Ola

ola is a British paper goods brand established in 2013 by designer Katy Goutefangea.

Working exclusively with UK makers, ola produce beautiful everyday items with an emphasis on craft, quality and traditional manufacture.

19/03/2023

MOTHERHOOD 🤍⁠
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This Mother's Day we're exploring the work of three influential female artists, each has used their practice to navigate both the joy and turbulence of motherhood. ⁠
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You can read more over on our Journal, just follow the link in our bio⁠
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📷️ 01. Phyllida Barlow and her daughter Clover Peake in front of ‘Shedmesh’ at the Camden Arts Centre, London, 1975 Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth⁠
📷️ 02. Phyllida Barlow, upturnedhouse, 2012. Collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh.

06/05/2022

We’re so lucky to have many wonderful stockists whose values align with our own. One of which is . ⁠
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Based in Tokyo, Kakimori celebrates the joy of writing. They craft the most beautiful tools, including a range of notebooks bound using our Patterned Papers ♥️

07/04/2022

The Ultimate Organiser Gift Set - ⁠our most premium gifting option, perfect for the friend who is always enviably organised. ⁠
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🔸 We've curated a special selection of our limited edition items, all celebrating the women of Bauhaus. ⁠
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🔸The set is presented in one of our handmade Archive Boxes - ideal for keeping your desk tidy. ⁠
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🔸 This Gift Set is as practical as it is beautiful - it includes a medium-sized notebook, a weekly pocket planner and a desktop pad. ⁠
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🔸 No stationery gift set is complete without the ultimate writing tool. We've chosen the Hightide Green Penco Bullet Ballpoint Pen, guaranteed to make each page a joy to fill.⁠
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Available now on our website...

29/03/2022

It's always such a pleasure to see one of our notebooks well-worn and filled with creativity ✨⁠
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Thank you for sharing , I hope the new notebook is treating you well 🧡

05/02/2022

As a go-to point of reference, this little book is always on hand during product development at the studio. ⁠
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Sanzo Wada was an artist, teacher, costume and kimono designer during a turbulent time in avant-garde Japanese art and cinema. Wada was ahead of his time, developing the concept of combining colours and highlighting the importance of doing so, helping to pave the way for contemporary colour research. ⁠
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If you flick through one of our (three!) copies of A Dictionary of Color Combinations, you'll find many swatches missing. Instead, they're taped to the studio walls ready to inspire the transformation of a black and white sketch into the final design 🎨

29/01/2022

As was often the case, Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s work was for many years overshadowed by her husband, sculptor, painter, and poet Jean Arp. It's only very recently that her work has been celebrated and her fearlessly playful attitude recognised.⁠
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“Part of what young women are drawn to is Taeuber-Arp’s restless sense of freedom. She was not keeping herself only to one thing. She was liberated to do what she wanted.” - Curator, Walburga Krupp⁠
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See Sophie beautifully captured the first photo, and our studio wall full of drawings and research in the next.

20/01/2022

MEET OUR SOPHIE PRINT 🧡⁠ ⁠
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Inspired by the work of Sophie Taeuber-Arp. Swipe to see the design journey...⁠
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Firstly, the finished product, our Sophie print Patterned Paper in pink and orange. The second image shows some initial pencil sketches and colour research, and finally one of the pieces that inspired the print by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Animated Circle Picture, 1935.⁠
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You can find the full collection over on our website and the wholesale site now!

11/01/2022

It’s almost a year to the day that we first launched our pads.

Both practical and beautiful, they’re designed to be your ultimate desktop companion. You can use the weekly planner for daily to-do lists, tracking goals and making notes, while the dotted pages provide a structured space for your sketches, notes and ideas.⁠
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They’re a bespoke shape based on the golden ratio and have been intentionally designed to be slightly smaller than A4, so you can tear off and slip a page into your notebook without any overhang.

10/01/2022

Both practical and beautiful, our Desktop Pads are designed as the ultimate desktop companion. You can use the weekly planner for daily to-do lists, tracking goals and making notes, while the dotted pages provide a canvas for your sketches, notes and ideas.⁠
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They are an unusual shape based on the golden ratio, and have been intentionally designed to be slightly smaller than A4, so that you can tear off and slip a page into your notebook without any overhang.

04/12/2021

· Benita Koch-Otte ·⁠
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Following her time at the Bauhaus and until her retirement, Benita Koch-Otte became a teacher, developing new innovative weaving techniques to share with her students.⁠ Read more about the life and work of Benita over on our Journal page! ⁠
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📷 Courtesy of Bauhaus Dessau Foundation - Fabric samples and warping cards on graph paper by Corona Krause (1926/1928) from Benita Koch-Otte's class at Burg Giebichenstein Halle)

25/11/2021

· ORGANIC COTTON WRAPS⁠ · ⁠
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They're back! 🧡⁠
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Our sustainable and reusable organic cotton wrap, inspired by the ancient Japanese art of Furoshiki is now back in stock!⁠
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A long-lasting alternative to wrapping paper, this simple square of fabric can be exchanged, treasured and reused year after year. Use it to decorate a special gift, as a hair scarf, wall hanging or accessory, or even to transport your lunch.⁠
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Each wrap is silkscreen printed onto lightweight organic cotton. Lovingly made in India in collaboration with a social enterprise, whose aim is to create sustainable livelihoods for rural women where employment opportunities are limited.⁠
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Now available for a limited time on both our website and wholesale site!

Address

12-13 King Square
Bristol
BS28JH

Telephone

+447429268662

Website

http://www.olastudio.co.uk/

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