Maybe I’m dreaming of blue skies and warm breezes but I’m enamored with blue desks, blue workspaces and blue, blue, blue!
Showing all posts in February 2015
Fashionable Sunday: RIP Rex Ray
Field Notes Cherry Wood $9.95/3-pack (via Field Notes) Edison Collier Fountain Pen in Persimmon Swirl $149 (via Anderson Pens) Eco-Essential Pen from $50 (via Ishuja) Rex Ray Deluxe Notecards $14.95 (via Chronicle Books) Aqua Pebble Eraser $2 (via Poppin) Pilot Iroshizuku Fuyu-gaki Ink (Vermilion Red Orange) $28 (via Jet Pens) Streaking Paper Notebook $14.95 (via…
Ink Review: Kaweco Summer Purple
Kaweco Summer Purple is one of my absolute favorite ink colors. It’s a dark, muted, complex, plum-y purple. More eggplant purple really. When watered down, it reminds me of lilac blossoms. At full-strength, its a subtle, sophisticated purple-black. The closest color comparison I could make is the Rohrer & Klingner Scabiosa. However, with the Kaweco…
Ink Review: Kaweco Midnight Blue
Kaweco Midnight Blue is one of the blue-blackiest blue-blacks I’ve ever used. At first glance, it appears to be nothing special since its a dark blue black with little-to-no pizazz. But on second glance, this is a workhorse ink. Its not the hot, new color or the “in” ink for 2015. Its a classic. It’s…
Well-Appointed Desks Must Have Music
This morning NPR announced the winner of the Tiny Desk Concert Contest based on their successful series of performances hosted at the desk of NPR All Song’s Considered host Bob Boilen.For the contest, musicians were asked to submit a video performing a song in front of a desk. Entries included: desks dragged into nature, onto…
Link Love: Inky Dinky Doo
Fountain Pens: Pilot V-Pen Varsity Fountain Pen Quick Review (via Unroyal Warrant) Nakaya Portable Cigar Ao-tamenuri Fountain Pen (via Pen Addict) Video Review: Kaweco Allrounder (via Pen Habit) Pens: Rotring Tikki and Pigma Micron on Stones (via Palimpsest) Pilot V5 Hi-Tecpoint Cartridge System Roller Ball Pen (via Pen Addict) Are these the flex pens you’re…
Review: Maruman Word Cards
It took me almost a year to fill up my first Word Cards ring with ink swatches. It was a Kyokuto brand Word Cards ring I purchased in San Francisco from Maido for about $3. I liked the Kyokuto cards well enough that I wanted to buy a new ring but could not find them…