I guess it’s just as well that I haven’t chosen a life of crime… I’m sure my notebooks would be my downfall! I’m always amazed when I come across stories of criminals who keep meticulous records of their dealings, such as this tobacco smuggler, whose notebooks helped the police arrest nine men involved in distributing … Continue reading A Smuggler’s Notebooks
This week, we have a Traveler’s Notebook addict! What a lovely display… She says: I can stare at them all day 😍 Me too! See more at her Instagram: æŽ ç¾Žä» on Instagram: “I can stare at them all day 😍â€
From Walter Benjamin: 100 Notes, 100 Thoughts: In 1927, on the occasion of a several-months-long visit to Paris, Walter Benjamin began taking notes on the Parisian Arcades for his most ambitious book project…. With her introduction to a selection of these handwritten notes, Nikola Doll describes how the author attempted “to integrate the principle … Continue reading Walter Benjamin’s Notebook
From the New York Times last week, some glimpses of the sketchbook of Minh Uong, a visual editor for the business section: Minh Uong, a visual editor at The Times, uses both low- and high-tech tools to create editorial art, but tech does not necessarily make it easier to become a professional illustrator. Can you … Continue reading Minh Uong’s Sketchbook
This is a new one: a notebook that claims to “cure your sketchbook phobia forever” because you have to rip open the sealed-shut cover to use it! The idea is that a perfect, pristine new notebook is sometimes too intimidating to use. The RIP notebook is dipped in a paint that seals it shut, and … Continue reading “RIP” Notebook by Eric Primo
I found this week’s addict on Instagram, where describes herself as “Stationary Hoarder / Diarist / Journal Keeper / Urban Sketcher / Paint Lover / Lover of all things Crafty” and shared this image of her collection of journals: On Instagram, she shares lots of beautiful images from inside her journals, and notes that some … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: The Stationary Queen
An intriguing art installation, which happens to include some notebooks: Nick Flessa lays bare the possessions of his mother for the world to see, as they become both an index of her life story and her son’s grief. Read more at: An Artist Carefully Catalogues His Late Mother’s Possessions
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 is a great story from the New York Times: It’s hard to picture my grandfather without a sketchbook in his hands. He was always drawing. Gramps lived for 94 years — long enough to experience the Great Depression and the Great Recession, the birth of both television and virtual reality — and he chronicled … Continue reading A Grandfather’s Memories In Sketchbooks
Some notebooks belonging to writer Susie Boyt: I have always kept notebooks – messy little attics of the mind, an odd assortment of shapes and colours stuffed into drawers next to defunct phones and balls of string. They feel private and tender, a bit like night clothes; or embarrassing, like over-eager little sisters. From an … Continue reading Susie Boyt’s Notebooks