April 12th 2012 Our competition together with re:duziert Blog is over. "Where are we missing?", was the asignment. We got 10 submissioen which proposed beautiful stationeries all over Germany. The winner is Christoph Schulte, who convinced us with a smypathic and detailed introduction of his favourite stationery in Hamburg. The promised Taschenbegleiter will be freshly produced and send to the lucky winner. Have fun with an organizer, made of recycled Printing Blanket, 100% made in Germany.

We would like to thank everybody who took part! Many nice stationeries have been proposed to us, which we will contact now. All suggestions that lead to a new partner for us, will be rewarded with a Taschenbegleiter. By the way, this offer is always true: name us a new potential dealer and if things work out, we will reward you.

March 10th 2012 It is a plesure to advise customers, because nice things arise! Today: This macbook air cover. Our strong leather at the outside, thin and smooth velours inside. Four elastics at the edges. One fastener. Call us, if you urgently need something like this.

March 23rd 2012 You can win a DRUCKTUCH-TASCHENBEGLEITER! In case you subscribed to our newsletter you already know it: We introduced a new cover for our Taschenbegleiter. We use PRINTING BLANKET, which is used in the process of offset printing. PRINTING BLANKET-TASCHENBEGLEITER are only available at our dealers. More Information can be found in the menu "Material + Formats" as well as and many sample pictures in our gallery. In addition you can win one: Reduziert auf Drucktuch - eine Taschenbegleiter-Gewinn-Aktion. (German only, sorry).

March 15th 2012 Good news for those writing with fountain pens! Animated by many comments to an article at the Notizbuchblog we checked the quality of our note booklets. In fact handwriting with a fountain pen did not look satisfactory for us. As soon as our stock is empty we will user other paper like in our calendars. Thank you for several notes about this!

March 8th 2012 DEAR CUSTOMERS! From march - august, our retail shop is closed on saturday. We are opened MO-FR from 8:30 a.m to 5:00 p.m ... sometimes longer and SA from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Just call us if you want to visit us after 5:00 p.m. It is no problem to make dates according to agreement. from september 2012 an, we are open on saturday again.

5. March 2012 Mr. Blaak, asked us whether it is possible to "make a new loyal companion out of the old loyal companion"? Sure! Soon we can punch out to pieces of the schollbag and create his TASCHENBEGLEITER A5.



Thinking of your own old bag in the attic? Feel free to write us: kontakt@roterfaden.de oder auf twitter @_Roterfaden

29th February 2012 People say you should not care too much about what others might think about you. But we are listening anyway. Julia from the German Notizbuchblog published her thoughts about our products in two very long and extensive illustrated posts. You may read her field report about the Taschenbegleiter here and her second post about the booklets we offer can be found here (both in German). We are very happy - Thank you so much, Julia!

We would like to collect this and other reports about ROTERFADEN and made a new page for this purpose: "Customers about us". You can find it in the menu under "All about Roterfaden".

15th February 2012 Pssst! Here is a hot tip for everybody who intends to order from us: For subscribing to our MAIL OF THE MONTH you will get a 5€ voucher that can be redeemed in our shop. Stay in touch with the periodic ROTERFADEN mail of the month. We gladly inform you each new moon about recent tips, promotions and new products. For registering please follow this link.

14th February 2012 We did clean up. Our Page "Other things that fit" is now tidy. Well-arranged, with more details and even more examples we show you which papers and devices fit in our Taschenbegleiter. Examples to follow! We will be very happy to receive more of your ideas! Show us, what's hiding inside your Taschenbegleiter and send it to us via email to kontakt@roterfaden.de or on twitter @_Roterfaden or post it on Facebook.

3rd February 2012 Invitation to official opening: On February 10th the exhibition fassade (cladding) by Annika Schindler will open at 7 pm at Roterfaden, Rosenstraße 11. In 20 photographs in small format the globetrotter shows claddings, visible covers not only of buildings, which she encountered during the last 12 months in Spain. Her pictures show marks how only time leaves them in covers.
It is the 8th exhibition of the yet again in Saarbrücken living artist. The photographs will be accessible until march 30th during opening hours Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 7 pm and Saturday 10 am - 2 pm at the Roterfaden salesroom. We are looking forward to welcoming a lot of visitors!
More information about the artist: http://einblick-fotografie.com/

2nd February 2012 How quickly time flies! It's been a year since we moved into our salesroom at the Rosenstraße in Saarbrücken. A lot of the daily business at Roferfaden happens here: Taschenbegleiter and calendars are stocked, work stations are here and we provide advice for our customers. If you are e.g. interested to try your hand on a Taschenbegleiter or an iPhone case then our salesroom is the place to visit.

