I came across an interesting story a while back about Huldra Press, owned by Marianne Dages. She makes letterpress cards and prints, as well as bound journals using recycled papers. “I started making books like this because I was always kind of afraid of starting a perfectly white, blank book,” she said. “So, my idea … Continue reading Huldra Press
I was with a friend who was shopping for a new bag at the Tumi store in SoHo, and look what I saw:
This week’s addict emailed me a link to a lovely photo on Flickr: i love notebooks because i enjoy writing in my journal by hand. i’ve kept a journal since i was 7 years old; my first entry was dated march 31, 1991. i am writing in my 69th notebook now. in the past couple … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: P.W.
Michaela from Vienna emailed me with an excellent suggestion for a post: a listing of books written in journal form. The example she gave was I Capture the Castle: I’d never read this book, but the description made me want to: I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who … Continue reading Books in Diary or Journal Form
These notebooks by an Irish designer are too cute to save for St. Patrick’s Day: Read more at Fash Mob » Buying Irish – notebooks by Ursula Celano.
This week’s addict emailed me a link to her Tumblr site, where she’s posted all these photos of a wonderfully colorful collection. In addition to these ones on Tumblr, there are a few more recent purchases here: Thanks for sharing your addiction, Windi! Read more at I Don’t Want to Be Told to Grow Up … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Windi
I love seeing videos of people flipping through their notebooks, especially colorful art journals like the one below, from Leslie at Comfortble Shoes Studio. Read more at Comfortable Shoes Studio: Journal Flip: Moleskine #3.
Jenny asks “Do you know of any companies that produce notebooks for keeping track of books read? I remember seeing one at some point, but I didn’t need one then :) As I am now working in a library and reading more, I would like to keep track of what I am reading and whether … Continue reading Questions from Readers
Another amazing example of an illustrated Moleskine journal: See more at One year moleskine #12 | nicoz goes west.
I went through a phase in the late 1990s when my notebook obsession was relatively dormant, because my lust for handheld data receptacles of a certain size and shape had displaced itself onto the Palm Pilot and its various descendents. PDAs were my addiction then: I bought (and resold) about 15 different models over about … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Julie the Gadgeteer