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Introducing Moly-X 13

From an ever-growing cluster of artists-on-Moleskine around there world:

I'd like to share with you my Moleskine Exchange Group, Moly-X 13.
We are four talented artists living in the USA, The Netherlands, France and Spain, with four distinctive, colourful styles. We are also members of the Moleskinerie Flickr group.

Here's a link to our blog: http://moleskinex13.blogspot.com/

And here are links to our work displayed on Flickr:

Samantha: http://www.flickr.com/photos/szaza/
Anna Denise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ann-d/
Emma: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benconservato/
Laura: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7fetiches/

Thanks so much,
Samantha Zaza

In viaggio col taccuino

"In viaggio col taccuino": the Skechbooks exhibits program at "Galassia Gutenberg" cultural fair,
Naples 28/31 marzo 2008.

Download the.pdf

[via simo capecchi - napoli, italia
http://inviaggiocoltaccuino.blogspot.com/ ]  

Southwest Moleskiners

Our friend and super-volunteer Che Moleman has opened a new FLICKR group.

I'd like to take a moment to ask if there are any Moleskine addicts out there who live in the American Southwest (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma). If so, I'd like to invite you to the new group, Southwest Moleskiners.

The idea behind this group is basically the same as this one's, but centered around residents of the Desert Southwest, since we can more easily share dealer locations, make trades/swaps, and even plan regional meetups. Also, since people living in cities like Dallas/Ft. Worth, San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Albuquerque, Phoenix, Tuscon, and OKC have easy (easier) access to big booksellers, it might be useful to be a liaison or connection to those living in places like Kermit, TX (random small-town example) for obtaining Moleskines or participating in current events.

Please feel free to visit the group, and if you live in the Southwest, I look forward to your participation. Thanks again, and I'm glad to be surrounded by people as fascinating as all you Moleskine addicts, wherever you may live.

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Image: © 2004 A.B.F

View the First Annual Moleskinerie Exhibit.

Discover and join our Moleskine communities on LiveJournal, MySpace,  Moleskinerie FLICKR, FACEBOOK and Meal Moles. Get out - have a life and write about it. 

Meal Moles

“The quality of food is in inverse proportion to the altitude of the dining room, with airplanes the extreme example.”
- Bryan Miller (NY Times Restaurant Critic)
MOLESKINE-TOTTING FOODIES AND OENOPHILES OF THE WORLD UNITE! 
Check out the MEAL MOLES Group @ FLICKR

Exhibition: 4(•J•)s

Our friend, 4(•J•)s opens an exhibit of his works at the Escuela de Arte de Mérida.
More at his blog.

ADC Young Guns and Moleskine® Create THE UNDISCOVERED LETTER

The Art Directors Club and Moleskine® announce The Undiscovered Letter, a creative challenge to benefit lettera27, a nonprofit literacy organization dedicated to encouraging the right to education and access to knowledge around the world.

The Undiscovered Letter is open exclusively to past winners of ADC Young Guns, a biennial competition established in 1996 that recognizes the most exciting young talent in advertising, design, video, interactive and other forms of media and visual communications. All five classes of inducte es are eligible to participate. The challenge itself has an intentionally broad scope; participants are asked to submit their interpretation of the 27th letter of the alphabet.

“The Undiscovered Letter is an opportunity to find the intersection between analog and digital and determine how oral and written communication work in the future,” said Ami Brophy, Executive Director of the Art Directors Club. “Pushing boundaries through creativity, vision and ideas in tandem with technology represents the profile of individuals who make up the five classes of ADC Young Guns.”

This joint venture between Moleskine, the little black notebook long used by artists and thinkers, and the Art Directors Club has been developed to promote the best and most creative solutions to literacy and communication issues. A jury of international designers, artists, writers and architects will determine the final 27 submissions, which will then be displayed in a virtual, public exhibition. They will also select a number of entries to appear in a limited edition Moleskine notebook, published in September to commemorate the sixth class of ADC Young Guns and with proceeds going to lettera27.