31st January 2012 Another option to have your KINDLE 4 or GALAXY TAB with you in your Taschenbegleiter, is a model fitting the size of the tablet. The tablet is held on the back side by four elastics in the corners. The three pairs of clips are slightly moved towards the inside. For the iPad we offer this format by default and to tailor it for any other tablet is not a problem, of course.

24th January 2012 Thanks for the positive feedback concerning our TASCHENBEGLEITER for the ipad. Did you know: A lot of our customers use there GALAXY TAB or KINDLE 4 inside the TASCHENBEGLEITER A5. We recommend to choose the standard-pocket, but 4cm higher. Fits perfect. No special format or extra costs necessary. Just tell us per Mail or use the input field "your message".

3rd January 2012 The Roterfaden-Team says THANK YOU for an amazing and exciting 2011! Have a Happy New Year!

8th December 2011 APPLICATION PORTFOLIO: Customers told us many times, that it is impossible to find nice and high-grade covers for there application. Now we produced the first one. Format A4. Inside suede and outside leather. Only one pair of clips. No elastics and no pen-holder. Personal broidery to make sure you get the cover back.

28th November 2011 SPECIAL EDITION 2011 // coral red leather
short delivery time of 2-3 working days. 2mm thick natural leather. Vegetable tanned and dyed, with a smooth and natural surface. Limited edition. Only format A5. Details at the shop

22. November 2011: commonly folders (the simple once made of strong paper) do also fit inside a TASCHENBEGLEITER A4. In some cases 1 cm has to be cut of, because the folder is oversize. If you don't want to cut yourself or if you need a lot of folders, ask your copyshop.

21. November 2011 The quality of our broideries has always been brilliant, but since a photographer is working in our team, you can also recognize it on the pictures. New - much better - pictures at our Gallery Broidery

7. November 2011 During December 2011 the Quartier Mainzer Straße becomes again a by foot accessible Advent calendar. Several doors and windows are already decorated with big numbers. Our door is number 12! You are kindly invited to visit us on December 12th. Mayor Charlotte Britz will be our guest and we will prepare cinnamon waffles for you.


From December 1st to December 24th every evening at 6 p.m. a door of the accessible Advent calender will be opened. In advance the door will be nice illuminated to point the way. Members of the orchester-club „Musik verbindet“ from Oberwürzbach will prepare acoustic signals with trombone & trumpet. Around the newly opened door a little surprise for five to 30 minutes will be happening.

More information can be found on posters around the city and online: www.advent-im-quartier.de, www.facebook.com/diemainzersb.de

10. Oktober 2011 We updated our "Find a Dealer"-page with the first Shop in Kuwait. Kuwait, USA and Canada - it is great to see our products all around the world. And of course everything is also available in our salesroom and webshop.

25. September 2011 NEW: You are invited, to have a look at pencil drawings "EN ROUTE" by Steffi Westermayer. They are on exhibition in our salesroom. Delicate drawings, composed on tour. Please visit us during our opening hours and see for yourself.

2. September 2011 Cleaned the pavement, bought flowers and how excited we are! Tomorrow there will be the neighborhood event at Mainzer Straße. Starting at 7 p.m., Corman will be rocking our salesroom l (Rosenstraße 11, 66111 Saarbrücken). Join the fun in!

24. august 2011 New: Our iphone solution. The cover made of thick leather will last forever.
Available in light-brown, dark-brown and black.

16.august 2011: Have you ever been to our salesroom? No? Well, there are no excuses any more not to visit us any time soon. Starting next Saturday, August 20th, we will open our doors on Saturdays, too. From 10a.m. to 2p.m. you are kindly invited to pay us a visit.
So, come to our salesroom in Rosenstraße 11, 66111 Saarbrücken. Our doors are open MO-FR from 8:30a.m. to 5p.m. and SA from 10a.m. to 2p.m. We are looking forward to see you there!

6. august 2011:Thanks for many impressions of many relationships. Our picturegallery is growing. todays picture was taken at the ROTERFADEN birthplace. The Academy of the Visual Arts in Saarbrücken.The circle is closed.

18. july 2011: The calendar 2012 arrived today. This year once again, we were faster than the rain.
Now available, dry and new in our online shop and shop window.

5. july 2011: What a nice colour for the comming year. The stickers 2012 arrived.

