It was hard to choose just one photo from this blog post of fabulous office spaces but the one that caught my eye was a black-and-white image of Yves St. Laurent’s desk. Its cluttered and looks like its used on a daily basis. Click through to the full post to see the desks of other…

Read the detailed tale of the revival of the Blackwing pencil from the end of the original production run to the new versions issued by Palomino. Oh, how we can be so passionate about just the right writing instrument! (via Fortune from May. 19, 2011)

Leuchtturm 1917 Review

I found a display rack full of the Leuchtturm 1917 notebooks today at the new art supply shop in Kansas City, Artist & Craftsman Supply,  and I’ve been itching to try them for sometime so I grabbed one. I chose the plain, pocket-sized book with a simple black cover ($8.10). From the outside, its almost…