This week’s addict is a comics artist and ebook designer from Israel who has amassed quite a collection of sketchbooks and notebooks! Below are his photos and commentary: 01 Clairefontaine Zap Books – my go to sketchbooks since 2006, these are 320 page recycled paper books and they’re perfect for my pencil sketches. 02-03 Some … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Hagay
The National Library in Jerusalem, Israel has just revealed to the public for the first time a collection of Franz Kafka’s papers, including some notebooks. The writings themselves have been published before, but without access to the original papers, people couldn’t see how he wrote, and doodled and sketched, as in the example below! Trove … Continue reading Franz Kafka’s Notebook
An interesting and attractive selection of notebooks from Etsy seller Hamutelet, based in Israel: The notebooks are handmade from recycled paper, with a stitched binding.
A sad story about the Dafron company, which made an iconic notebook used for decades in Israel: One look at the Hebrew word mahberet – notebook – arching in print on thin brown paper brings back countless memories of school days. From now on it will be possible to see such notebooks only among keepsakes … Continue reading Israel’s Dafron Notebook, Now Obsolete