“Both Moleskine and lettera27 believe that by working with ADC Young Guns we can push unique literacy solutions to the forefront and motivate new activist networks,” said Marco Beghin, President of Moleskine’s US office. “The ADC Young Guns represent a highly creative collective of forward-thinking individuals — the kind of thinkers who can push ideas forward through concepts and communication tools that ultimately activate resources.”

Participating ADC Young Guns will receive Moleskine notebooks in which to develop their ideas for The Undiscovered Letter on February 1. They will have until March 3 to digitally submit their entries, and finalists will be announced on April 1, 2008 — the same date that the Art Directors Club begins accepting entries for the sixth class of ADC Young Guns.

www.theundiscoveredletter.com

The 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaways

Here is the last batch of winners for the 2007 Moleskinerie Holiday Giveaways:

RAFFLE DRAW # 5 DECEMBER 29, 2007

GOLD

Number drawn: 4301
Closest Number/below: 4301
Posted by: Angela | December 06, 2007 at 12:56 PM

SILVER

Number drawn: 719
Closest Number/below: 717
Posted by: Sharon | November 27, 2007 at 10:44 AM

BRONZE

Number drawn: 3197
Closest Number/below: 3197
Posted by: Daniel Torrance | November 26, 2007 at 11:49 AM

SPECIAL DRAWING

Number drawn: 190
Closest Number/below: 187
Posted by: Rebecca | November 26, 2007 at 09:19 AM

Thanks to Granny Kass in Peoria, IL., Kate Earnshaw in the U.K. for their enormous help and to all those who joined.

Permanent contest link

Welcome 2008!

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Image: D. Morris
...
Felice Anno Nuovo, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Antum salimoun, Feliz Ano Novo, Xin Nian Kuai Le, Bonne Annee, Sun Leen Fai Lok,, Selamat Tahun Baru, L'Shannah Tovah, Feliz Año Nuevo, Prosit Neujahr, Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu, Manigong Bagong Taon, Happy New Year!

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Image: D. Morris
...
Felice Anno Nuovo, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Antum salimoun, Feliz Ano Novo, Xin Nian Kuai Le, Bonne Annee, Sun Leen Fai Lok,, Selamat Tahun Baru, L'Shannah Tovah, Feliz Año Nuevo, Prosit Neujahr, Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu, Manigong Bagong Taon, Happy New Year!

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes,
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Image: D. Morris
...
Felice Anno Nuovo, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Antum salimoun, Feliz Ano Novo, Xin Nian Kuai Le, Bonne Annee, Sun Leen Fai Lok,, Selamat Tahun Baru, L'Shannah Tovah, Feliz Año Nuevo, Prosit Neujahr, Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu, Manigong Bagong Taon, Happy New Year!

LOST & FOUND Moleskine

Moleskinerie/FLICKR Moderator Che Moleman has opened a LOST & FOUND discussion thread:

I got this idea after reading a post by Gemma McTear here in Moleskinerie on Flickr. She suggested a thread like this, but I figured the idea was good enough to start a whole new thread.

Basically, if you have lost a Moleskine, let others know here. You'd be surprised how many people read this. Likewise, if you have found someone's Moleskine, let them know here. This works strictly on the honor system, but I'm sure that anyone who loses a personal notebook like that would love it if someone else returned it.

A few basic "rules":

1. The world being what it is, don't post personal information such as addresses and phone numbers here. If someone feels their notebook is the one found, Flickr makes it easy to contact the finder one on one.

2. Be honest. I've seen cases of blackmail or extortion (how ghastly!) in other forums, let's not sink to that level. I'm very impressed by the level of professionalism and politeness in this group. Any reward(s) offered is strictly at the discretion and responsibility of the owner. Also, if there are other items found with the notebook, leave them as is. Remember, the honor system works if everyone wants it to.

3. For now, let's only post missing or found notebooks here. There are several other threads which involve general discussions of losing a notebook, but this one should be only for lost & found type posts only.

LEARN MORE.

Fixing My Moleskine

This is a description of how I fixed my Moleskine that had outgrown it's cover.

Anna Denise

Learn more.

