2024 UPDATE: This shop is now located near Gyeongbuk palace in Jongro. Check the brand’s IG (@allwrite_shop) and website/online store for most recent hours. Address: 102 Chebu-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul / Google map pin
Back in April I visited ALL WRITE, a stationery store I had been following on Instagram for a while. Thanks to my handy doodle calendar from the month, I can confirm the visit happened on April 22!
The little note I wrote that day reminds me I was really inspired by the shop and the owner. This was when I was just getting into my creative pursuits and I loved the idea of creating all these different products by graphic design, illustration and photography. And I loved the idea of a physical space/store to share things I made with others.
This was also before my stationery craze kicked in, so that first visit I only got three film photography postcards, which are still hanging on my door.
Since then, I have fully embraced my stationery obsession, from notepads to stickers to washi and more. I had been eyeing the 1/4 Year Diary on the brand’s Instagram for some time, and so with October approaching (the last quarter of 2019!) I thought I would treat myself to a visit back.
And as you can see the product design is so classic and simple and minimal and muted. I feel like I could become a classy and minimalist person if I used these notepads. (I know, buying more things and becoming a minimalist don’t belong in the same sentence.)
The website says it’s a brand for those who like to record things, which fits me to a T. With my time in this city and country nearing its conclusion (?), I have been trying to document and record things more. In the spirit of journaling, and fueling my stationery obsession, last month I started a Korean-style decorated diary, filled with super colorful and cute stickers and stationery. Basically the polar opposite of ALL WRITE’s aesthetic. What can I say? The Korean stationery universe is diverse and I embrace it all! Stay tuned as I continue my SEOUL STATIONERY eXPEDITIONS.
At the time of this post (September 2019) the shop was only open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-6.
ALL WRITE is located a bit of a walk from Sinchon Station, Exit 7
Take Exit 7 from Sinchon StationVeer right around the corner and walk 322 meters (just past the overhead bridge and railway park)Turn right in the alley in front of the Paris BaguetteWalk 144 meters and ALL WRITEis on your right, all right?
Blog post about my trip to other stationery stores in Mangwon-dong
Check out a short video of the shop AND see a flip through of my 1/4 Year Diary 2 months later:
A Wonderful Sheep 
Stationary heaven!!!!!
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