Top Planners for 2022

I even started thinking that the former engage practically all the human senses - colours that please the eye, design, the texture and rustle of paper, images of juicy fruits or little cakes for saturated flavour memories, the scent of fresh-off-the-press ink. Well, perhaps I'm exaggerating a little, but nonetheless a paper planner is "alive", real, graspable with both hands, huggable, tossable into a handbag or stuffable under a pillow. So let's take a look at what planners their creators in Latvia have prepared this year.

1. Oh My Days planner

Three designs, three cover colours - classic BLACK, delicious LATTE and juicy LAVENDER tone. A5 format, 12 photographs on monthly title pages, 12 inspiring texts, various design note pages, weekly spread on both pages, monthly plan, hard covers with soft-touch coating, metal corner pieces, bookmark, back pocket, quality paper, 90 mg thickness.

The creators emphasise that the content and design are suited to both women and men - which is pleasing. The planner creators have also taken care of accessories: each planner comes in a fabric bag, with the option to additionally purchase decorative clips, "Yes List" worksheets, and pens in gold and black.

Looks delicious, elegant, luxurious - just a shame the pen only comes with one blue ink and a fairly wide nib (1 mm).

@ohmydaysplanotajs - price €24

2. BALTS Paper Goods planners

Previously known as the brand "BALTA eko". Now much more modern, fresh and refined, but in terms of planners just as consistently classic and concise.

There are several options, but design-wise attention was caught not by the astronomical year but the school year (August to August) planner offering. Essentially these are pocket-sized planners with a weekly spread, flexible printed covers in 4 designs with rounded corners and a bookmark, FSC uncoated paper. Looks juicy and pairs well with notebooks and a designer pencil case.

@baltspaper - currently on sale €2.24

3. Dream Light Planner

Three different designs with a "soft touch" cover - in MINT, POWDER PINK and PURPLE (lilac).

Weekly spread, monthly summary, monthly goals, inspiring quotes, bill payments, name days and public holidays. For the first time, a pocket at the back cover has been included in the planners.

What particularly spoke to me was each planner's year "promise", if I can call it that - "The Beautiful 2022", "The Amazing 2022" or "Progress, not Perfection 2022". Choose what you want, and "Your dreams will come true."

@dreamlightplanner - €18.00

4. MY TIME MANAGER planner

In Nadīna's planner, below each month's title image you will be able to read the magical words of one of 12 women, who wished to pass them on to each of the planner's users. 12 messengers - Inga, Eva, Una, Egija, Ieva, Agate, Kristīne, Sāra, Inga, Ilvija, Sanita + digitally created artist illustrations. As a gift, a beautiful artist-drawn sticker page. Ascetic 2-colour hard covers in tones - ocean and cappuccino. About taste, of course, there is no argument.

@mytimemanagerplanner - price €17.00

5. Planner "My Latvia" - Court Garden Notes

Restrained, classic, even snobbish (in the best sense of the word) - that is the "My Latvia" planner for 2022. After each month you will find an original poem by the author about one of Latvia's cities (Sigulda, Liepāja, Rēzekne, Cēsis, Kuldīga, Daugavpils, Jūrmala, Saulkrasti, Talsi, Riga, Bauska, Jelgava) and a photograph of it. The planner contains 17 original poems by the author in total. Weekly spread with time markers, public holidays and name days, with three peaceful havens and other interesting notes. Size 17×24cm, hard covers, eco leather in burgundy, with gold print on the cover and gold corner pieces.

The planner evokes an afternoon coffee break in a cosy Latvian manor house room furnished with heavy, golden dark brown solid wood furniture.

galmadarzs.lv - price €25.00

6. Small Planner for Big Goals

A palm-sized planner with 288 pages. Despite the page count and hard covers, it is quite lightweight. Bound firmly and well. Matte cover in 3 colours - floral, green and sand; 2 fabric bookmarks running through the pages. Full of recipes, little stories, 12 self-discovery monthly tasks and quotes. Also full weekly spreads.

The small planner (size: 11.7 × 16.7 cm) can be slipped into a bag, taken to a party, a work event, on a trip - absolutely anywhere. Just small enough to be convenient. A delicate floral pattern runs through the whole planner.

@HannaAnnaplanotajs - €17

7. Anytime planner

I thought it wouldn't appear, but it HAS - a newcomer to the IINUU planner Top. Five different colours - sunshine yellow, sky blue, manna-pink, classic black, lilac violet. Faux leather covers with an openable ring mechanism, space for business cards, pen and pencil, magnetic closure. Size: 167 mm × 234 mm.

An original weekly spread, designed more for brief scheduling entries than lengthy notes. Slightly heavy due to the impressive binding. On the FB account and website one would like to see higher quality, more vibrant images - there is something worth showing. Could do with a story, not just technical specifications, but otherwise interesting.

@Anytimeplanner - €24.90

Seven so far, but more to follow....

N.B.
The IINUU planner Top has been compiled since 2015, gathering the offerings of planner makers right here in Latvia. I'll remind you that the order in the Top is of no significance whatsoever - the main goal is to reflect as much information as possible, highlight planners' qualities, delight in the creators' creative ingenuity and offer subjective reflections along the lines of "I like/don't like it because...". If you have any suggestions or observations from the sidelines, please share them in the comments section below the article or by email: [email protected]