I don’t remember my first notebook, but my mother claims I was folding up pieces of paper into little books and carrying them around with me from at least the age of 3! Later, I remember having those little square datebooks that Hallmark shops used to give away for free–the ones that listed all the birthstones and wedding anniversary gifts on the inside cover! Then I had various 3×5″ spiral notebooks, and some little diaries that were given away to members of the Harvard Coop.
These were the roots of my obsession– what were yours?
1) I love paper, notebooks, books, pens – and new ways to keep my things organized. 2) I love things that are unique. 3) I really like things that are excellent and this is one. 4) It’s a great combination of craftsmanship, attention to detail and reasonable price. 5) I love that they included a really cool looking pencil and a set of VERY unique page markers. Moleskine doesn’t do that.
I hope this company finds a US distributor, as those who have managed to get their hands on these notebooks seem to really love them!
The New York Times recently published a review of an exhibition called “Women of Letters,” at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The article focused on Irene Nemirovsky, author of the bestselling Suite Française. Here are two photos featuring the notebook she used to write a draft of the novel before her tragic death in Auschwitz.
I like the way this person has set up a page of post-its in the back of his Moleskine, so much so that I had to try it myself! Unfortunately, when I did it in a hardcover Moleskine, I felt like the notebook wouldn’t close far enough. In a softcover notebook, the flexible cover allows it more easily, especially inside the front cover. I’m just finishing my softcover notebook and about to switch to only using a hardcover, so I’m out of luck for now– I will just have to be satisfied with just a very thin layer of plain post-its and no multi-colored flag holder!
This person has 15 notebooks going! Wow! See the Flickr page for a description of how each one is used, including one for pasting in photographs, a “private diary,” a “public journal,” and a “daily planner/food journal”.
I love the look of this notebook– it’s well-loved, broken in, and each page is so thickly covered with that tiny handwriting in the colorful inks. Just gorgeous.
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Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…
. Here are two photos featuring the notebook she used to write a draft of the novel before her tragic death in Auschwitz.