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The First Annual Moleskinerie Exhibit

We're excited to celebrate the fourth birthday of Moleskinerie with a retrospective of selected works from our friends and supporters around the world. We would like to recognize this group of writers, artists, bloggers and thinkers who have been featured on the blog in the last year and have consistently used Moleskine in their professional or private pursuits.

The works will be displayed in a permanent gallery on Moleskinerie, updated monthly, starting January 12th, 2008. To honor the participants, Moleskinerie created a limited edition of notebooks and diaries.

This is only the first of what we hope will be many editions of the Exhibit. We hope that you will enjoy the gallery and that it will inspire creative dialogue and foster deeper understanding between cultures.

Moleskinestories is online

Moleskine stories collects and presents limited print runs and customized editions of Moleskine products produced in collaboration with companies, institutions, and various cultural, entrepreneurial, and social initiatives.

Visit.

Happy Thanksgiving

"Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,

Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,

And when we find ourselves in the place just right,

'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.

When true simplicity is gain'd

To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,

To turn, turn will be our delight

'Till by turning, turning we come round right."

"Simple Gifts"
by Elder Joseph Brackett, 1848
Alfred, Maine

Listen.

Discover and join our Moleskine communities on LiveJournal, MySpace,  Moleskinerie FLICKR and Meal Moles.  

Have a happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating it. Enjoy your weekend. We'll see you on Monday

National Novel Writing Month

1) Sign up for the event starting October 1, 2007 by clicking the Sign up Now link at the top of the site.

2) After creating an account, log into it. Click Edit Profile in the top tab. Under the Account Info tab you can add a smiling photo of yourself, pick what language the site greets you in, tell us how many times a week you want to hear from us, and other administrative matters. Under the Edit Profile Author Info tab you can tell us more about what you like to write, what you think your novel might be called, and what you do when you're not brooding romantically at the keyboard. On the "My NaNoWriMo" page, you can affiliate with a home region. This tells our computer which NaNoWriMo Regional Lounge to offer you in the forums, which local events calendar and photo links to show you on the Local Events page, and gets you CC'd on emails pertaining to any wild novelist gatherings going on in your area.

3) Begin your novel-planning procrastination by reading through all the great advice and funny stories in the forums. Post some stories and questions of your own. Get excited. Get nervous. Eat lots of chocolate and pamper yourself in preparation for the fiction-fueled escapade to come.

4) On November 1, begin writing your novel. Your goal is to write a 50,000-word novel by midnight, local time, on November 30th. You write on your own computer, using whatever software you prefer.

NaNoWriMo begins today.

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Magical Spaces

A Magical Space is a place that holds memories and emotional treasures. It could be any  place, anywhere. On 1 July, Moleskine notebooks were passed to various members of the public and asked to express the answer to the question: “Where is your magical space? ”

31 Oct - 14 Nov at The Asylum, 22 Ann Siang Road
Singapore

Magical Spaces

ENTER

Moleskine Found; Reward Required

"I found a journal, with NEXT written on the front cover, in the Apple Store, SoHo on Prince Street, Manhattan during the author reading of Stephen Colbert on Tuesday, October 16th. Moleskine brand. Loaded with creative writings, and photos in the read inside cover.

Didn’t read, just glanced through to see if I could find a contact number or email but there wasn’t any. I think it might belong to an apple store employee.

If you lost this, please contact me and state some facts about the inside so I can verify it’s you who truly lost it.

I have fallen in love with the new and beautiful Apple iPod Touch 16GB, and I would really like to have one, (it would be my first and only iPod) so I would kindly appreciate a reward in the amount of $395 USD. You can pay me via PayPal using your credit card, and pay over time. If you prefer to pay by check or money order, please inform and I can send you the address to do so..."

