Hobonichi Weeks 2027 (Japanese): V&A Series - Leicester

The Weeks is Hobonichi's slim, pocketable planner: a weekly horizontal spread on the left, a full page of grid memo on the right, in a book narrow enough to live in a jacket pocket. This edition comes from the V&A in London and draws on the museum's Arts and Crafts holdings. It pairs two wallpaper designs: John Henry Dearle's Leicester of 1912, dense with foliage, and William Morris's Wreath of 1876, acanthus leaves twisted through poppy-like flowers.

Morris championed handwork and the shapes of wild plants at the height of industrial manufacturing, and his best-known maxim about keeping only what is useful or beautiful is embossed on the cover in gold foil.

Features

• Japanese edition, January start, Monday start

• Two V&A wallpaper designs, Dearle's Leicester of 1912 with Morris's Wreath of 1876

• Gold foil embossing carrying Morris's best-known line on usefulness and beauty

• Slim at 188 x 94 x 11 mm (7.4 x 3.7 x 0.4 in), narrow enough for a jacket pocket

• Light hardcover with a little give, stitch-bound so it packs flat

• Tomoe River paper, thin and light but resistant to feathering and bleed with fountain pen ink

• A clear adhesive corner pocket is included, to stick wherever you want the storage