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rying to make her notes as perimenting with different types of me to see everything at once. But
pretty as possible, Emily Tang paper. digital gadgets only provide scroll
TYan-Tung has tried numer- function or zoom in and out func-
ous notebooks and pens that lead “For drawing, I use kraft paper. tion. I cannot see my ideas all to-
her to fall in love with stationery. I like the colour combination of gether”, she says.
The 18-year-old student has spent brown kraft paper and grey pencil
more than HKD 2,500 (US $318) marks. As I find white paper ugly She believes stationery is irreplace-
on over 100 pens and around HKD for note-taking, I use Muji’s cream- able even though she often uses
1500 (US $191) on 100 notebooks. coloured paper instead. Then I use digital gadgets for her study out of
grid paper for Chinese and lined convenience.
Her journey as a stationery lover paper for English,” Tang says.
began in secondary school when CUHK student Paul Ip Pui-Hei,
she saw her teacher’s colourful “When I brainstorm essay ideas, who also loves stationery, has ven-
blackboard writings. To match her I write on many pieces of paper. I tured into the fountain pen world
notes with the blackboard writing, lay them side by side which allows since he worked part-time at a
she bought pens in the same col-
our as her teacher’s chalk markers.
“

“Back then, I came up with a few An iPad with a matte screen protec-
ways to make my notes look aes-
thetic such as using calligraphy tor is not even close to tactile feed-
pens,” says the social work major back of pen and paper
student from the Chinese Univer-
sity of Hong Kong. ”

Other than pens, she also likes ex-

Emily Tang Yan-Tung doing sketching on brown kraft paper.
(Photo courtesy of Emily Tang Yan-Tung)