Give your thoughts, illustrations, and field notes a dedicated stage with the MD Notebook (A5, Frame). Designed in Japan by Designphil, the MD Notebook series embraces a philosophy of quiet minimalism—eliminating distracting ornamentation to focus entirely on tactile writing comfort. The Frame format reimagines the blank page through the lens of classic laboratory and field notebooks, striking a harmonious balance between open creative freedom and structured logging.
Each page features a clean, bordered rectangular frame with an integrated header box at the top, making it effortless to record dates, project titles, chapter numbers, or weather logs while leaving the center completely unruled for free-form writing, mind maps, sketches, and ephemera pasting. Constructed with world-renowned cream MD Paper (80 g/m²) across the interior pages, endpapers, and exterior cover, it delivers an exquisite, tactile tooth under the nib with virtually no feathering, bleed-through, or ghosting—even under the wettest fountain pen nibs and brush inks. Built using traditional thread-stitched binding with an exposed cheesecloth spine, the journal lies completely flat at 180 degrees from edge to edge for stable, wobble-free writing. Wrapped in a nostalgic protective glassine dust jacket, each journal includes an integrated bookmark ribbon and a sheet of minimalist index tab stickers ("IDEA", "DIARY", and blank labels) to archive your finished work like a treasured volume on your bookshelf.
- A5 size (14.8 x 21 x 1 cm)
- 192 pages
- Blank format
- Cream MD Paper
- Fountain pen friendly
- Made in Japan
【ABOUT THE BRAND】
Rooted in Japan under celebrated stationery house Designphil Inc., MD PRODUCT traces its heritage back to the 1960s with the creation of original MD PAPER. Born from an uncompromising dedication to the comfort and tactile pleasure of handwriting, the brand has evolved from a paper pioneer into an advocate for Yohaku (余白)—the art of creating intentional margins in time, thought, and daily life. Guided by the design philosophy of "Refined by Subtraction," every piece strips away unnecessary ornamentation to foster mindful pause, honest self-reflection, and creative calm.
The brand specialises in fountain-pen-friendly MD Paper Notebooks and pads, celebrated for their exposed cheesecloth lay-flat bindings and bleed-resistant, FSC®-certified paper that delivers an exquisite balance of smooth ink absorption and tactile nib feedback. Expanding beyond classic notebooks, MD PRODUCT also crafts structured daily diaries, multi-year record books, minimalist desk interior tools, and tactile protective covers in vegetable-tanned leather and wax paper. Each product honors unadorned materials in their purest form, offering writers and creators around the world an enduring sanctuary to slow down and simply be themselves.
