life is a journey. travel with style.
paper republic s'adresse à ceux dont la vie est un voyage. Nous créons pour vous des carnets, compagnons de cette aventure, qu'elle soit intérieure ou qu'elle vous ait poussé aux confins du globe.
Nous les avons voulus issus des matériaux les plus naturels: un papier doux et dense au toucher, des cuirs aux tanins parfumés de plantes, d'herbes et de bois. Nous souhaitons que vous ayez en main le compagnon, le confident qui recueillera vos notes, vos rencontres, mais aussi vos pensées les plus personnelles.
Nous croyons à l'authenticité du savoir-faire traditionnel qui, naturellement, produit style et beauté.
Nos cuirs proviennet de petites tanneries familiales séculaires de France et d'Italie, notre papier est fabriqué au coeur de la Suède, notre Katazome du Japon où il est imprimé à la main. Nos carnets et compagnons de voyage sont façonnés à Vienne, en Autriche et en Hongrie.
Depuis 3000 ans le papier recueille notre histoire qu'il marque de son empreinte. Nous lui croyons un avenir remarquable, expression de la beauté, de l'art et de la culture.
We trust an believe in paper. Join our republic!
notre histoire
paper republic is based in Vienna, Austria and was founded in December 2012 by Jérôme Bacquias. We develop and create our products in our office and factory, located in the Kunstanal, a community project for start-ups, designers, artists and artisans located at the heart of Vienna’s Jewish neighborhood.
Our products are crafted in Vienna, either in our factory, or by artisans and partners based Vienna and/or Hungary. We proudly collaborate with some of the best paper mills and paper artisans, leather tanneries, printing and book-binding companies.
Our notebooks and travel companions are sold in carefully selected shops worldwide and we have created custom editions for renowned art institutions like the MAK, the Kunsthalle, the Kunsthistorische Museum and Haus der Musik in Vienna, the Kunsthaus Graz, the Salzburg Museum or the Museum Rietberg in Zurich, and numerous companies worldwide.
l'équipe
What all started as a one-man company is now a team of four people and numerous artisans, artists and designers working closely with us. We are a European company with a Viennese flair, a strong love for Mitteleuropa, and international roots. Jérôme, the CEO & Founder is from France; Milan, our finance and project manager is from Germany; Teresa, our logistics manager, is from Austria, and Dorian, our graphic trainee, is from Germany. Wolfgang, who has designed our branding and all our notebooks, is from Austria. Our photographers Florian, Olivier and Nathan all now live in Vienna, but are originally from France (Olivier & Florian) and England (Nathan).
