Skicár with Gabi Vanacká
A notebook with 128 blank pages in 130x210 mm with a special insert.
Courier delivery within 48 hours
Skicár is a blank sketching notebook from Žurnál for undisturbed drawing. It comes with a special insert, Skicárnik – a set of short exercises and examples from Gabi, our "picture expert", that takes you step by step from the first dot through simple shapes to quick everyday sketches. Limited edition.
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Skicár with Gabi Vanacká
Sale price25 €
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Skicár with Gabi Vanacká
Sale price25 €
Who is Gabi Vanacká?
Gabz Vanacká is an illustrator, sketchnoter and professional idea-maker.
She draws and writes for joy - her own, because she needs creating for a good life; and her clients', for whom she turns dry corporate material into clear stories, pictures included. She believes that getting to know yourself and working on your inner self brings contentment into your life.
"Because I believe that pausing at the end or the start of the day and looking inwards helps us walk with intention rather than aimlessly."
Because I know that little girls and boys who couldn't draw (because someone once told them so) can learn it as adults too. How do I know? I learned it myself after 30, and today I draw for a living.
Because when you want to draw but don't know what, looking for inspiration often ends in scrolling online. Before you know it, your drawing time is gone, your Skicár is empty and you feel miserable.
-- Gabz
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 25 € goes
Tight margin
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Production8,00 € · 32 %
Printing, paper, binding and cover.
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Sleeve and packaging1,00 € · 4 %
Paper sleeve die-cut in Námestovo and packing.
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Prepress2,00 € · 8 %
Design, typesetting and proofreading.
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Marketing3,05 € · 12 %
Advertising. We count 15 % of the price excl. VAT.
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Logistics3,00 € · 12 %
Warehousing in Orava, packing and a shipping subsidy.
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VAT 23%4,67 € · 19 %
The tax we pay to the state.
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Running the company3,28 € · 13 %
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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