R.S.V.P
by James Glazebrook
We may not always agree on shopping destinations (COS again Zoë?), but the one place that gets both of our consumerist juices flowing is paper porn paradise R.S.V.P. This small, wood-lined shop in Mitte is like the stationary cupboard of our nerdiest fantasies, stacked high with beautifully designed notebooks, pens and accessories from around the world. R.S.V.P recalls a time before paperless offices and the digitisation of everything, when the written word really mattered, and while there is an online shop, it’s little substitute for actually being there – feeling the oversized desk calendars heavy in your hands, or enjoying the satisfying click of a Japanese fountain pen. Ooh, I just felt a little shiver.
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god yes Faye would love the place! you can’t NOT buy something there as everything is beautiful! Rymans could learn a thing or two;-)
That shop looks magical to me as well …and of course Faye would love it as well….its sado really but if i have a few spare mins i call into rymans and browse and maybe buy something that might be useful sometime!!
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I know, so magical! I’ve been coveting that pencil sharpener for ages too — isn’t its heft very satisfying?
Agreed. I’ve no idea now why we didn’t buy it, and lots of nice pencils to sharpen with it!