LINK

[via The Daily Jimmy ]

Note: This notebook is not part of any Moleskinerie project. -ABF

Barcelona and Berlin city blogs are online

The City blogs of Berlin and Barcelona are now online!

http://berlin.moleskinecity.com/

http://barcelona.moleskinecity.com/

Philippines: WeeWillDoodle Moleskine Exhibit

Fresh from their recent doodling stints at Powerplant Mall and Embassy, the WeeWillDoodle group is again taking its doodling to a whole new level. This time it’s at Fully Booked, where their drawings will be exhibited on Moleskine Pocket Japanese books, those oh-so-lovely accordion-type notebooks.

The exhibit opens on September 21, Friday, 7 p.m. at the atrium of Fully Booked in Serendra, Bonifacio Global City.

The WeeWillDoodle group will be drawing on your T-shirts too, so if you want a piece of their work, don’t forget to bring your own shirt!

Fifty goodie bags will also be given out to some lucky folks.

This exhibit was put together by Fully Booked, PinoyCentric, and Ricky Manzano of Project Manila.

Please head on over to Project Manila for registration.

Winners of the Invitation Au Voyage Competition

Moleskine has always been a favourite notebook of travelers. To celebrate the launch of the new Moleskine City Notebooks, we have invited Asian travelers to join the Invitation au Voyage competition in January 2007.

This travel notebook competition has captured the imagination of the travelers’ community in Asia. We have received more than 100 magnificent notebooks from China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and The Philippines. Our most unexpected submission came from Inner Mongolia.

We are proud to showcase these ultimate travel notebooks and hope you will start planning and dreaming of your next trip!

Date of exhibition: 30th July - 26th August 2007

Exhibition Venues:
Citysuper - Times Square, Causeway
Hong Kong Book Centre - Cityplaza, Taikoo Shing
Logon - Festival Walk, Koloon Tong

LINK

Gremlin Alert

Last night's storms wrought havoc on my modem/cable box. Connection is slower than dialup.

We'll be back to our regular posting schedule as soon as this issue is resolved. In the meantime you are invited to visit our communities at FLICKR, FACEBOOK and GOOGLEGROUPS.

You can also email us.

Thank you for your patience.

Moleskine Asia to sponsor Magical Spaces Project

The Magical Spaces Project is FFW Magazine's initiative to build a collective memory of Singapore's magical places;those loaded with memories and emotional treasures.

"We at Five Foot Way Magazine are proud to announce that Moleskine Asia is the Official Notebook Sponsor of our Magical Spaces Project. MOLESKINE notebooks are more than just notebooks but a special medium, perfect for the recording of these special memories that we have set ourselves out to collect.

For two centuries now Moleskine (mol-a-skeen’-a) has been the legendary notebook of artists, writers, intellectuals and travelers - from gifted artists Henri Matisse (1869–1954) and Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), to poet and leader of the surrealist movement André Breton (1896-1966), to Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) considered the most influential writer of the last century and to famous travel writer Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989). These notebooks have proven they can withstand the trials of travel and abuses that ensues from normal use. This is the one true trusted travel journal.

And now, we can count on these notebooks to hold the memories of Singapore’s architecture and its magical spaces."

LINK

How to replace ribbons on a Moleskine

Watch on YouTube.
Learn more.

WIN FREE MOLESKINE! The 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways

Brought to you by Kikkerland Design Inc, NY

 

FREE MOLESKINE GIVEAWAY WINNERS for June 16

Thanks to the thousand plus (and growing) entries from around the world. Our first three winners are:

Jan Kokles
Bratislava,
Slovak Republic

Louis Yong Chen Cherng
Penang, Malaysia

Jennifer Tillman
Beaufort, South Carolina
USA

Please check your email and reply to the notification so we can send your prizes soonest.

Good luck to the rest of the entrants. To those who haven't joined yet, the complete rules are here.

The next raffle draw will be held on June 23rd.

WIN FREE MOLESKINE! The 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways

[THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED. SEE YOU IN DECEMBER FOR OUR HOLIDAY GIVEAWAYS]

Welcome to the 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways.

Here's how to join:

1.) Email your complete name and mailing address to: moleskinerie@gmail.com. Write:
" 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways" as subject. Do not write anything else. Multiple and blank entries (without mailing addresses) are automatically deleted.

