A sad story about the Dafron company, which made an iconic notebook used for decades in Israel: One look at the Hebrew word mahberet – notebook – arching in print on thin brown paper brings back countless memories of school days. From now on it will be possible to see such notebooks only among keepsakes … Continue reading Israel’s Dafron Notebook, Now Obsolete→
This week’s addict was nominated by Jennie, who sent me a link to this great post: My Journals and Notebooks, by Cheryl Wright, who says “I collect journals like an addict. I see one, it calls my name and I can’t rest until I buy it.” Here’s some of her collection: Make sure you click … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Cheryl Wright→
Diana at The Sketchbook Challenge has a great video where she talks about different kinds of journals and sketchbooks, which she has filled (and covered) with beautiful work:
I love these scanned notebook pages containing the creativity manifesto of Frederick Terral. (Hard to say what brand of notebook it is, but I’m guessing it could be a Piccadilly): Good advice! Read more about other inspiring messages and manifestos for creative people at Five Manifestos for the Creative Life | Brain Pickings.
The passage below is from a post a few years old but I only just recently came across it. The writer has some great insights about notebooks and does an in-depth comparison of various models he’s used: The primary goal of a notebook is to get out of the way… to disappear. It does … Continue reading Rands In Repose on Notebooks→
This week’s addict emailed me to say “I like Field Notes. Moleskine too but I dont buy them much anymore. Quality has gone down. I use a hc pocket plain and strap 3 FN together with one of their rubber bands. 2 for writing and 1 for music and book lists etc.” He’s not kidding … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Ted→
Grab a tissue before you click through to this link, because you’re going to drool: Design.Y, Handmade Leather-bound Notebook. I just found Design.Y via the Pencil Talk blog, and I had to sit on my hands to keep myself from immediately clicking the buy button for a few of these VERY expensive notebooks. At a … Continue reading Design.Y Handmade Leather-bound Notebook from Japan→
Here’s something I hadn’t seen before: notebooks with Native American-inspired designs on the cover: Found via Tribal Notebooks by ARMINHO | Paper Crave.
Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…