February felt like the right time to slow down and appreciate brands that are built with genuine intention, and Kinn Studio did exactly that for us this month. There's something about the way they've built their website that doesn't feel designed so much as decided. Like every choice was made with purpose rather than a need to impress. It felt fitting for February, for the start of a year that's still finding its shape, a reminder that the brands worth admiring aren't always the ones making the most noise.

We came across Young Baroque early in the year and it stayed with us through February in a way fonts don't always do. There's a confidence to the letterforms that keeps it elegant rather than theatrical. We used it sparingly, which felt right. The kind of typeface that works best when it's given space to just exist on the page. In February especially, with all its associations with romance and occasion, it felt less like a design choice and more like the obvious one.

The PLNR became the tool that finally made the new year's rhythm feel sustainable. Built around a quiet cadence of quarter, month, week, and day, with just one to three priorities at its core, it reframed what a productive day actually looked like. For those of us who create, build, and lead, the feeling of never being truly done is one we know well and The PLNR addressed that with better boundaries. Crafted in Norway and bound in linen cloth with hand-finished matte-black edges and weighty uncoated paper, it's been something we've put on our coffee table with intention. 

We have a special code if you would like to try it for yourself, use BLANCHE at checkout for €10 off and let us know if The PLNR worked for you.