Link Love: Super Blue Moon Edition

Today is a Super Blue Moon and a BIG edition of Link Love. There are 5-year diary posts (two of them!), pen show recaps and some fun art supply reviews. Our Interesting bucket is overflowing with weird and wonderful posts like Austin Kleon’s college radio show playlist, a video of printed props for film with Adam Savage, fancy pigeons and more. It’s a big list this week so enjoy and if you’re anywhere near inclement  weather today, stay safe. xoxo, Ana.

Pens:

• When Does “Fine” Become “Too Fine”? Finding the Sweet Spot for Extra-Fine Pens (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Ranking 15 Pilot Fountain Pen Nibs (via The Pen Addict)
• Kakimori Glass Dip Pen Nib Review (via BLAKE’S BROADCAST)
• Parker 51 Teal Ballpoint Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Muji Platinum fountain pen review (via Pen Noob)

Ink:

• Ink of the Week – Yoseka Green (via Fountain Pen Love)
• How I Made 147 Ink Samples (via The Pen Addict)
• Ink Review #776: Robert Oster Chocolate Burgundy Notes (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Ferris Wheel Press February-August Inks (via FOUNTAIN PEN INK ART)
• Van Dieman’s Cloudburst on Tomoegawa Tomoe River (via Inkcredible Colours)
• TWSBI Midnight Blue on Kokuyo Campus (via Inkcredible Colours)

Pencils:

• Faber Castell Graphite Pencils (via Liz Steel)
• The Best Graphite Drawing Pencils (via JetPens)

Notebooks, Paper & Planners:

• A Guide to the YOSEKALAB Planner Sampler (via Yoseka Stationery)
• Hobonichi 5-Year Techo: The Greatest Hits (via Baum-kuchen)
• The ABCs of Paper Sustainability (via Dieline)
• Journaling Series: 5 Year Diary (via Writing at Large)
• LE Paper: Kokuyo Century Edition Thin Paper (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Review of the Pipsticks So. Many. Planner Stickers Book (via All About Planners)
• Time to rationalise your organiser (via Philofaxy)
• paper basics: oxford a5 notebook (via A Fleeting Ripple)
• A new notebook is a decision prompter (via mnmlscholar)
• Review: Explorer Pocket Journal by Endless Stationery (via Krafty Cats)

Art & Creativity:

• The Living Traditions of Hebrew Calligraphy (via Hyperallergic)
• Palette Shake-Up: Caran d’Ache Mixed Media Botanical Set (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• For the Love of Dog: A Group Show Fetches Wide-Ranging Interpretations of Our Favorite Companions (via Colossal)
• ✨ Making Magic with TPK: Celebrating Reader Projects (via The Postman’s Knock)
• Detailed Survey Drawings of Tokyo Hotel Rooms by Kei Endo (via Spoon & Tamago)
• Fresh new fonts for September to satisfy that ‘back to school’ feeling (via Creative Boom)
• New vintage teacups (via Liz Steel)
• Caran d’Ache Lunch Box (AKA Travel Kit) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Posca Trick Follow-Up and New “Pin Type” (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• REVIEW: Hahnemühle 100% Cotton Watercolour Bookmark Pad (via Doodlewash)

Pen Show Recaps:

• Off to San Francisco! (via Dime Novel Raven)
• Pen Show Report: Friday at the San Francisco Pen Show! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• DC Pen Show, Part One – A Transformative Roller Coaster (via Pen Boutique Ltd)

Other Interesting Things:

• Boston Typewriter Orchestra in Philadelphia Oct. 1 (via Welcome to the Typosphere)
• Self-Adhesive Under-Desk Drawers (via Tools and Toys)
• U.S. Postal Service to Unveil Stamp Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg (via USPS Newsroom)
• 3 Korean Brands You Should Know (via Carryology)
• My college radio show (via Austin Kleon)
• American Born Chinese (graphic novel) – A study (via Drewscape)
• Dad Dresses up as a Mom For Daughter’s Mother’s Day Event (via My Modern Met)
• Public libraries are under threat. What impact will this have on creativity? (via Its Nice That)
• Where Hollywood’s Printed Props Are Made (via The Casual Optimist)
• The Superb Minimalist Advertising Vintage Posters Designed by Peter Birkhäuser in the 1940s and ’50s (via Design You Trust)
• Make finished illustrations from random sketches (via Drewscape)
• India is the Fourth Country to Successfully Land on the Moon (via My Modern Met)
• In ‘Fancy Pigeons,’ Brendan Burden Captures the Flair of Underappreciated Birds (via Colossal)
• On August 30, Stargazers Have the Chance to See a Rare Blue Supermoon (via My Modern Met)
• Tiny rare books (via Austin Kleon)

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