Ruff Drafts Notepad

Every brilliant idea has to start somewhere. Preferably somewhere surrounded by sleeping dogs.

The Ruff Drafts Notepad is a 5 × 7-inch grid notepad for sketches, lists, diagrams, plans, notes, and ideas that haven't quite figured out what they're going to be yet. A sleepy lineup of illustrated pups stretches across the top, providing exactly the kind of calm, focused supervision your work requires.

Fifty tear-off grid pages give you plenty of room to think on paper—and permission to make a mess before you make something good.

Why We Love It

Ruff. Drafts. We appreciate a stationery pun that knows exactly what it's doing.

Grid paper is wonderfully versatile. Write, sketch, organize, diagram, map things out, make lists, or finally determine whether the furniture will actually fit over there.

No pressure to be precious. This is paper for working things out. Tear off a page, scribble all over it, and try again.

Excellent management team. The sleeping dogs appear to have delegated all actual productivity to you.

Details

• 5 × 7-inch tear-off notepad
• 50 pages
• Grid layout
• Cardboard backing
• Not adhesive
• Designed in Chicago
• Printed in the USA
• Designed by hey ★ sooj

About the Artist — hey ★ sooj

Founded by illustrator Suge (Soo-ji) Lim, hey ★ sooj is an AAPI- and woman-owned stationery and gift brand based in Chicago. Her illustrations bring warmth, humor, and personality to useful everyday objects—pieces made to be scribbled on, shared, carried around, and enjoyed.