This seemed like an appropriate notebook for today: Actually, the contents of this notebook are anything but romantic. My mother gave it to me in 1981 and asked me to keep a diary while she was away for a couple of weeks, helping her sister with a newborn baby. I dutifully chronicled everything I did, [...]
I love it when I get emails that begin like this: “My name is Cassie, and I’m a notebook addict. I’m sending you some pictures of my collection.” Here’s what Cassie has to say: I love, love, love notebooks. I’ve been scribbling ever since I could hold a pen, and keeping a journal seriously since [...]
Chapéu is Portuguese for “hat.” The folks there emailed me and asked me to check out their site, and I’m glad I did. Check out their fun designs! They do notebooks, agendas, and illustrated books, all for sale via their website.
The nice folks at Brandbook.de offered to send me some samples, and how could I resist? They do a wide variety of customized notebooks for various clients, but you can’t buy them in stores. Here’s a few of the recent projects they’re most proud of: The first one was made for the Art Directors Club [...]
Here we are with another Carnival of Pen, Pencil & Paper. It’s an interesting selection this month– I think the notebook people need to step it up a bit as far more of our submissions tend to be about pens! But there’s a great variety of pen articles that made for interesting reading, so I’m [...]
BengKia discusses using wire-bound sketchbooks, Monologue notebooks and Moleskines: The advantages of a stitched sketchbook over a spiral-ring sketchbook are a few. I have found that the spiral-ring binding is prone to being bent out of shape when stuffed in a bag and once the binding rings are deformed, it makes opening the pages difficult. [...]
This week’s addict is someone whose sketches I’ve posted here before. He sent me these photos of his collection– it’s great to also see their “home”– I’m thinking “where your notebooks live” could be a topic for a whole series of posts! Here’s what Rowland has to say about his addiction: I’m on ‘serious Moleskine’ [...]
Robert Thompson is a Yale professor who has long been renowned for his classes on African art and Afro-Caribbean culture. Here’s a clipping from the Yale Alumni Magazine where he shows off one of his notebooks: You can read the whole article online here, though unfortunately there are no pictures.
Another clipping from the New York Times Style Magazine (Dec. 4, 2010)– my eyes went right to the sketchbooks in the middle: Here’s a close-up: Yes, she’s beautiful and smart and a talented artist, but aren’t you most envious of the fact that her husband makes her leather-covered notebooks!?