2.)  We will pick 3 random winners each week. Each person may enter only once and may not win more than one prize. Non-winners automatically qualify for the next draw. Make sure you provide a valid email address. We will pick an alternate winner if we cannot contact you within 7 days from posting of the winners.

3.) There will be three (3) weekly drawings one on each of the following dates: June 16, 23,   30, July 7, 14, 21, 26, August 4, 11, 18, 25 and 31 for the following weekly prizes :

One (1) Large Moleskine Notebook (each week) Selections may vary.

- Only one (1) winner per email/physical address.

- Anybody, anywhere in the world age 18 years old or above may join.

- This contest closes on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11 PM. CST.

Winners' packages will be mailed out within one week following each drawing (provided the winner has supplied their mailing address}. Sorry we cannot send out replacements in case of loss in transit.

Privacy Notice: Your email address will only be kept for this promo and deleted thereafter. It will not be used, sold or distributed for any other purpose. Promise.

Good luck and happy summer! Get out out! Have a life - and write about it!

Translation help is here and here.

For more information, email us.

Brought to you by Kikkerland Design Inc, NY

Discover and join our Moleskine communities on LiveJournal, MySpace,  Moleskinerie FLICKR and Meal Moles. Get out - have a life and write about it. See you on Monday.

[THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED. SEE YOU IN DECEMBER FOR OUR HOLIDAY GIVEAWAYS]

Happy Anniversary to the Moleskine Russia Community at LiveJournal

One year ago I have create a community  at LiveJournal.

One year ago I can't imagine that the community idea would be so popular among russian speaking artists, and talanted people and all who use it throughout daily work or life. Today I can say that you were right when told me that's really a great journey. Journey with very interesting, talanted and nice people, journey full of inspiration, and totally new feelings and experience.

I have met so much people, we shared ideas and thoughts. One year ago it was just a dream, now it's cool community.

I appreciate all members for their effort and support. I think that they make this community happen and the result is not only popularity, but the deepness of feeelings people share. Because I think that as Dave Gray said: «Drawings are conversation».

This conversation is very beautiful.

Alisher Hasanov
Moscow
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Поздравляю всех участников
сообщества Ru_Moleskine с годовщиной!

WIN FREE MOLESKINE! The 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways

[THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED. SEE YOU IN DECEMBER FOR OUR HOLIDAY GIVEAWAYS]

Welcome to the 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways.

Here's how to join:

1.) Email your complete name and mailing address to: moleskinerie@gmail.com. Write:
" 2007 Moleskinerie Summer Giveaways" as subject. Do not write anything else. Multiple and blank entries (without mailing addresses) are automatically deleted.

2.)  We will pick 3 random winners each week. Each person may enter only once and may not win more than one prize. Non-winners automatically qualify for the next draw. Make sure you provide a valid email address. We will pick an alternate winner if we cannot contact you within 7 days from posting of the winners.

3.) There will be three (3) weekly drawings one on each of the following dates: June 16, 23,   30, July 7, 14, 21, 26, August 4, 11, 18, 25 and 31 for the following weekly prizes :

One (1) Large Moleskine Notebook (each week) Selections may vary.

- Only one (1) winner per email/physical address.

- Anybody, anywhere in the world age 18 years old or above may join.

- This contest closes on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 11 PM. CST.

Winners' packages will be mailed out within one week following each drawing (provided the winner has supplied their mailing address}. Sorry we cannot send out replacements in case of loss in transit.

Privacy Notice: Your email address will only be kept for this promo and deleted thereafter. It will not be used, sold or distributed for any other purpose. Promise.

Good luck and happy summer! Get out out! Have a life - and write about it!

Translation help is here and here.

For more information, email us.

