I’ve been meaning to do this for a while: a deep dive into the evolution of Moleskine notebook packaging over the 20 or so years they’ve been around. I went through my collection of unused notebooks and found several distinct examples of different stages of their packaging design. I can’t 100% align these to when … Continue reading The Evolution of Moleskine Notebook Packaging
As I’ve mentioned several times on this site, the Bindewerk Linen Notebook (officially known as the Bindewerk Linen Flexible Cover Travel Notebook) is one of my most exciting finds for alternatives to Moleskine notebooks in the 9×14 cm hardcover format. I have bought 10 of these so far because I love them so much. I’ve … Continue reading Bindewerk Linen Journal Quality Control
The Moleskine I just finished had a rather odd problem. One day I was using it and realized this was showing: It’s like the notebook equivalent of having your underwear fall down because the elastic breaks. I ended up peering down the spine to see what was going on, and then just pulled the whole … Continue reading Peek-a-boo! What’s That??
Moleskine has introduced some new colors for softcover notebooks. The examples in the photo below look like they are warped and curling, perhaps from a too-tight elastic on the beige one… not a good sign. See more at Don’t be a [ ] – Be flexible with a soft cover notebook! – Moleskine ®.
This is one of the weirdest things I’ve found in a notebook. In a Moleskine pocket sketchbook I bought a couple of years ago and just started using, there is an extra sheet of paper glued in. Usually, these notebook have 80 pages. It’s pretty straightforward– notebook page counts are always in multiples of 4, … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: An Extra Page
I was in a newly opened Staples store the other day, where they had a couple of big displays of Moleskines. I don’t recall seeing Moleskines in Staples in the past, so perhaps they’ve just started carrying them. But what I was very happy to see was that of the stock they had on hand, … Continue reading Just a Bad Batch?