This one’s for Star Wars fans: sketchbooks from the 1970s belonging to the costumer designer for the original movie. A treasure trove of items owned by Star Wars costume designer John Mollo are being sold at London auctioneers Bonhams including notes and his sketchbook. If you don’t have the estimated £300,000 it will take to … Continue reading Star Wars Costume Designer’s Sketchbooks
As regular readers know, I am a big fan of the Nolty Diary. Also known as the “Efficiency Notebook,” this Japanese planner has deservedly become a cult favorite, with Instagram posts galore showing off how people use their Nolty diaries. After very happily using a Nolty diary all through 2018, I decided to spring for … Continue reading Review: Nolty Gold 2019 Diary/Planner
Unfortunately this exhibition of artists’ sketchbooks is long over, but it ran earlier this year at the Western Wyoming Community College Art Gallery in Rock Springs. It looks like it was a lovely display! The pages below are by Leah Hardy: Below are sketches by Florence Alfano McEwin, who was also the curator of the … Continue reading Wyoming Artists’ Sketchbooks
Zoot goes by bulletjournaljoy on Instagram, where she displays an impressive dedication to journaling! I like her colorful variety of notebooks, while maintaining a consistent format and tidy labeling. You can also follow her journaling journey on her website: BulletJournalJoy
A beautiful and colorful page from a notebook by artist Phillip March Jones. I love the idea of taking old pages of scribbly notes and turning them into vibrant works of abstract art. The artist, writer and curator Phillip March Jones almost always carries a notebook — a small Moleskine affair, just the right size to … Continue reading Phillip March Jones’s “Workbooks”
Here’s an interesting Asian notebook from a brand that I spotted via Instagram. I saw the Front brand name pop up once or twice and wondered if it was a trendy new brand, but I also thought the notebook just looked nice. From there, it took a bit of internet detective work to actually find … Continue reading Notebook REview: Front Notebook
While browsing around on Leuchtturm’s website a while back, I came across these interesting items: stamp albums! At first, I didn’t know what they were, as the heading calls them “Travel Stockbooks.” I love the idea of a special notebook to safely hold stamps, in a format matching their other notebooks. The details: - 2 sizes, 24 pages: Large 9×12″ (A4) with 9 glassine strips per page or Small 6×9″ (A5) with 6 glassine strips per page - Premium black leatherette cover with rounded corners … Continue reading Leuchtturm 1917 Albums for Collectors
I hate it when I see cute dated planners. There’s only so many planners one person can use each year, so it’s much harder to justify buying lots of them! I already have three Nolty diaries for 2019. But here’s another Japanese planner that looks intriguing: Mark’s Souple EDiT Daily Planner 2019 – B7 – … Continue reading Mark’s Souple Planner 2019