Moleskine Monday: Customized Cahiers in Progress
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Category Archives: creativity
Notebook Addict of the Week: Lapin
Lapin’s been featured here before, but I spotted this via Doodlers Anonymous and had to make it an addict post. Here’s what DA had to say: If you like to sketch and you don’t already know the work of the wonderfully talented Lapin, then you best start getting familiar with him. He’s a force to … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Lapin
From the Mailbag
Catching up on my correspondence again! Allegra Newman writes to tell us about her book, 365 Things to Write About: “[The book] offers exactly 365 people, places, object, and ideas on blank, lined pages where people can write their responses. My writing partner and I created it as a different way to jumpstart our brains … Continue reading From the Mailbag
Review: 2012 Typotheque Pocket Calendar
Quite a while back, I posted a link to a snazzy looking diary by Typotheque. Little did I know that almost two years later, I’d be sent a sample to review! Seeing this year’s version in person did not disappoint. Here it is: I love the nice clean design, with all its sharp lines and … Continue reading Review: 2012 Typotheque Pocket Calendar
Notebook Addict of the Week: Tom Lynch
This week, we have another sketchbook addict. Here’s some of his favorites: And here’s some of the beautiful work he fills them with! Read more at WENT SKETCHING: Studio Workhorse: The 4×6 Strathmore Sketch and WENT SKETCHING: Moleskines on the Road, and definitely follow his blog for lots of great posts on using various art … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Tom Lynch
Indiana Diarists
A place for thoughts: Area residents use journals for therapy, collecting life stories. A nice story I came across recently, in which a reporter for the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette named Jaclyn Youhana asks “Do many people keep a diary any more? When I asked readers to contact me if they did, I had no … Continue reading Indiana Diarists
Quote Notebooks
These look pretty funky: See more at Quote Notebooks Ogami Collection | Design Milk.
Handmade Sewn Notebooks
I love finding stories of people making their own notebooks, and these look great. Love the colors.  This week I made about thirty small notebooks from some scrap paper I’ve had hanging around the design lab. The paper is folded in half – lighter sheets for writing on, inside; and heavier colored cardstock on the … Continue reading Handmade Sewn Notebooks
Susan Kare’s Sketchbook: The Birth of an Icon
Very cool! The original sketchbook of the woman who designed the graphical interface icons for the first Mac computers: Kare stayed on at Apple to craft the navigational elements for Mac’s GUI. Because an application for designing icons on screen hadn’t been coded yet, she went to the University Art supply store in Palo … Continue reading Susan Kare’s Sketchbook: The Birth of an Icon
In Praise of Notebook and Pen for Creative Writing
I enjoyed this article, which makes some great observations about writing in notebooks vs. on a computer, or even a typewriter: Everything I’ve ever written was composed in notebooks first. I have hundreds of them filled with my scribbles tucked away in boxes. I also buy them obsessively, so I probably have just as many … Continue reading In Praise of Notebook and Pen for Creative Writing