Creative Business Veterans Still Passionate after 20 Years

Twenty years after launching successful designer stationery name that bares the founders names, Corban & Blair owner Gillian Corban is still passionate about the stylish niche products that pioneered an industry.

And, as a big fan of the products, I can understand why. A few times a year I can be found at the David Jones stationery department stroking the divine covers of Corban & Blair journals.

Here’s a link to an interview with Gillian Corban about their long-standing business success. It appeared in the April issue of the Women in Business eNewsletter.

I’ve kept a journal for years… and even though I don’t use them the same way now as when I was a teenager, they are still a treasure that I keep, and one of those items (some people are like this with clothes) that I keep buying faster than I can use them, and which I keep for no reason other than that they are too pretty before use and then too personal to do away with.

It’s not a secret that I love them so each Christmas someone lovingly adds one to my collection. Or, I’ll buy them, like souvenirs, when I travel. (Ok, journals, and greeting cards, and hand-made soaps and lotions!)

Pictured here:

• Red and Black - picked up at a market in Phoenix Arizona, hand made and very tactile.
• Grey with leaf print - from Corban and Blair
• Blue with handpainted etching of a turtle – bought in Mexico from a stall at the Global Summit of Women

Here’s how I use my journal(s) now:

• One for the notes from my coaching sessions
• One to write down goals and dreams
• One for taking notes during webinars/seminars (though my LiveScribe pen is sure to eclipse this one cause it’s so functional).

Congratulations to Gillian Corban and Amanda Blair for delivering a product that, I’m sure, allows many of us an outlet to create.

Read my interview with Gillian Corban here.