A tactile digital notebook for architects and designers. Sketch with Apple Pencil, write notes, drop in photos and memories, then turn the page like a real bound book.
The east wing has more light than expected. Golden hour reaches the back wall around 16:00; the window can be narrower without losing the effect.
Reduce east window to 1.8m wide
Keep oak threshold; refinish only
Final: ridge at 4.2m, eaves at 2.4m. Cladding meets at the threshold detail.
Warqa keeps the messy middle of design work together: early line studies, typed decisions, site photos, checklists, travel references, and the margin notes that explain why an idea mattered.
Full-bleed drawing built for Apple Pencil. The chrome gets out of the way so the line, pressure, and page texture stay in front.
Headings, lists, checkboxes, highlights, and handwritten margin notes live on the same page.
Drop in a photo, write over it, pin a note, or keep it as a memory page for later.
Studio notes, travel sketches, project briefs, loose pages. Keep each journal distinct with its own cover, color, and page template.
Turn the corner and the page lifts, folds, and falls. A notebook should feel like a notebook.
A curated set for working designers: enough range for expressive sketching, not enough clutter to pull you out of thought.
0.4mm · fine ink
2H graphite
flat tip · variable
soft · grainy
0.2mm · precise
Warqa is shaped around field work, early sketches, travel memory, and end-of-project review.
The first digital notebook that does not make me miss my paper one. The warm paper feel is uncanny.
Site visits used to mean three apps and a notebook. Now I sketch the elevation, type a task, and call it done.
Browsing the project library at the end of a year is the most satisfying design review I have ever done.
That is the bet. Warqa uses a warm off-white surface, fine texture, subtle page shadows, and pencil behavior tuned around pressure and tilt.
Yes. You can write notes, drop in photos, organize journals, and tap-edit pages with a finger. Pencil makes drawing shine.
Journals sync through your iCloud. Warqa is designed without ads, trackers, or public feeds, and private journals can be locked.
Export a single page as PNG, a spread as PDF, or the entire journal as a bound multi-page PDF with cover, index, and page numbers.
Free, forever. No ads, no tracking, no subscription. Just a calmer place to keep the shape of your thinking.