I haven’t talked a whole lot about the Bullet Journal trend on this site. If by some chance you found your way to this site but still don’t know was a Bullet Journal is, it is a system of list-making, logging and planning that frequently features elaborately designed and decorated notebook pages (but can also … Continue reading The Bullet Journal Trend
This week’s addict is a designer and illustrator who has filled a nice row of Moleskine journals: What’s inside is even better: beautiful travel collages! For the past several years, I’ve keep a sketchbook that I use for everyday notes, ideas, lists, sketches, as well as travel collages. I carry it with me everywhere and, … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Naomi Leeman
I came across these images while searching for “Clipper” sketchbooks, after finding out that Richard Diebenkorn used them. The Clipper Sketchbooks below are from the website of Albert “Abby” Sangiamo, an artist who taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art for 50 years. He unfortunately died a few months ago. You can see all … Continue reading Abby Sangiamo’s Sketchbooks
A notebook belonging to artist Larry Rivers illustrates an essay by Nicholas Martin about Rivers’ 1961 painting “Parts of the Face: French Vocabulary Lesson.” Rivers responded to the prospect of making paintings for a living by skipping town to Paris in 1950 for ‘a half year of deliberating whether I should continue a life devoted … Continue reading Larry Rivers’ Notebook
Another notebook addict spotted on Instagram, where she posted this photo of her 2018 sketchbooks and notebooks: You can follow her on Instagram at @elizabethalley, where she also sometimes posts photos from inside her sketchbooks.
Nomad Notebooks Background I picked these Nomad Notebooks up from a Kickstarter campaign in 2017. ( I wrote about it in this post.) They raised over $26,000 in a successful campaign, and are still selling notebooks, notebook covers and other products on their website. Their notebooks are were also available on Amazon. (Sometime after I started … Continue reading Nomad Notebooks Review
Last week’s post about new Moleskine products for Spring 2019 got me looking back at my various posts over the years with ideas for what I thought Moleskine should be doing. They’ve sort of done a few of them, but here’s my current favorite ideas I think they should try. Moleskine Daily Art Journal Notebook … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: More Thoughts on New Products
Here’s something actually kind of interesting for a change! The late, great Moleskinerie website has been dormant since 2016, but its Japanese counterpart, Moleskinerie.jp, is still quite active. I noticed this recent article about new products being introduced at a Moleskine pop-up shop at Shibuya Loft. Moleskine Expanded Notebook Most exciting to me was the … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Interesting News from Japan About New Products for Spring 2019
I’ve been following this week’s addict on Instagram for a while, where she shows off an awe-inspiring collection of planners and notebook covers (as well as leather bags and accessories from cult Japanese brand The Superior Labor [drool]). Carla fills her notebooks and planners with lots of creativity, planning and documenting her days with fun … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Carla
I wish there were more images of these travel sketchbooks in the Cape Gazette’s profile of a local artist in Lewes, Delaware: As Victor Letonoff flips through the pages of a small sketchbook, watercolor paintings remind him of his travels to Paris. As a page turns, a French street gives way to the Golden Gate … Continue reading Travel Sketchbooks by Victor Letonoff