- Nifty
- 08.30.12
- Brandbook, Cavallini, Clairefontaine, Doane Paper, Ecosystem, Filofax, Grandluxe, Hitlist, Kikkerland, Leuchtturm, Maruman, Mead, Miquelrius, Moleskine, My Collection, Organization, Piccadilly, PSN, Rite in the Rain, Scribe, TeNeues, Vernon McMillan, X17, Zequenz
… for me and my notebooks! I’ve been posting a little less frequently lately because I’ve been very busy preparing for a move to a new home. My notebooks, of course, are all coming with me, and I’ve been trying to organize them better in the process. For years, I’ve stored them all in shoeboxes, [...]
- Nifty
- 06.01.12
- Addict of the Week, Black & Red, Cavallini, Clairefontaine, Daycraft, Doane Paper, Ecosystem, Field Notes, Maruman, Mead, Miquelrius, Moleskine, Other People's Notebooks, pens, Piccadilly, Quo Vadis, Rhodia, Writersblok, Addict of the Week, economy pens, notebook addict
This week’s addict blogs at Economy Pens, and of course he has to test all those pens on lots of notebooks: The picture above consists of the contents of one of my desk drawers and is probably about 90% of what I have for notebooks. Not shown are my legal pads (mostly Doane or Staples [...]
- Nifty
- 01.25.12
- Kokuyo, Maruman, My Collection, Places to Buy, Reviews, writing, campus, japanese, jetpens, kokuyo, Maruman, notebooks, pens, wire-o
JetPens is renowned as a fabulous source of, well, pens… but they also stock a lot of great notebooks too. Brad at Jet Pens was kind enough to send me some samples for review– let’s take a look! These 3 notebooks are give a first impression of sleekness, somehow. The covers are smooth, and they [...]
- Nifty
- 12.15.11
- Clairefontaine, Doane Paper, Fabio Ricci, HandBook, Kiki James, Kikkerland, Kolo, Leonardo, Leuchtturm, Maruman, MIchael Roger, Miquelrius, Moleskine, My Collection, Noted, Organization, Pentalic, Piccadilly, record-keeping, Rhodia, Rite in the Rain, sketchbook, Strathmore, Writersblok, Zequenz, collection, handbook journal, looseleaf, lots of notebooks, Moleskine, notebook storage, notebooks, piccadilly notebook, stacks of notebooks
Today I thought I’d just share some photos of various parts of my notebook collection and where they are scattered around my apartment: Below is a corner of my office where I was going through boxes of notebooks and had stashed some used ones that needed to be put away. There are a few months [...]
- Nifty
- 08.12.10
- Maruman, My Collection, Pilot, Places to Buy, Reviews, binder, japanese, kinokuniya, lined, looseleaf, Maruman, pilot, thumb-index
Here’s a look at a couple of notebooks I couldn’t resist buying at Kinokuniya, a store in Manhattan that specializes in books, movies, stationery and other Japanese items. The first is a quite unique notebook, made by Pilot and branded “THE-II” on the front. The cover is a very retro leather-textured plastic: But here’s what [...]
- Nifty
- 12.18.09
- Ecosystem, Kolo, Maruman, Miquelrius, My Collection, new products, Reviews, Rhodia, blackwell, dialogue, ecosystem journal, grandluxe, kiki james jotter, kiokuniya, Kolo, Maruman, miquelrius, moleskine alternative, monologue, pilot, Reviews, Rhodia, simple diary, tops designer notebook
I have quite a to-do list going with various new notebooks to review, not to mention old ones from my collection. Here’s a few of my recent purchases and samples I’ve received that you’ll get a look at in the next couple of months: Simple Diary Rhodia Notepad Kolo Essex Travel Book Tops Designer Notebook [...]
- Nifty
- 03.06.09
- Clairefontaine, Maruman, Miquelrius, My Collection, Clairefontaine, Coach, job, lined, looseleaf, Maruman, unlined, wire bound, work
I have a few notebooks stashed in my desk drawer. These have traveled with me through 3 job changes, but I’ve only used any of them actively for brief periods. The first one is this 4″ x 5 3/4″ Cahier de Toilex made in Japan by Maruman. It’s not my ideal size, but I love [...]