Michael Bierut‘s ‘30 Years 90 Notebooks’ Exhibition

Remember Michael Bierut’s 86 notebooks? Well, he’s up to 90 now. And they’re in an exhibition with a really cool poster!   Read more: Michael Bierut‘s ‘30 Years 90 Notebooks’ at College of Saint Rose | New at Pentagram | Pentagram.

The Notebook of an Autistic Artist

The New York Times recently published an extensive profile of an autistic young man and his struggles to function more independently as an adult in the working world. His ambition is to be an illustrator and animator– below are some photos of the amazing little drawings he does in the composition book he carries with [...]

Notebook Addict of the Week: Aimee

This week’s addict emailed me these wonderful photos and commentary about her notebooks. You can read more and see larger images on Flickr. I’m an addict.  Although I have more than in my photos, I don’t really have more than I will use (except let’s not count my addiction to Field Notes, yeesh).  These photos [...]

Michael Roger Decomposition Books: New Design! (and Giveaway!)

The folks at Michael Roger just sent me a sample of their newest Decomposition Book: a snazzy honeycomb design! (See my previous review of Michael Roger notebooks.) And I’m going to pass it on to a lucky winner! Enter as usual: On Twitter, follow Notebook Stories and tweet something containing the words “Decomposition Book” and [...]

Notebook Addict of the Week: Rachel

This weeks addict blogs at No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane, where she wrote what’s below under the title “floating thoughts:” I find that, everyday, things are floating in my head. At any given moment, there are a myriad of thoughts, revelations and epiphany’s that ping back and forth and I’m almost certain that I won’t [...]

Notebook Addict of the Week: Brett

This week’s addict admits he is a notebook junkie:   I may have a problem. My obsession with notebooks started early. My first love was a perforated Mead notebook (non-spiral). I was a budding cartoonist during elementary and middle school and the fact that I could cleanly remove my creations was a big deal.  Not [...]

Notebook Addict of the Week: Caroline

This week’s Addict loves composition books. She has a row of old ones used as journals, plus lots of colorful new ones bought cheap during back to school sales! Read more at Back-to-school: Colorful Composition Notebooks — Caroline Rutledge Armijo.

Reader Week Notebook Addict of the Week: Nathan

This week’s addict sent me a link to his blog post “Serious Notebook Addict,” where he displays these and other photos: Yep, Nathan’s got a problem! Here’s what’s in his current collection: 3 Large Moleskine Cahiers (although these are being sold in a couple of days) 7 Composition Notebooks 3 Medium Moleskine Black Cahiers 1 [...]

Book Review: Writers and Their Notebooks

Don’t you love the cover of this book? How could that not make a notebook fan want to read it! It certainly sucked me in, and the publisher was kind enough to send me a review copy. (Which actually has a slightly different cover, with a much cooler old-school fountain pen instead of the purple [...]

Review & Giveaway: Michael Roger Notebooks

I’d noticed Michael Roger’s Decomposition books in several stationery stores– they’re a clever twist on the traditional composition book, but made with recycled paper. I hadn’t realized at first that the company also makes some other very cute notebooks in the 3.5 x 5.5″ size that always sets my heart a-flutter. When I spotted their [...]