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Whakaaro / Thinking is a limited edition designer note book. Printed and manufactured in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Object Space Bookfair 2025
Designed to be used for all manner of inspiration. Covers are a natural fibre-board with deep foil covers. Text is printed graph paper in a range of colors. Quarter bound with paper over the spine. Section sewn allows for a typically flat book for full page access to the wide format. As a portrait 180 x 240 mm notebook, its designed to be a mid-sized book with 120 pages.
Produced in 5 colours , Black, Blue, Green, Red , Yellow
Designed by Philip Kelly Studios
· Crafted and printed entirely in Aotearoa New Zealand
· Flat-lay section-sewn binding for full-page usability
· Graph paper in mixed colour tones
· Coloured feature sections front and back
· Mid-size format ideal for design, journaling, and planning
Print Info: & Production Partners
B&F Papers – New Zealand’s largest 100% owned and operated print supply company
Touchprint Group – Print & Book Production
Book Binding Press – Binding services , section sewing , case binding specialists
Newton Cutting Forms Services is a leading die maker in New Zealand, providing high-quality cutting formes, foil stamping, emboss or deboss blocks
A proportion of the proceeds created from the sales of the Whakaaro notebooks are being donated to Objectspace . Objectspace is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading gallery dedicated to the fields of design, craft and architecture. It seeks to invigorate exhibition making, support and discourse in these fields, and to provide a wealth of opportunities to engage and expand knowledge of material cultures.
Whakaaro Notebooks will be available at Gallery stores in New Zealand soon.
© INC.Productions & Philip Kelly Studio 2025
Whakaaro / Thinking is a limited edition designer note book. Printed and manufactured in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Object Space Bookfair 2025
Designed to be used for all manner of inspiration. Covers are a natural fibre-board with deep foil covers. Text is printed graph paper in a range of colors. Quarter bound with paper over the spine. Section sewn allows for a typically flat book for full page access to the wide format. As a portrait 180 x 240 mm notebook, its designed to be a mid-sized book with 120 pages.
Produced in 5 colours , Black, Blue, Green, Red , Yellow
Designed by Philip Kelly Studios
· Crafted and printed entirely in Aotearoa New Zealand
· Flat-lay section-sewn binding for full-page usability
· Graph paper in mixed colour tones
· Coloured feature sections front and back
· Mid-size format ideal for design, journaling, and planning
Print Info: & Production Partners
B&F Papers – New Zealand’s largest 100% owned and operated print supply company
Touchprint Group – Print & Book Production
Book Binding Press – Binding services , section sewing , case binding specialists
Newton Cutting Forms Services is a leading die maker in New Zealand, providing high-quality cutting formes, foil stamping, emboss or deboss blocks
A proportion of the proceeds created from the sales of the Whakaaro notebooks are being donated to Objectspace . Objectspace is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading gallery dedicated to the fields of design, craft and architecture. It seeks to invigorate exhibition making, support and discourse in these fields, and to provide a wealth of opportunities to engage and expand knowledge of material cultures.
Whakaaro Notebooks will be available at Gallery stores in New Zealand soon.
© INC.Productions & Philip Kelly Studio 2025
Whakaaro / Thinking is a limited edition designer note book. Printed and manufactured in Aotearoa New Zealand for the Object Space Bookfair 2025
Designed to be used for all manner of inspiration. Covers are a natural fibre-board with deep foil covers. Text is printed graph paper in a range of colors. Quarter bound with paper over the spine. Section sewn allows for a typically flat book for full page access to the wide format. As a portrait 180 x 240 mm notebook, its designed to be a mid-sized book with 120 pages.
Produced in 5 colours , Black, Blue, Green, Red , Yellow
Designed by Philip Kelly Studios
· Crafted and printed entirely in Aotearoa New Zealand
· Flat-lay section-sewn binding for full-page usability
· Graph paper in mixed colour tones
· Coloured feature sections front and back
· Mid-size format ideal for design, journaling, and planning
Print Info: & Production Partners
B&F Papers – New Zealand’s largest 100% owned and operated print supply company
Touchprint Group – Print & Book Production
Book Binding Press – Binding services , section sewing , case binding specialists
Newton Cutting Forms Services is a leading die maker in New Zealand, providing high-quality cutting formes, foil stamping, emboss or deboss blocks
A proportion of the proceeds created from the sales of the Whakaaro notebooks are being donated to Objectspace . Objectspace is Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading gallery dedicated to the fields of design, craft and architecture. It seeks to invigorate exhibition making, support and discourse in these fields, and to provide a wealth of opportunities to engage and expand knowledge of material cultures.
Whakaaro Notebooks will be available at Gallery stores in New Zealand soon.
© INC.Productions & Philip Kelly Studio 2025