Case study · 03
Sidenote Stationary
Thoughtful stationery for the little things you don’t want to forget.
- Engagement
- Brand, Website & Online Store
- Delivered
- Branding · Website · Online Store · Digital Downloads
- Live
- Launching soon
The build
The brief
Sidenote began as an idea about slowing down: that writing something by hand is a small way of being still. The name carries it — “stationary”, spelled for Psalm 46:10, “Be still”. It needed a brand that felt handwritten and warm rather than corporate, and a store that sells both paper you can hold and printables you can download tonight.
What we built
The identity: “sidenote” lettered in one looping line over a note with its corner turned up, “stationary” in a quieter script inside it, and a palette of cream, honey and rust. Then the store around it — shop by collection (notepads, sticky notes, journals, planner pads, pens & tools, stickers, gift sets), instant downloads for printable planners and trackers, a journal with notes to self and planning tips, a newsletter, and the help pages a shop needs.
Decisions that shaped it
The mark’s own details became the site’s language: the looping line runs between sections as a divider, and the note’s turned corner reappears on every button and product card. Photography stays soft — linen, morning light, a cup of coffee — so the products read as part of a slow morning, not a catalogue.
What’s next
The store is built and stocked, and Sidenote opens on its own domain soon. We’ll add the link here the day it launches.
In short
Sidenote Stationary makes paper goods for the little things you don’t want to forget — notepads, sticky notes, journals, planner pads, stickers and gift sets, and printables that arrive the moment they’re bought.
We built it whole: the name and its story, a hand-drawn mark with a note’s turned corner, a warm cream-and-honey palette, and the store that carries it — collections, a cart, instant downloads, a journal and a newsletter.
It’s the studio’s brand and commerce work in one: an identity small enough to sit on a sticky note, and a shop built around it.
Deeper in the live site
