I bought this notebook almost 3 years ago and only just recently got around to unwrapping it. I almost didn’t buy it– though I immediately coveted it when I saw it at A.I. Friedman in NYC, it was priced at $17.60, discounted from an even more ridiculous $22! It’s just a pretty standard pocket size … Continue reading Review: Miquelrius “Boarding” Notebook
This is one of my favorite reader-submitted photos ever– meet Tholakele, a 5-year old from South Africa. On a trip to Paris, left the toy department at Le Bon Marché empty handed and instead picked out a notebook and pen and ink set for herself, which she tried out the minute she and her mother … Continue reading A Five-Year Old Notebook Fan!
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
This week’s addict emailed me from the Philippines: “Thought that I would send you some of my notebook images over the years. 3 are moleskine while the other 2 are Front Notebook & an old diary. I like the pocket square Moleskine notebooks but as you can see from the images they tend to “decompose” … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Peter
A reader named Colin tipped me off to this week’s addict: David duChemin is a photographer and writer who has taken his notebooks with him on many travels. Below are 8 years’ worth of Moleskines: David writes These books have checklists (with little boxes for checking), ideas (little light-bulbs), simple drawings, phone numbers, names … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: David duChemin
I’ve had my eye on Bound Custom Journals for a while. The company was launched in 2011 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, inspired by founder Joel Sadler’s desire for a customized travel journal. The result is pretty extraordinary: a website where you can build custom notebooks page by page, with all manner of page templates … Continue reading Review: Bound Custom Journals
I am always drawn to old notebooks, even if the notes within aren’t about a subject I’m particularly interested in. I’m tempted whenever I see these stories about notebooks being auctioned, even if they’re way beyond my budget! This one, belonging to Alfred Wainwright, an expert on England’s Lake District, ended up selling for £8,600. … Continue reading Lake District Notebook
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
A flip-through of someone’s Moleskine sketchbook from a 4 week trip to California. via My California Moleskine Sketchbook on Vimeo.
An interesting side-by-side comparison of the Moleskine City notebook for Paris, vs. a Bound Custom Journal with Paris map pages. The writer admits he’s a bit biased as it’s on Bound’s own blog, but I think he did a very fair comparison of each notebook’s features. I haven’t tried a Bound journal yet, but I … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: A Comparison vs. the Bound Custom Journal