Techo Kaigi | My planner system review 2023

Techo Kaigi: My planner system review 2023

Every year around October I start to think about finally printing out inserts for my planner for the coming year. As I’ve printed my own inserts since 2016, I’ve always took this time to review my usage and make adjustments. Thanks to stumbling upon this video with mid-year review of planner usage by team at US stationary shop Yoseka, I’m now aware that this practice has a new trendy, japanese-inspired name of “Techo Kaigi”, thanks to thriving planner culture around Hobonichi Techo and other planners.

So, below are my musings about my planner usage, my experiments with insert layouts and what I’m going to test out in coming month, before I commit to a full year of inserts.

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new planner | custom Van Der Spek unboxing

Van Der Spek logo

Van Der Spek – голландская компания с почти 100-летней историей, специализируется на ручном производстве продуктов из кожи, сейчас основная масса их продаж приходится на OOAK органайзеры – предоставляя покупателям возможность выбрать свой микс кожи для использования, сделать свою конфигурацию кармашков, добавить или убрать элементы компания наткнулась на золотую жилу. Высочайший уровень мастерства и отличное качество и разнообразие доступной кожи способствуют росту славы и увеличению аудитории бренда среди plannerverse.

Мне давно хотелось заказать для себя органайзер у них, неоднократно я экспериментировал с различными сочетаниями кож в их онлайн-конструкторе и вот, наконец-то, я счастливый обладатель планнера от Van Der Spek!
Под катом – подробности о моем выборе, фото unboxing и мой новый планнер во всей красе.

Van Der Spek – is a Netherlands-based company with an almost 100-year history, specializes in the handmade production of leather products. Now the bulk of their sales are in writing and planning accessories, including OOAK organizers – giving customers the opportunity to choose their mix of leathers, fine-tuning product features and customize final result with other options and the company stumbled upon a gold mine. The highest level of skill and excellent quality and variety of available leather contributed to namerecognition via word-of-mouth mostly and the increased the brand audience through plannerverse.

I wanted to order an VDS organizer for myself for a long time, repeatedly I’ve experimented with various leather combinations in their online planner design tool and now I’m finally a happy owner of custom Van Der Spek!
After the jump – some details about my choices, unboxing photos and my new planner in all its glory.

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