27. june 2011: The CALENDAR 2012 are currently beeing printed. NEW: From now on, all ROTERFADEN BOOKLETS are climate neutrally printed. As soon as the calendar are ready, we will send you a newsletter. Stay informed !

12. may 2011: A new ROTERFADEN LESEHEFT has been published.

3. may 2011: Today we found something really wonderful in front of our shop. crochet-art in urban space. More Informations about the artist who enrichs our town.

13. april 2011, Awards ceremony: www.roterfaden.de wins silver at "Saarländischen Website Award 2011". Download the competition's brochure featuring portraits of the winners here.

7. april 2011: See how a TASCHENBEGLEITER is manufactured at ROTERFADEN: Gallery Manufactory.

25. march 2011: ROTERFADEN goes Social Media: After Facebook, we are on Twitter now.

4. march 2011: Because of high demand, we have a second solution to put the iPad inside the TASCHENBEGLEITER. Apart from the iPad SOLUTION (1) = The iPad pocket inside our TASCHENBEGLEITER A4, you can now choose the iPad SOLUTION (2) = A TASCHENBEGLEITER with special format fitting for iPad, with Elastics in each corner of the back side. Available at the shop from TUESDAY, 8 MARCH.

4. march 2011: Norman is working on the solar-sign for our new store. We are going to show you the result.

24. february 2011: As announced in our newsletter, rising prices for leather, stainless steel clips and various services, we need to adapt our prices which have been stable since ROTERFADEN's foundation. So do not wonder if you'll find new prices soon. Or even better: Order now quickly.
We continue to have our products manufactured 100% in Germany. Furthermore, we use vegetable-tanned and dyed leather.

11. february 2011: dear friends: ROTERFADEN is on Facebook now.

27. January 2011: Juhu: we are moving. As of monday you are very welcome to visit us at our nice new shop and store. ROTERFADEN, Rosenstrasse 11, 66111 Saarbrücken.

Friday, 10. december 2010: Thanks for the many, many orders. We are busy with producing and packing! Everything you order this and the coming week (week 50) and pay immediately will arrive timely before christmas eve. (shipping adress in germany).

december 2010: We get a lot of requests for "Taschenbegleiter for the iPad". One suggestion: The Taschenbegleiter A4. We adapt the Standard Pocket larger for iPad. The iPad will stick out about 1cm. NEW: Now available at the KONFIGURATOR.

17_11_2010: Our new Website is online.

November 2010: Our purchase of the month: Now we have the .de domain, too: www.roterfaden.de

October 2010: The postboxes are getting fuller and fuller the closer it gets to the end of the year. If you are heavily thinking about a TASCHENBEGLEITER as christmas present, you do us a favour NOT to wait till december : ) No stress and enough time for expert advice. For example you can choose a personal broidery.

September 2010: 2011 is going to be sunny. The coloured stickers just arrived. The ANNUAL COLOR 2011.

August 2010: Do not forget your friends birthdays : ) Buy flowers early enough. No need to copy each birthday into your the new calendar every year: Take a look at our new multi-year (birthday) calendar "Unvergesslich".ist da.

August 2010: The notepad "Gesagt.Getan". Alternative to our everlasting notebooks. Because its looks very different inside every TASCHENBEGLEITER, we planed the pad to be suitable for the clips and for different inside pockets.

July 2010: For the first time, ROTERFADEN CALENDAR 2011 are available in two different layouts.
The calendars can - as usual - be ordered in three formats from 1. august 2010.

July 2010: ROTERFADEN is just one of many nice and delicious causes, to visit the Heimatdesign Market. in Essen // ZECHE ZOLLVEREIN. 03. - 04. july 2010 // 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. // entrance free!

June 2010: sewing box news: We just finished the special edition for DIE ZEIT. Velvety leather. Smothed an softly greased. Dark brown with light grey and other new, resistless combinations. > ZEIT Shop

June 2010: The Designer Verena Beermann is collecting nice german design on Facebook. She just mentioned ROTERFADEN. Please feel free to contact her, if you know any interesting products.

May 2010 Spring Fever: We love turquoise felt!! If you also have to have this colour, just call us or send us your memo in the comments of your order. While stocks last.

March 2010 New article for our booklet assortment: sheet protector for the taschenbegleiter A5+ and A4+.

February 2010 Only chapbooks in your basket? Shipping for chapbooks is now 1,45€ only.

