Considered
Stationery & paper
- Aspinal of London — Modern British leather brand known for monogrammed travel goods and accessories.
- Barnard & Westwood — Royal printer and bookbinder specializing in handmade letterpress and gilding.
- Crane & Co. — Massachusetts-based heritage stationer; sole supplier of U.S. currency paper.
- Ettinger — British heritage leather house with a royal warrant; famous for bridle leather.
- Fabriano — World's oldest still-operating paper mill; famed for inventing watermarks.
- G. Lalo — Paris-founded heritage paper-makers known for Verge de France textured paper.
- Hand & Lock — London's pre-eminent royal-warrant embroidery house; specialists in goldwork.
- Hobonichi — Tokyo planner brand famous for its cult-status Tomoe River paper diaries.
- Kakimori — Tokyo bespoke stationery shop famous for on-the-spot custom notebook binding.
- Leuchtturm1917 — German heritage notebook maker known for archival paper and bullet journals.
- Midori — Tokyo-based paper goods brand famous for the iconic Traveler's Notebook system.
- Original Crown Mill — Heritage Belgian mill known for hand-crafted cotton-rag papers and envelopes.
- Pineider — Florence-based heritage stationery and pen maker; supplied Napoleon and Byron.
- Smythson — Bond Street royal stationer known for the Panama notebook and luxury leather.