THE DOCUMENTED LIFE
THE DOCUMENTED LIFE
PEOPLE OF NOTE The diaries of industrious minds demonstrate that, just as there’s no one single way to live a life, there’s no one single way to record it.
of the most personal possessions we carry with us on our journey through life, it’s only natural that it shapes itself to our own preoccupations, passions and proclivities. This fact becomes especially clear when we embark upon the pleasurable pursuit of admiring the various Smythson diaries that have been used and cherished by celebrated names past and present. As we’ve been making diaries for well over a century, there are a multitude of fascinating examples for us to choose from. On these pages, intrigued by the way in which diaries are shaped and moulded by the personalities behind them, we’ve selected three figures that showcase three very different approaches to chronicling their own lives on our blue Featherweight paper.
A Smythson diary can be many things to many people. For the more pragmatic types, our pocket-sized Panama diaries offer a simple means of keeping track of key dates and appointments. For others, the diary is a more emotional object, containing musings, memories, ideas and inspirations. With this in mind, Smythson offers diaries in many shapes and sizes, from week-to-view layouts for those whose chief desire is organisation, to the more expansive day-per-page layouts for those whose thoughts — and creativity — tend to be a little more... overflowing. Whatever the scale or design, we all use our diaries in our own, distinct way. What’s more, given that a diary is one
An open spread of fashion designer Erdem Moralioglu’s Soho diary.
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