A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my newfound infatuation with the Robert le Héros date books. This week I began to wonder who’d come up with these lovely designs.

As it turns out, Robert le Héros is the name of a Parisian-based graphic design agency that’s been turning out colorful textiles, papers, and home furnishings for the past 15 years. The agency was founded by four women, and according to their website, they’ve now grown to 8 people. This website says they can be found in New York at Tatashimaya and ABC, at the Galeries Lafayette in Paris, at Liberty in London, and at Tokyu Hands in Japan. Hmm…