Cute Office & School Supplies
Turns out, the joy that comes with shopping for school supplies isn’t something that goes away with age. So we researched the most beautiful, elegant stationery and supplies for the desks of all types of grownups—plus, gear to kit out the backpacks of kiddos, too.
Cute Office Supplies For Grownups
Retro
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Herschel Dawson Backpack Herschel, $119.95
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Anthropologie Iron
Utility Scissors Anthropologie, $18 Patinaed to perfection. -
Midori PAN AM
Brass Ballpoint Pen Notemaker, $33.17 -
LIFE Typerwriting Paper Pad School House Electric, $12 Extra fine paper made in Japan.
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CW Pencil Brass
Sharpener with
Leather Case CW Pencil
Enterprise, $22 -
Klein Tools Zipper
Consumables Bag Hand-Eye Supply, $17.95 Keeping bits and bobs
contained since 1857. -
Max & Moritz Chalk Pad Max & Moritz, $64
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Tom Dixon
Mathematician Set Walker Shop, $130 Tom Dixon-designed for the
math nerd with taste. -
E+M HIGHLIGHTER LEADS
5.5 MM PACK OF 6 Hand-Eye Supply, $11 These are 100% smudge-free. -
Siwa String & Button
Envelope Cooper Hewit, $48
Romantic
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Poppin Copper Soft Cover Folio Poppin’, $14 Functions like a manilla envelope,
but so much prettier. -
Studio Sarah Marble
“G” Notebook Studio Sarah London, $10.83 -
Ferme a Papier Purple Floral
Year-Less Planner Ferme a Papier, $27.50 -
Walker Art Cherry
Blossom Sticky Notes Walker Art, $3 -
STRIKE GOLD STRIPE FILE FOLDERS Kate Spade, $16
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Arminho Birds
Notebook Arnminho, $9.95 Ideally sized for
on-the–go note taking. -
Poketo Pattern
Click Pen II Poketo, $5 -
Maison Margiela
Ostrich Feather Pen Amara, $61 Unapologetically girly. -
Nataraj Marble HD Pencil CW Pencil Enterprise, $0.30 These tend to mysteriously disappear so buy a bunch.
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Brass Ruler Sugar Paper, $75
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Oui Margot Tote goop, $223 For the Francophile with
excess bagage. -
Parsienne
Pencil Case Anthropologie, $24 -
Sugar Paper The
Perfect Binder Sugar Paper, $48
Modern
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Elizabeth and James Cynnie
Leather BackPack Net-a-Porter, $645 A far cry from the beat-up
Jansport of your youth. -
Poketo Stick Up Weekly Calendar Dwell Store, $10
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Midori Brass
Number Clips Note Maker, $21.95 -
Hay Ballograf Huset Shop, $31 Never misplace your beloved
Ballograf again. -
P-S 3Pack Blue03
Notebooks Public – Supply, $32 -
Zip-It Mesh
Storage Pouches A+R Store, $20 -
L’Atelier D’Excercises
Endless Note Hand-Eye, $52 Whether mounted or laid flat,
this is to-do list gold. -
Metallic Rollbahn
Notebook Walker Shop, $6.50 -
White Eco Calculator
with Orange Numbers Poppin, $10 super sleek and priced to please. -
Tombstone
Mousepad Dowel Jones, $48 Made in Japan from a
single sheet of Italian leather. -
Ellepi KLizia 97 Stapler Max & Moritz, $27.50
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Copic 12pc
Basic Set Hand-Eye, $65
Classic
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O-Check Notebook Plain Note Maker, $9.95
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P-S 12Pack Classic
Hex Pencil Public – Supply, $12 -
M-Pui Roll Pen Case Tortoise General Store, $94 Fine Italian leather that only
gets better with age. -
Troubadour Briefcase goop, $1,495 The traditional working girl
briefcase, updated. -
Present & Correct Vintage
Composition Book Present & Correct, $9.35 Doesn’t get any more classic
that this. -
Anthropologie Densi Folder Anthropologie, $48
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Mondial Drawing Pins Note Maker, $2
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Classic Sport
Rollerball Pencil The Ghostly Store, $22 -
HAY Elastic Ball Huset Shop, $8
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Self Inking 32 Text Stamp Jake Spade, $135 “I Didn’t Mean Anything I Wrote.”
