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On Cool Hunting’s Holiday Gift Guide, I found the Behance line of stationery for creative professionals. They’re specially designed to capture to-dos in meetings, with a proprietary methodology called the “Behance Action Method”. It’s Franklin Covey for creatives, designed to get a class of Perceivers to act more like Judgers.

Can stationery make the unmethodical methodical? Should office supplies come with built-in orthodoxy? For the analysis-prone like myself, a pretty to-do list like this might be a nice kickstart; a treat that inspires me to focus afresh. For those who get offended by trying to put all of life in small boxes, it might be too much.

This week I discovered See Jane Work, a store and Web site, which (despite for being a bit too precious and girly in its aesthetic) has a philospohy and product line that I couldn’t agree more with:

“At See Jane Work we’ve long admired the European aesthetic of bringing Function and Style to necessary items. Using simple designs and a fresh color palette we’ve created a line of products for the Office, Home and Home Office that reflect that understated elegance and unpretentious sense of purpose. Now, the notebooks, binders and organizational products that you use everyday can not only help you manage your work, they can also reveal your personal style.”