Desde que era una niña, me ha encantado el olor que tienen los libros acabados de comprar, esa sensación que uno experimenta cuando al abrir la primera pagina, uno se encuentra con las hojas nuevecitas, recién sacadas de la imprenta. También me encantaban los lápices coloridos con las gomas de borrar de capuchón color carne, o las otras gomas con olores a fresa o mango, o aquellas asiáticas que traían todo tipo de ilustraciones coquetas o delicadas, diseñadas especialmente para los niños. Con el tiempo mi predilección por estas cosas no ha mermado, al contrario, aun me detengo a observar los nuevos, o viejos, diseños de lápices, plumones, o agendas. Sin embargo, ahora me interesa mucho mas que los objetos de oficina sean simples, minimalistas o que usen materiales reciclables. Tal es el caso de MUJI, una compañía japonesa, cuyos bolígrafos me han acompañado durante mis años de universidad. Y aunque no me pagan ni un centavo por este post, siento que soy yo quien les debo, ya que mis tantos exámenes han sido acompañados por bolis transparentes de puntas de 0.5 mm, o por gomas de borrar genialmente diseñadas.
Y mientras escribo, tamborileando en mi laptop, ya voy sintiendo un poco de nostalgia, por el arte de escribir a puño y letra, algo que no hago quizás desde hace tanto.
MUJI
I have always loved the smell of newly purchased books, that lovely sensation of opening the book and facing brand new, white pages, that just came out of the oven. I also loved colourful pens and pencils as a child, beautiful ornamented stationery, or those Asian pencils with flesh coloured erasers as hats that resembled matches, or the strawberry scented erasers with pastel colours that were illustrated with cute designs to please children and adults alike.
As time has passed, my predilection for office products has not dwindled, on the contrary, I still spend countless hours perusing notebooks, pencils, pens, highlighters and the like, but now I try to focus on those that are simple, and follow minimalist lines, or those that use recyclable materials. And I usually find them on the MUJI store.
Muji is a Japanese company that sells the transparent gel ink pens that have been with me since the years of university. They do not pay me a single cent for this post, but I feel I owe them something, after all many of my good grades on exams and essays have been due in part to writing with a comfortable and beautiful pen that made the ideas and concepts fly on the page.
Muji represents for me, those writing accessories that make writing by hand, pure joy. A experience that might soon be obsolete - and I say this with certain nostalgia, typing on a laptop that does not require ink at all.
Y mientras escribo, tamborileando en mi laptop, ya voy sintiendo un poco de nostalgia, por el arte de escribir a puño y letra, algo que no hago quizás desde hace tanto.
MUJI
I have always loved the smell of newly purchased books, that lovely sensation of opening the book and facing brand new, white pages, that just came out of the oven. I also loved colourful pens and pencils as a child, beautiful ornamented stationery, or those Asian pencils with flesh coloured erasers as hats that resembled matches, or the strawberry scented erasers with pastel colours that were illustrated with cute designs to please children and adults alike.
As time has passed, my predilection for office products has not dwindled, on the contrary, I still spend countless hours perusing notebooks, pencils, pens, highlighters and the like, but now I try to focus on those that are simple, and follow minimalist lines, or those that use recyclable materials. And I usually find them on the MUJI store.
Muji is a Japanese company that sells the transparent gel ink pens that have been with me since the years of university. They do not pay me a single cent for this post, but I feel I owe them something, after all many of my good grades on exams and essays have been due in part to writing with a comfortable and beautiful pen that made the ideas and concepts fly on the page.
Muji represents for me, those writing accessories that make writing by hand, pure joy. A experience that might soon be obsolete - and I say this with certain nostalgia, typing on a laptop that does not require ink at all.
