Destiny/Morris Windrush Washi Tapes

Paperblanks Destiny/Morris Windrush Washi Tapes

Beautiful washi tapes as double-pack for your bullet journal, dot grid planner or calendar

Featuring authentic Japanese washi tape paper, foil overlay and a touch of varnish for protection, the Destiny/Morris Windrush Washi Tape Set brings a touch of color to your dot grid planner. This double-pack is inspired by an antique book binding and a William Morris textile pattern.

The most important facts about the Washi Tapes Destiny/Morris Windrush from Paperblanks at a glance:

Dimensions: 4.5×4.5×1.5 cm
Color: Colorful
Material: Authentic Japanese washi tape paper
Content: 2 rolls with 10 metres of high-quality patterned tape per roll

About the design of the Washi Tapes:

Original Art: Chamerot et Renouard’s binding for Voltaire’s Book of Fate / William Morris pencil and watercolour sketch
Era: Bound in 1893, first published in 1747 / 1881
Region: France / Surrey, England

Voltaire’s Book of Fate: Destiny

This design originally housed Voltaire’s Zadig, or The Book of Fate. First published in 1747, it tells the story of Zadig, an ancient Babylonian philosopher. In the work one finds the seeds of the modern detective story. There are few authors more influential and admired than Voltaire (1684–1778). His work especially appealed to late 19th-century France, which was recovering from an 1870 defeat by Prussia. The French people responded by focusing on objects of profound beauty and intellectual depth in order to showcase their dreams for the future. It is no small wonder that Zadig was chosen to be reprinted in this marvellous golden binding, crafted in 1893 by Chamerot et Renouard in Paris.

William Morris: Morris Windrush

William Morris (1834–1896) was one of the most celebrated practitioners of the Arts and Crafts movement. He embraced the ideal of craftspeople taking pride in their personal handiwork, as opposed to the dehumanizing onslaught of the Industrial Revolution’s mass production techniques. He famously said that any decoration is futile when it does not remind you of something beyond itself. Morris specialized in the ancient technique of hand woodblock printing to create his textile patterns and sought inspiration for his famous repeating patterns from the natural world and the decorative artists before him. The influence of “millefleurs” tapestries, early prints of herbs and the abundance of exquisite detail in medieval art can be appreciated in his works, like this Windrush design. His evocations of antique florals and plants have become classics of the decorative arts and were an early inspiration for our journal designs, gracing our covers from the very beginning.