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Dukes Organiser Smythson, $660 It’s totally refillable so
you can use it year after year.
Cute School Supplies For Kids
Pens & Pencils
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Assorted Signature
Ballpoint Pen Poppin, $7 -
3Doodler MoMA Store, $99 #thefutureisnow.
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Artist Studio
Drawing 101 Paper Source, $14.95 The ultimate sketching
starter kit. -
Highlighter Set of 4 Cooper Hewit, $9.99
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Scented
Pineapple
Pen Paper Boutique,
$2.95 These smell like freshly
picked pineapples. -
Yoobi 12pk Gel Pens Target, $9.99
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Bright Pencils Set Paper Source, $12.95 Great way to sneak in
daily positive affirmations.
Coloring Tools
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Keith Haring
Paint Set MoMA Store, $18 Kind of meta in the
best possible way. -
Mr. Sketch Scented Water Staples, $9.89 Decades later, these never
cease to amaze. -
SWISSCOLOR COLORED
PENCIL SET CW Pencil Enterprise, $25 -
Handmade
Multi Crayons Present & Correct,
$36.60 Hands down the
coolest crayons
we’ve ever seen. -
Fibralo 24 Set Caran D’Ache, $18.50
Notebook & Folders
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Unicorn notebook Cotton:On, 4 for $20
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Peekaboo folio Ban.do, $6 Comes with stickers for DIY
decorating. -
Vinyl notebooks Leif, $8
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Emile et da Ida Notebook Orange Mayonnaise, $15.50
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Decomposition
notebook Bookbinders.com, $8 Made with recycled
paper and soy ink. -
5 subject notebook Asos, $10.75 Compact and color coded.
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Ring Binder Multi-colored Target, $5.99
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Geo Ocean Notebook Urban Outfitters, $6.95
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Trapper Keeper Stars Wars 2-Pocket Paper Folder Mead, $2.95
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Trapper Keeper “Fun in the Sun”
Heat Sealed Binder Mead.com, $9.99 We were pretty psyched to find out
these are still in production.
Backpacks & Pouches
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Voyager Backpack Rifle Paper Co, $142 Not shown: fuchsia
interior lining. -
Spurling Lake Tie-Dye
Backpack Urban Outiftters, $29.99 -
Sleepover Bag Monkey Roller Rabbit, $150 Can be used as a quilt, too.
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Kid’s Max the Monster
Pencil Case J.Crew, $22.50 -
Printed Roller Backpack Gap, $69.95 Easy on the eyes and your
little one’s back. -
Mini Rodini Yellow Backpack
with Panda Patch Children’s Salon, $88.69 -
Peanuts Novelty
Pencil Case ASOS, $17.95 A Snoopy case for your
little Peanut. -
Girls Iridescent Backpack Old Navy, $19
Misc.
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Sticky
Notes Set –
Thumbs Up Ban Do,
$12 -
Smiley Banana
Lunch Box Walker Shop, $16 -
BKR Heart
Water Bottle Leif, $34 -
Washi
Masking Tape Set Dry Goods NY, $42 This stuff ends up everywhere
(but never leaves a mark). -
Innobaby
Din Din Smart
Stainless
Utensil Set,
Green Amazon, $9.99 -
Fast Food
Puzzle
Eraser Set Urban Outfitters,
$8 -
Takenaka
Bento Box Plastica, $36 -
Design Patterns Desk Pad Cooper Hewit, $9.99 Because you’re never too young
to plan ahead. -
This Belongs
To Labels Side Show Press, $15 Priceless for keeping
track of textbooks,
binders, backpacks… -
Light My Fire
BPA-Free Tritan
Spork Little – 3-Pack Amazon, $6.99 Portable cutlery that’s
not at all dorky.
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