This week’s addict posted the photo below on Instagram and says: I have a problem… a notebook problem. Just unpacked a box that among other things included 20 notebooks… I have 3 more boxes like this… Source: JQ Smith (@jacoq) • Instagram photos and videos I love that Tintin notebook– I’ve been obsessed with Tintin … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: JQ Smith
Is there anyone who can resist a composition book? I can’t, even though in some ways they really don’t fit into my notebook usage patterns these days. They aren’t my favorite size, they aren’t my favorite shape, and it’s sometimes hard to find ones that aren’t wide-rule lined, but I love them anyway. I admire … Continue reading Review: Roaring Spring Composition Books
This is an unusual update for me– for the first time since starting this blog, I think, I am not using any Moleskine notebook in my daily carry. I just finished a Moleskine Sketchbook, and decided to replace it with a Leda Sketchbook (I will soon be doing a full review). I like the Leda … Continue reading What I’m Using Now: May 2018 Update
I noticed a few articles recently about a “new art collection” from Moleskine. Moleskine has launched a fresh range of notebooks and sketchbooks specifically designed for artists and their creative process, including space to draw, sketch, use watercolours, storyboard and compose music. The books come in different sizes, shapes and styles, including a Japanese album with concertina pages. The new Art … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: “New” Art Collection
This week’s addict posted the image below on her Flickr page. While dusting bookshelves, I piled my (filled) Moleskine journals on our coffee table: an impressive stash of scribbling. Impressive in quantity and consistency!
I purchased this Sensebook notebook several months ago, feeling very excited at the prospect of trying a new notebook brand with some features that set it apart. It’s from a German brand called Transotype that I’d never heard of, but interestingly, their parent company, Holtz, seems to be the makers of the very popular Copic … Continue reading Review: Sensebook Notebook
Almost 10 years ago (!!!!) I posted about a brand of notebooks called Oh Boy— they looked really nice, but I never saw them in stores and never found out more about the brand. At some point the products were discontinued. But happily, the original designer is now in the process of reviving the company … Continue reading Oh Boy! Oh Boy Notebooks Are Coming Back!
It’s fun to review notebook products that are a little outside what I normally use, so I’m grateful to the makers of Off.Lines for sending me these free samples: Off.Lines is designed to be a handy system for “capturing thoughts and ideas on the go for later processing.” Each notepad is small enough to slip … Continue reading Review & Giveaway: Off.Lines Notebooks
Black n’ Red is a pretty common brand in many stationery stores, but I haven’t talked about them much on this site, for two reasons. One, that all their notebooks are lined, and I gravitate more towards plain, squared, or dot-grid pages. And two, the Black n’ Red notebooks that I tend to see in … Continue reading Review: Black n’ Red Ruled Notebook and Business Journal
I had heard of Lee Lozano but didn’t really know much about her until reading this article in The Brooklyn Rail about the publication of her notebooks. I was inspired to purchase two volumes of the notebooks (Vol. 2 and Vol. 3 are available on Amazon) out of curiosity about their contents, and also because … Continue reading Lee Lozano’s Notebooks in Facsimile Editions