circle of friends.
Relatively speaking, the book we read today can be called a complete collection of luxury ornaments in the "stationery industry". It selected 5 pieces of world classic stationery yi pin to introduce them one by one, from classic to popular, from luxury to parity, showing the beauty and magic of the stationery world in different categories.
1 Stationery
Speaking of stationery, I believe everyone is familiar with it. Since childhood, there are countless used stationery, that is, after entering the workplace, the digitalization of office will make us have fewer opportunities to pick up pens. It is precisely because of the reduction in the number of uses that the demand for stationery in the workplace has become particularly demanding and critical. Dear, please look down now. As an elite in the workplace, are you still using Morning Light Pen and Tang Dou Book? If on an important occasion, the other party takes out a LAMY AL-star star ballpoint pen, do you still mean to keep "Morning Light" in your hand?
If bags and clothes can reflect a person's taste, then stationery is the key area to show personal aesthetic feeling and cultural accomplishment. It is hard for us to imagine that an illiterate person can hold Pelikan (a German brand originated in 1838) Eternal Ice in his hand, just as Granny Liu holds a "soft cigarette" in the Grand View Garden. I don't know what it is, let alone its value.
2 cultural accumulation
It is true that stationery has evolved and grown with the development of human civilization, so human cultural traces will have the most representative legacy in stationery in various periods. Whether it's the gorgeous ornamentation in Victorian period, the streamlined design in 193s, the pop style constructed with rich colors and a large amount of plastics, or the minimalist style gradually changing from enthusiasm to calmness in modern times, let us feel the aestheticism and significance in different periods as if we were standing in the long river of history.
3 cherish
When I first came into contact with luxury ornaments, I was deeply puzzled by their quality and price. An ordinary bag, even if it is made of fine leather, is a bit expensive compared with the price of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands. However, more and more people love it, which makes them more suspicious of their own values: what mysterious organs are hidden in it?
Finally, through reading this "Bible", I realized how a good thing with profound connotation conquered the human heart, thus developing a long-lasting and lifelong harmonious relationship.
That's enough about pens. Let's turn our attention to the storage tool-pencil case for the time being, shall we?
In the picture, the top is the German KAWECO leather pencil case, and the bottom is the pencil case I am using. Ok, I admit that I don't care about the use of stationery at ordinary times, but if I have a small and light pencil case with full texture on the left, I believe I won't continue like this. Whenever you are ready to take out a pen to record, you will feel a solemn sense of ceremony. Moreover, I cherish my favorite pencil case and urge myself to maintain it regularly. I've heard that some masters can always use an item for most of their lives or even their whole lives. At this time, the object has already surpassed its own value and significance, but has been integrated with the owner and become an inseparable part of its body.
writing here reminds me of a concept that has been very popular in recent two years to discuss the relationship between people and things called "breaking up".
Stop = don't buy or collect unnecessary things
Give up = get rid of useless things piled up at home
Leave = give up the infatuation with materials, and let yourself be in a spacious, comfortable and free space
. That is to say, we should improve the quality of our own goods, reduce the consumption of low-quality useless goods on our own energy and attention, and thus realize a "boutique life". If you don't believe me, now you open the drawer and see how many pens, notebooks and so on are half used, but you don't know when to use them next time. And if every stationery is as remarkable as the book, after conquering your aesthetics and taste, I believe that "use it all the time" is no longer just the patent of the legendary masters.