Skicár
A notebook with 128 blank pages in 130x210 mm for undisturbed sketching, drawing, doodling or note-taking.
Couldn't you make a smaller notebook? We could. Meet Skicár. The first plain notebook from Žurnál, made for undisturbed sketching.
Bonus: every Skicár comes with an insert of examples by illustrator Gabi Vanacká. A simple guide to start drawing – from your very first dot as far as you want to go.
Courier delivery within 48 hours
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Tight margin · see where your money goesComes with a free insert with drawing examples by Gabi Vanacká.
Skicár in cloth
We've finally come closer to books. Or at least to book cloth. Ours is 100% natural, made from quality cotton processed entirely in the EU. It stands out among the best cloths on the market – but you're used to that from us by now, aren't you? It's made by a Swiss company that cares about ethical conditions and sustainability.
Five colours of premium cloth
For eight years our notebooks came only in black faux leather. Today you choose from five colours of premium cloth.
Honest. Local. Handcrafted
We stand for local production, ethical sourcing of materials and honest work. From the moment tonnes of paper arrive at our place until they turn into finished planners, notebooks or books, we think of just one thing: that you hold the most honest product possible in your hands.
We have nothing to hide
Radical transparency is one of our values. So here is exactly what it is made of and where the money you pay goes.
Where your 22 € goes
Tight margin
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Production8,00 € · 36 %
Printing, paper, binding and cover.
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Sleeve and packaging1,00 € · 5 %
Paper sleeve die-cut in Námestovo and packing.
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Prepress2,00 € · 9 %
Design, typesetting and proofreading.
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Marketing2,68 € · 12 %
Advertising. We count 15 % of the price excl. VAT.
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Logistics3,00 € · 14 %
Warehousing in Orava, packing and a shipping subsidy.
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VAT 23%4,11 € · 19 %
The tax we pay to the state.
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Running the company1,21 € · 6 %
Salaries, support, new products and profit.
Specs and materials
Size
130x210 mm
Pages
128
Paper
90 g uncoated
Cover
cloth
Bookmark
triangular
Printing
bio-based inks
Local suppliers
Carbon footprint
Even a paper notebook has a footprint. We calculated it for the whole of 2025 and divided it per item: DEFRA 2025 emission factors, transport by parcels, services and marketing by spend (GHG Protocol). We keep refining the method together with our suppliers.
≈ 1.2 kg CO₂e per notebook. Roughly like driving 7 km by car.
Production0.58 kg · 49 %
Materials, printing, binding and cover.
Running the company and marketing0.43 kg · 37 %
People, software, ads and energy, divided per item.
Transport to us0.09 kg · 8 %
Materials to production and finished products to the warehouse.
Transport to you and packaging0.07 kg · 6 %
Parcel and box.
What we do about it
- We print in Slovakia and Czechia. No air freight. Our warehouse sits next to the printer in Orava, so finished products do not travel for nothing.
- We do not shrink-wrap diaries one by one. We use bulk packaging to cut down on plastic.
- We ship in recycled cardboard and, when we can, in boxes our suppliers sent us goods in.
- For trips and small transfers we book shared transport and BlaBlaCar.
- We print to pre-orders. If something does not sell, it does not end up in the bin but in our outlet or in schools.
What you can do
- Order more things at once. One parcel instead of three.
- Choose a pickup point or locker instead of home delivery. So the courier does not drive out for a single parcel.
- Buy second quality and sale items. We also work with production seconds. Everything usable is cheaper in our second quality section. You save money and rescue something that would not get a chance elsewhere.
- Buy only what you will really use. The smallest footprint belongs to the diary that never had to be made.
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