January 2010 ++ New chapbook release ++ ROTERFADEN LESEHEFT Nr. 8 ++ Benjamin Zahn // weltwärts // Roman

UPDATE PAPERWORLD 2010: ROTERFADEN will not as announced exhibit at the upcoming PAPERWORLD. We are underwater anyway. For those who planned to visit us there: Please contact us, we will simply visit you.

January2010: We wish you a happy New Year 2010

X-mas is coming. We wish all our friends a nice advent time and Happy Christmas

24. - 26. September 2009 Thank you for the invitation to the annual meeting. The slogan of this year's meeting of the BUND DEUTSCHER DESIGNER (AGD) was: WA(H)RE WERTE.

27. July 2009 The Calendars 2010 in A4 / A5 / A6 are ready and sent to the print shop. They can be ordered and delivered in two weeks. To be viewed in the FAQ. We have respected 1.001 customer's wishes.

29. June 2009 Deduce 3% discount for cash in advance from your order's s total.

28. May 2009: Found after manyfold request (as usual for new stuff): Inside material leather. We have researched and found beautyful soft suede. Does not go extraordinarily well with dancefloor cover, but magnificient for all three leather colors. Just choose in the Konfigurator. We are happy to send samples.

14. May 2009: Hooray: the new TASCHENBEGLEITER A4+ is shipped and looks really great. It's also named KONFERENZBEGLEITER (conference companion). Looks like something. Please excuse the waiting time (in the name of the clip supplier)

09. March 2009: Hat off, helmet on. Our new website is online. Even without nice traffic signs: there are still some construction sites. Please don't stumble. Please check: the new TASCHENBEGLEITER KONFIGURATOR!.

Beginning of March 2009: Economic crisis hits ROTERFADEN: Our clip supplier has thrown over our plans and had to return a leased machine due to a lack of orders. A new supplier is found already. "Good thing" TASCHENBEGLEITER format A4+ will take another while.

The new TASCHENBEGLEITER Format A4+ is not yet perfect enough for the shop, but we have developed first prototypes. The new format is available starting beginning of March.

Press in January 2009: A small Article in "page" magazin about thr ROTERFADEN LESEHEFT by Ralf de Jong (see category CHAPBOOKS in our shop).

Press in December 2008: "Badische Zeitung", "Stuttgarter Zeitung" and "IN - das Star und Style Magazin" :-)

As many customers requested, we are about to develop a TASCHENBEGLEITER format A4+. Prototypes of the new and bigger clips have been created. Expected to be available in the shop end of January. More infos and orders as usual by phone or by email.

ROTERFADEN says "thank you" for the invitation to the romantic Christmas fair 2008 at Burg Hohenzollern, Saturday, November 29 and Sunday, November 30, 2008 from 11am to 10pm.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung In issue August 19, 2008 Nils Schiffhauer reviews the TASCHENBEGLEITER in the "Technik & Motor" section. "Drei Klammern helfen. Der Taschenbegleiter schafft Ordnung."

BRAND EINS The (best German) economy magazine: in Heft 07, July 2008 Roman Pletter writes in the category "Das geht" about ROTERFADEN. "Wie sortiert man den ganz normalen chaotischen Alltag? Statt digital aufzurüsten, setzt eine Designerin auf einen Kalender, der Zettel ordnen kann."
www.brandeins.de

ROTERFADEN AT THE PAPERWORLD 2008 January 23 to 27,2008 in Frankfurt/Main. Visitors are welcome at booth A33E in Hall 5.1.

ROTERFADEN RELEASE PARTY /Wednesday, Dezember 12, 2007,from 7pm, at the Modul, Kaiserstraße Saarbrücken. ROTERFADEN LESEHEFT lecture with Benjamin Zahn and presentation of illustrations by Matthias Kreutzer, Bogatzki Inc. and Eva Walker. Besides that: ROTERFADEN TASCHENBEGLEITER and ROTERFADEN HEFTE to touch and to buy // Music: Kid Cone and Pitch Bucannan.

ROTERFADEN LESEHEFTE AUTHOR'S READING Young prose // poetry // illustrations. Reading with Thomas Klupp, Tom Bresemann, Benjamin Zahn and open microphone.Saturday, Dezember 1st, 2007, 7.30pm at the Villa Lettrétage // Methfesselstr. 23-25 // 10965 Berlin Kreuzberg // U-Bahnhof Platz der Luftbrücke // More info: www.lettretage.de // Phone: 030-6924538, Musical Intro: Benedikt Reidenbach (www.benedikt-reidenbach.de).