Creative Refills

Creative Refills by PLOTTER USA Podcast welcomes a special guest and a foundational person behind the scenes at PLOTTER USA — Yuri Aida, President of Designphil and Designphil America. Yuri has spent years sharing Japanese stationery culture with the world, and establishing Designphil America was one way to continue that work and bring high-quality Japanese stationery to the US. In this episode, Job and April sit down with Yuri for the Season 2 finale to talk about leadership, brand-building, and how Designphil’s “House of Brands” stays grounded in a clear philosophy as it grows.

Creative Refills by PLOTTER USA Podcast welcomes a special guest who brings a blend of artistry and analog passion — Abbey Sy from @AbbeySy. Abbey started her creative journey with a deep love for hand lettering and journaling, and has since grown into a multifaceted artist, author, and content creator based in Berlin.

In this episode, Job and April chat with Abbey about her artistic practice, her analog tools, and how she uses her PLOTTER to keep her life organized. Abbey shares the importance of reflection in her creative practice and how curiosity and leaning into different interests have been the key to her success and her solution to avoiding career burnout. Abbey also shares how she uses her PLOTTER to stay on top of her growing responsibilities at work and in life.

Creative Refills by PLOTTER USA Podcast welcomes a special guest with almost two decades of stationery knowledge in his pocket – Brad Dowdy from The Pen Addict (www.penaddict.com). Brad started his journey in 2007 with a simple blog aiming to help other pen enthusiasts like him find the right pen. Today, he is also co-host of the Pen Addict Podcast by Relay FM, recording over 700 episodes since 2012.

In this episode, April asked Brad to share his founding journey for this hobby and his creative work that he does until this day. He also shares how he sets up his trusty PLOTTER Leather Binder in Narrow Size to help him stay organized and on top of his various projects behind the brand.

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PLOTTER user and host of Creative Refills, Job, is no stranger to juggling both digital and analog tools as a photographer and designer in his daily workflow. In this episode, Job invites fellow photographer and camera enthusiast, Take Kayo (@bigheadtaco on Instagram and YouTube), to discuss the importance of using analog tools in our daily lives.

Whether it's through the use of pen and paper or the use of film in photography, Take and Job discuss how both analog and digital tools can complement each other, from creating art to maintaining our everyday schedules.

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PLOTTER and its versatile layout is a great tool for project management for professional work. Creative Refills by PLOTTER USA podcast welcomes back PLOTTER user Erick Gama (@_erickgama_ on Instagram) who has adopted the PLOTTER system since 2021. In this episode,

Job and April enjoy discussing Erick’s journey of stationery exploration, his professional use of PLOTTER, and his venture of opening a Latin American focused stationery shop.

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Do you use multiple notebooks and systems to manage various aspects of your life? PLOTTER users and hosts of Creative Refills, Job and April, are no strangers to the different ways various notebooks can be used in our daily routine. In this episode, they invite fellow stationery enthusiast Carola (@fromcarola on Instagram) to join their conversation about how she balance different systems for her creative outlet and personal life.

The hosts and guest also discussed the new 2026 PLOTTER Diary Refills and how they utilize it for their various projects and lifestyle.

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To kickstart the first episode of the second season of Creative Refills, hosts Job and April give the listeners a refresher about what the podcast is about. They also reminisced on a busy summer and their adventures in Tokyo and various PLOTTER pop-up events in Chicago and San Francisco. The duo invites PLOTTER creative director Takayuki Saito to join in the conversation and explain his vision behind opening the new flagship store PLOTTER TOKYO.

Finally, the episode ends with an introduction of PLOTTER’s original leather collaboration with Horween Leather Company: Predator in original “Amber” color. This collection is now available exclusively at the PLOTTER TOKYO flagship store and on PLOTTERUSA.COM

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Draw Today, Shape Tomorrow. This podcast talks about creativity, system techo, and how to enjoy a creative life balancing digital and analog. Hosted by Job and April from the PLOTTER USA team, we dive into conversations about PLOTTER, our creative tools, behind the scenes about the brand, and creative ideas to help you get started on a fresh page.

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Draw Today, Shape Tomorrow. This podcast talks about creativity, system techo, and how to enjoy a creative life balancing digital and analog. Hosted by Job and April from the PLOTTER USA team, we dive into conversations about PLOTTER, our creative tools, behind the scenes about the brand, and creative ideas to help you get started on a fresh page.

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