Here’s a few things I pulled out of one of my storage boxes, about half of which is filled with childhood notebooks from the late ’70s to mid-’80s. First, a small orange looseleaf notebook. I was probably in about 6th grade when I decided to devote it to Astronomy and colored the cover with a … Continue reading Random Notebooks from My Collection
Some more fun stuff submitted by readers: From Ema: i´m addicted to paper and everything that comes with it, since i´m able to hold a pencil. in the first semester at the university(i´m studying design) i took an bookbinding class and realised how easy it is to make my own notebooks. now i´m the … Continue reading From the In-Box
This week’s addict also emailed me photos of her excellent notebook collection, with some commentary: I enjoy pocket journals, the saddest part is that they run out of pages so soon and I always feel like I’m abandoning a best friend when I have to start a new one. My pet peeve is that I … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: DreamerO
I loved this blog post in appreciation of using notebooks. The author talks about how she used notebooks as a kid, but gave them up as she grew older, feeling that it was somehow immature to be scribbling down her thoughts and ideas and the emotions of youth. But fortunately, she came back to the … Continue reading Rediscovering Notebooks
This week’s addict emailed me from France to show off this lovely annotated photograph of part of her colorful collection: I wanted to send you my notebooks, but not all my collections “only” the one I use for the moment ! 1. ideas book 2. Craft projects 3. What to see/to do/to buy when I’ll … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Aurelia
Wow, I can’t believe I never heard about this gallery show when it was in New York this past fall: Dylan Stone’s 100 Years project at Ruth Phaneuf Fine Arts. I found out about it via a recent post at Design Observer: The Twentieth Century began on the morning of the 20th of August, 1900, … Continue reading 100 Years of Diaries
These photos were submitted by former notebook addict of the week Paul, who is always a source of interesting tips! These diaries were kept by one of his family members from 1941-1944. The interior of the first one is an earlier version of the western diary I wrote about in this post, both made by … Continue reading 1940s Diary
I love coming across antique notebooks. This was a random find on RobMan170’s Flickr feed: The journal belonged to someone named William Lee who sailed from Hong Kong to England in 1894. There are scans of what seem to be every page of the notebook, including some drawings and the manufacturer’s info on the inside … Continue reading An 1894 Travel Notebook
A fun New York Times article by Sloane Crosley. She’s been using the same Louis Vuitton planner and inserts for 22 12 years and counting: At the end of each year, I sit on the floor and go page by page through the old calendar, inking annual events into the new one, all the while … Continue reading Sloane Crosley’s Yearly Date With the Planner
A few sketchbooks by soldiers, in honor of Veteran’s Day: By WWII veteran Williard Dominick: From the Library of Congress website: And I’ve posted about this before but it’s worth revisiting: A Soldier’s Sketchbook: From the Front Lines of World War II Thank you to all who have served our military, especially those who … Continue reading Veteran’s Day: Soldiers’ Sketchbooks