The Limited Edition Moleskine X Helvetica Black
Our friend Arnault Castel wrote in from Hong Kong with an announcement that will surely send fontologists' hearts a-flutter:
Last October, The "Tribute to typography - Helvetica, past, present and future of the typography" exhibition was organised at the Laforet Museum in Harajuku.
To celebrate this extraordinary font, Moleskine collaborated with the Helvetica foundation and acclaimed Japanese designers GROOVISIONS to create two special editions of the legendary notebooks (black and red).
A limited edition of 500 of each notebooks will be available in very selected retailers in Asia, to the pleasure of all fans of this legendary font.
"Moleskine X Helvetica Black
Limitied Edition of the "Tribute to typography - Helvetica, past, present and future of the typography" exhibition 192 pages / 9x14cm / acid-free paper Special Edition with Moleskine Hard Black Ruled Notebook. Design by GROOVISIONS, with logos debossed on both covers, customised banderole and history of Helvetica printed on the backend page. Limited Edition with 500pcs in Asia..."
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I so want one but…
…HK$198.00 is about US$29.00 and the shipping will probably approach US$50.00.
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Posted by: bogiesan | February 12, 2009 at 01:41 PM
ooooohhhhhh.....I want one! (When will the Century Gothic edition be out?) :)
Posted by: tommy pez | February 12, 2009 at 02:39 PM
This is so sexy.
If it were a large moleskine I would own one right now.
But $40 for a pocket 'skine I'll never use is a bit much for a poor college student to spend!!
Posted by: Ethan | February 13, 2009 at 09:00 PM
These are gorgeous! Wish I could get one.
Posted by: Lisa | February 16, 2009 at 11:45 AM
Held one in my hands in Kyoto, damn I wish I had bought it!
Posted by: Basho | September 18, 2009 at 10:21 AM