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Links I Liked

Catching up on some articles that caught my eye recently (and not so recently). Product Spotlight: Lamy 2000 4-Color Ballpoint at Gentleman Stationer Notebook Review: Floor 9 Cloth Cover Daily Notebooks at Well-Appointed Desk Kunisawa Pocket Find Notebook Review at Ed Jelley Zig-Zag Buch fur Urban Sketcher at Notizbuchblog.de Nomatic Notebook and Planner Have Useful Added … Continue reading Links I Liked

Office Theft of Notebooks and Pens

According to this Fox Business article, there has been a big increase in people stealing office supplies from their employer.: According to data from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner, office Opens a New Window.stealing of noncash items — ranging from scissors and notebooks, to staplers and paperclips, has ballooned to 21 percent of corporate-theft losses in 2018 … Continue reading Office Theft of Notebooks and Pens

Only in the Movies?

A recent article in the Guardian talks about things people supposedly only do in the movies: •Who keeps scrapbooks any more? Only the movie psychopath, who knows that the scrapbook will clear up any ambiguities when it is discovered in a drawer in the final reel. Recent culprits include the hostage thriller Berlin Syndrome. Seven is a special … Continue reading Only in the Movies?

Vintage Office Supplies From Phil’s Stationery

A while ago, I wrote about Phil’s Stationery, one of the few remaining independent stores of its kind in NYC, selling new and vintage office supplies. When I stumbled across their midtown Manhattan store, I was in heaven. The sign alone is just so cool, and inside, there was a pleasantly dusty mess of notebooks, … Continue reading Vintage Office Supplies From Phil’s Stationery

Notebook Addict of the Week: Naomi Leeman

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

Abby Sangiamo’s Sketchbooks

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

Larry Rivers’ Notebook

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

Notebook Addict of the Week: Nobuhiro Imai

I found this week’s addict on Instagram, where he displays an amazing 38 year loyalty to the Nolty diary. (The original text is in Japanese, but has been auto-translated into English in the image above.) See more at @motohashinobuhiro 5884

Notebook Addict of the Week: Elizabeth Alley

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.