Over the past six years (yes, NockCo has been at this case making for awhile now) or so NockCo has made quite a few pen cases. I’ve had the honor and privilege of getting to test drive most of them. This has given me the ability to really see when and where certain cases shine.…
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Eye Candy: Baron Fig Trace Notebook
The newest notebook release from Baron Fig is the Trace Softcover Notebook ($15). It’s a 5.4×7.7″ cardstock cover, guided sketch experience created in collaboration with artist Kyle T. Webster. Kyle is best-known for revolutionizing the Adobe Photoshop brushes. So much so that Adobe hired him and made him part of the development and evangelism team.…
Link Love: Quintessentially Link Love
Whether this is the first time you’ve ever read Link Love (if it is, welcome!) or if you’ve been checking in every week for years (if so, thanks for coming back!), this week’s links are so quintessentially link love as to make me laugh a little. I think the only thing missing is a knitting…
Eye Candy: Tesori Nesting Tin Boxes
One of my design heroes is Louise Fili. Her eye for typography and aesthetics is world-renowned. She also helped cultivate the talents of other amazing designers like Jessica Hische who has gone on to be her own epic creative talent. That said, Princeton Architectural Press has worked with Louise Fili to design some products over…
Notebook Review: Sketchnote Ideabook
I’ve been a huge fan of Mike Rohde‘s Sketchnote project and his Sketchnote Handbook and Sketchnote Workshops. In general, he’s an all-around great guy and when I heard he’d created a Sketchnote Ideabook to meet his exacting standards for sketchnoting, I was all-in. Partnering with Airship notebooks, the Sketchnote Ideabook is a soft-touch, hardcover A5 notebook…
Pen Review: Pentel Pointliner Fineliner
I was lucky enough to get a packet of pens to review from our friend and enabler The Poor Penman at the San Francisco Pen Show. Not only is he a pen enthusiast but also an employee at Pentel America. So, since this is Inktober month I decided this was a good time to try…
Link Love: The Original Comfort Food
When our own personal worlds spin out of control, sometimes its nice to have the consistency and comfort of our familiar routines — the things that bring us joy. This week, that’s what Link Love is for me. There has been a slew of emotional upheavals this week among myself and my friends. Between my…