Guest post series - 'Filohax' No. 19 - Paul

Thanks very much again to Paul for this nineteenth instalment of his wonderful guest post series.
You can find all of the 'Filohax' posts here.     

Decoration... for Men (or for anyone really) 😉

I've seen various conversations about should we / shouldn't we decorate our binders (especially men), and generally until recently I myself have mainly chucked in a few photos or used graphically interesting tab dividers as minimal decoration. Until I watched a YouTuber that is, talking about notebooks, and how they used 'found ephemera' as decoration (apologies, as I don't remember the lady's name). 

Once I understood that ANYTHING can be used to decorate a Filofax, I realised that any found items that could be stuck onto page turners at the front and back of my binders (in my case), and can accumulate into images in their own right. In fact, I love the way that they ARE random and the challenge then is to compose the most interesting graphic from this randomness, forming meaningful (to me!) images that track my movements / interests / aesthetic sensibilities. 

Here are page turners from both my work binders (Portland 5/4) and home binders (Grosvenor 7/8). In my work binder, I collect mainly stickers I find on my work travels and the same for my personal home binder. 

 

Why not give it a try yourself?