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.
The Pen Addict asks “What qualities make up the perfect notebook for you?” Join the discussion here. But beware– notebook addicts can easily become pen addicts too while browsing this site!
(and please note that the Pen Addict just moved to www.penaddict.com)
Here’s some nice colorful notebooks from a UK website called “Papergrain: The Stationery Boutique.” Unfortunately, I think they’d get pretty pricey with the exchange rate and shipping from the UK…
A sketchbook containing 14 original Picasso drawings has been found in a spot check by customs officers at Zurich airport.
The Federal Culture Office said on Wednesday that the total market value of the sketches, dated May and June 1971, had been put at between SFr1.2 and 1.7 million ($1.06 million and $1.5 million).
Since there were no papers accompanying the sketchbook, it was sent to an auction house for valuation.
No details were given about the nationality of the passenger, or where he had come from. He was passing through the Nothing to Declare channel when he was asked to open his bags.
The Culture Office said the incident occurred two or three weeks ago.
The passenger violated three laws at once. He faces fines for trying to avoid paying customs duty and VAT, and he also broke the law on the international transfer of cultural property, under which cultural items must be declared even when they are in the possession of their rightful owner.
Meanwhile, the book has been returned to the passenger.
Ooh, I want one! There are various book titles available. [via Retro to Go] You can buy them from Colloco, but be warned if you are a fan of the pocket Moleskine shape– the website says the notebooks measure 16.6 x 9cm, which would make them taller than they appear in this photo.
Notebooks, journals, sketchbooks, diaries: in search of the perfect page…
