This week, there are ballpoint pen reviews and witty crosstitch designs. Is this the end-of-times edition? No, it’s just the wild-and-crazy days of summer. Nick Stewart shows off a giant calligraphy brush and Mono paints a city bus to loon like their iconic eraser and packaging. In more normal posts, there are also reviews of…
The Lett’s Travel Journal (£20, soon to be released in US) is a petite, pocketable notebook that feels both elegant and personal. The paper is just 147x69mm (approx. 5.78″x2.7″). The whole book is closer to 3.5″ across, when measured from the spine. The cover is a textured leather with embossed logo, centered on the cover.…
We have finally released a new Col-o-ring product: the Col-o-ring Oversize ($15). This is our first fully bound notebook/sketchbook product. As always, this book came from the combined genius (and combined drunken logic) of Skylab Letterpress and The Well-Appointed Desk. We thought, “How could we make the best ink testing book even better?” “OVERSIZE it!”…
MiGoals Focus Pads ($9.05 US) are 50 sheet pads of cream colored 100gsm paper that is divided into four quadrants. The pads are about 7.5×9.5″ (190mm x 245mm) which fit comfortably next to your laptop or tablet computer. They are listed as B5 sized… some of the ISO sizes leave me a little befuddled. Suffice…
While I was in St. Louis for the pen show this weekend, it looks like everyone else was hard at work getting a backlog of reviews and posts completed. We have a full docket this week with reviews for the new J. Herbin shimmer ink Kyanite du Nepal, lots of pencil reviews, some event recaps…
Once again, Studio Neat has ventured into the stationery world and proven that they are more than up to the task. This time, they have produced a more traditional style notebook in a not-quite-A5-sized (135 mm x 195 mm), flexible cover, leatherette Totebook (2-pack for $20). Inside the front cover is a place for contact…
I love it when I get great mail. My good friend Chris sent me some paper he found at our local Office Depot. Chris actually lives up the street from me but he wanted to make sure I got some samples of it so he mailed them to me.The samples were of the Eco Conscious…
