moleskinerie

"Engrave your Notebook"

 

Engrave Your Book is based in Portland, Oregon that specializes in translating artwork and images onto our hand-crafted leather Moleskine® covers.

They feature a range of notebook covers designed by artists OR you can send your own image. 

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Moleskine A4 Papers

For those who have been clamoring for "loose leaf" Moleskine paper, here it is finally. Sort of.

"Important documents and letters can now be printed on Moleskine® A4 papers, ivory color, with classic Moleskine rounded corners. 

Print Paper is part of Folio Professional, the collection dedicated to the office environment: writing, organizing, and communicating in a creative way, with top quality materials and contemporary design. 

The distinctive colour of the paperband for the Folio Professional collection is silver grey."

Found: "They Draw & Cook"

A mention of the Moleskine P

A mention of the Moleskine Passions Recipe Journal at Olive to Cook  led us to "They Draw and cook" collection of super fun illustrated recipes created by artists from around the world. 

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Testing the new Blackwing pencil

 

Mark Frauenfelder got hold of the new Blackwing pencil and posted his review:

"I like the OB for sentimental reasons. If the NB ends up looking almost exactly like the OB and costs under $2.00, I will buy it. Otherwise I will use any HB that ends up in my hand."

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Found: "Weekly Moleskine"

This pencil portrait of Gillian Welch by M. Scott Hay. Such nuanced rendition could only come from meeting the singer in person as he recounts:

"I met Gillian Welch after she sang some of her songs at a bar in Minneapolis. My buddy Darin was with me. I took off one of my boots and asked Gillian to sign it for me. She did. She then told me that I was the first person to ever ask her to sign their cowboy boot. She showed me her boots that she got from a shop in Nashville. They were in need of repair as were mine..."

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The Manly Tradition of the Pocket Notebook

The Art of Manliness discusses the tradition of note-keeping through the years in a blog post by Brett and Kate McKay.

"No matter what profession you find yourself in, the most essential function of the pocket notebook is to provide a place to capture the ideas that spring to mind throughout the day. You may get a business idea, an insight into something you or a loved one has been struggling with, or hear a quote you wish to record. Even though you feel sure in the moment that you’ll be able to remember these thoughts when you get home, every one of us has experienced the agony of realizing later that an idea is utterly gone from our minds and that no amount of mental gymnastics can bring it back..."

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(Thanks to Anthony L. Stevens)

The Blackwing pencil comes back

The net is abuzz with the news that the venerable Blackwing pencils are about to make a comeback. In a post at BoingBoing, our friend Mark Frauenfelder quoted a letter from the California Cedar Products Company about their acquisition of the trademark.

I share Mark's high hopes "that the new Blackwing will live up to the slogan that was stamped in gold foil on the original: "Half the Pressure, Twice the Speed."

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Moleskine Pen Holder

The name is a little strange but this is one of the most functional and easy to make penholders I've seen. Gnat Gnat boasts of over 10,000 downloads of the pdf instructions. Entirely believable. 

Check it out.

TreeSmart newspaper pencils

 

Stylish, functional and very green - these pencils are made out of recycled newspapers. From Abe's market which sells them:

"Pencils aren't as earth-friendly as we would like to think. In fact, parents might be shocked to find out that the yellow pencils they grew up using are made out of the 4 billion trees cut down worldwide for paper industries -- which leads to deforestation and habitat loss."

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Saddleback Leather Co.

Terry Shipman alerted us to a site called Saddleback Leather Co. where you can almost hear the cattle's hooves in the distance. Says Terry:

"I recently found that the same place I got the best wallet I have ever owned now makes a Moleskine cover. Made with Heavy Duty leather, heavy duty stitching, and a 100 year warranty.  Saddleback leather says their products will last long enough that my grandchildren will fight over it.  I believe it! "

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Found: "three letter word for art"

Paul Heaston describes himself as a "Native San Antonian. Lived in Montana. Now back in Texas. Sketches, paints, draws, eats a lot of Mexican food." I'd describe his blog as awesome. Checkout his latest Moleskine sketches here. The rest of the site is full of the same pen-and-ink goodness.  

The Perrier Moleskine

Scott Campbell known throughout for his ink-on-skin wizardry, has shared his talents with Moleskine in these limited edition Societe Perrier notebooks.

There are 10 available, to be won in a contest. Details here. Hurry, deadline's today.

Urban Sketchers: How to get your own limited edition Moleskine

 

Moleskine did a custom notebook for those who joined the 1st International Urban Sketching Symposium in Portland, OR last month. There's a few of the notebooks left and Urban Sketchers is offering them for a donation to raise scholarships for their next symposium.

The large-size Japanese notebook includes an Urban Sketchers logo embossed on the cover, a custom paperband and a full-color brochure with Symposium and Urban Sketchers information. Blog correspondent Simo Capecchi of Naples and Italian graphic designer Franco Lancio volunteered their time to create the notebook's design. 

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Moleskine in Africa

 

Matt Reimer shared a post from his blog on a customized Moleskine "ruggedized" for his part of the world. A cloth cover, a pen holder, an SD wallet comprises the add-ons. As they say, "just add adventure."

Thanks Matt!

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So what's on your customized Moleskine?

myDetour / Mapping Contemporary Venice

 

Another exciting Detour event to look forward to, this time in Venice. 

The city of Venice seen as a modern, metropolitan city, out of the picturesque, then mapped and reinterpreted on the pages of Moleskine notebooks. This is the theme developed by a selection of great architects, researcher and designers based in Italy, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, Belgium, the United States, Hungary and Burkina Faso.

Next stop - Shanghai, in October.

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