‘Laconic’ means ‘few of words’—whether the utterance is mysterious, terse, or pithy, a laconic comment has a certain efficiency of style. These informal notebooks from new Japanese stationery company LACONIC Co. embody that concision and density of meaning with a series of simple formats that hold much more than you’d expect.

Each LACONIC Style Notebook has a different layout, with defined spaces for brief entries on your projects, tasks, and preoccupations. Clever touches abound in the various formats, like a simple fill-in-the-blank status bar for each task in the To Do notebook, subtle time-of-day cues in the Daily and Weekly notebooks, and the hybrid dating format in the 100 Days notebook.

They’re all simple and unassuming tools, but the LACONIC Style series will help you do your best work. Compatible with all your pens and pencils, the smooth ivory-colored paper won’t bleed or feather.

64 staple-bound pages, A5 size (148 x 210 mm / 5.8″ x 8.3″). Made in Japan.