May 17-20, 2009 in New York City at the Stationery Show held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, Kikkerland Design will introduce a new line of notebooks, planners and accessories called LEUCHTTURM1917, manufactured by the German stationery company Leuchtturm. Producing high quality stationery for over 90 years this family owned business has become the world’s leading manufacturer of coin and stamp albums. This, their first line of notebooks and planners, are a blend of unique and practical features including newly designed archival bleed-proof paper, numbered pages and an index for organizing notes.

There are shops in the US that have picked up the introductory styles including the awesome MASTER SIZE book that measures 9 x 12″ - big enough to store large sheets of paper with out damaging the edges (I personally recommend the grid-version) - with new styles arriving in late July.

Here are a few stores offering LEUCHTTURM1917 now: MXYPLYZYK and McNally Robinson Bookstore in New York City; Powell’s Books in Portland; Arch, Heartfelt and Flax in San Francisco; HR Meininger in Denver; Boulder Books in Boulder; and the National Building Museum in Washington DC.