PLOTTER USA Team visits Dromgoole’s in Houston, Texas

It was a sunny and nice spring weekend in Houston, Texas for PLOTTER’s first retail store pop-up of the year. The weather was uncharacteristically cool, which made it a pleasant visit to Dromgoole’s, a stationery store featuring fine writing instruments, inks, and paper goods.

The storefront of Dromgoole's Fine Writing Instrument.

Back in 1961, Dromgoole’s was known for being one of the largest typewriter and calculator stores in Texas, with several locations. Today, they transformed into a store that carries quality stationery that caters to an uplifting stationery lifestyle for everyday analog lovers. Walking into the store, you can immediately see beautifully arranged fountain pens and ink bottles. The choices are overwhelming for beginners but enticing for seasoned writing instrument enthusiasts.

A table filled with boxes of fountain pens inside the Dromgoole's store.

Dromgoole’s is PLOTTER’s first official retail store based in the United States. Along the wall, the iconic Pueblo Leather Binder in A5 Size and Bible Size is displayed. A large table is set up for visitors to walk up and inquire about the PLOTTER system. Just like a doctor would answer questions about a patient’s ailment, PLOTTER’s team was there to help customers figure out solutions to their journaling and planning problems.

A table with a variety of PLOTTER Leather Binder samples splayed out for users to pick up and look at.

A wall display featuring all the Refill Memo Pad types from PLOTTER.

A variety of paper samples from PLOTTER’s Refill Memo Pad are available for visitors to try out. Dromgoole’s team supplied tester inks and dip pens for anyone to create their own set of colorful ink swatches on PLOTTER DP paper, our proprietary paper that is great for fountain pen inks.

A close up of an ink swatch page using a PLOTTER Refill in Mini Size.

On Friday afternoon, PLOTTER Team hosted a seminar sharing different methods to take notes and utilize different page layouts of PLOTTER. When is the last time you approach a blank page with excitement and creativity?

A whiteboard-like sketchpad with drawings of the PLOTTER Refill cycle system.

A group of customers sitting in the seminar hosted by PLOTTER USA staff.

PLOTTER Team’s Pop-Up event went through Friday and Saturday. We loved looking at PLOTTERs that fans brought to the event. Each piece has a patina and character in unique ways.