Brought to you by Kikkerland Design Inc, NY

[THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO JOINED. SEE YOU IN DECEMBER FOR OUR HOLIDAY GIVEAWAYS]
 

Detour: the Parsons Connection

Artists from the Parsons School of Design are also contributing to the Detour experience. Moleskine had approached Steven Guarnaccia, chair of the Illustration Department at Parsons and Detour artist, asking whether he would be interested in teaming up on a special project for Detour. He agreed, and Moleskine provide a group of illustration students with a batch of Detour Opening - Parsons Studentspre-release New York City Notebooks. The students filled 20 notebooks with their own work and displayed them on the opening night of the Detour exhibit the Art Directors Club. Print magazine columnist and illustrator Peter Arkle audited Guarnaccia’s class that day, capturing a few moments of Moleskine’s interaction with the illustration students in this fantastic cartoon.

[via DETOUR/moleskinecity.com]

Join our Summer Giveways and Win FREE MOLESKINE Notebooks

Coming on Monday.

www.moleskinerie.com

Brought to you by Kikkerland Design Inc, NY
 

Untangle the city. String your friends along.

From June 1-June 17, in several retail locations throughout Manhattan there will also be MY DETOUR. Anyone visiting the installation will be allowed to draw their own map of the city-highlighting their favorite discoveries and itineraries with restaurants, galleries, museums, shops, private areas and more. Allowing diverse, densely-crowded, multi-layered, and hyper-real views of how we each individually experience New York, the maps are a unique opportunity to see our city in an entirely new way.

NEW YORK/Moleskinecity.com

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Detour NYC Preview

A select group of special guests attended a preview of DETOUR: the Moleskine City Notebook Experience on Sunday, dropping by the Art Directors Club on 29th Street to see the work of more than 70 artists a week before the exhibit’s official opening, June 1st. At the ADC gallery the guests were asked to don archival cotton gloves in order to page through moleskine notebooks featuring the work of designers and artist such as Scott Wilson, Renzo Piano, Shintaro Miyake, Steven Guarnaccia, Terence Conran and Michael Graves.

Metaphysical sculpture duality Isola & Norzi (alias Matteo Norzi and Hilario Isola) dropped by the event and mentioned how much they appreciated Tom Sachs’s work, a moleskine notebook chained shut. Director/producer Spike Jonze chaperoned Johnny Knoxville around the exhibition, stopping to chuckle at Dave Eggers‘ sketches. Photographer Caterina Nelli, who works in Rome and is just starting a residency in Tokyo, was delighted with the archival cotton gloves; by the end of the night, everybody had a pair.

The editorial staff from the Italian architecture and design glossy Abitare were on hand, asking Maria Sebregondi for the whole story on Lettera27 and its new Wiki Africa project. Valerio Berruti and ISCP founder Dennis Elliot showed up especially to see the work of the ISCP artists that Detour curator Raffaella Guidobono had chosen for the show, including Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Dylan Graham, Gabriel Lester and of course Valerio.

DETOUR/Moleskinecity.com

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Detour Preview in NYC

More than 100 people were present at the preview of DETOUR: The Moleskine City Notebook Experience, at the Art Directors’ Club last night. Paul Morris from The Armory Show, Pilar Viladas from the NYT and Bonnie MacKay from the MoMa Store opened the event. “The most amazing show during the design week”.

DETOUR MoleskineCity New York

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"MY FAVOURITE MOLESKINE" Exhibit comes to Beijing

15th May, Beijing, “MY FAVOURITE MOLESKINE”, an artistic exhibition organized by Moleskine Asia and emo+, is launched first time in mainland China.

Since its Asian launch in early 2005, Moleskine has organized several exhibitions featuring the notebooks of more than 200 renowned international artists from very different fields (writers, painters, designers, musicians…), allowing audiences in Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore and Tokyo a remarkable insight into the creative process.

With Moleskine expanding in China market, My Favourite Moleskine turns eyes to Chinese local creatives. Organizer of Beijing exhibition has invited renowned artists as well as young generation creatives to attend this project. Also the public can submit their own or friends’ work via http://blog.sina.com.cn/myfavouritemoleskine

All artworks are displayed in two shipping containers set outdoor at Jianwai SOHO, a trendy area in the heart of Beijing CBD. Audience can visit the exhibition free and would be allowed to flip the notebooks and discover the artists’ unique inspirations and working style.

Released by Linda

Beijing Emoplus Co.,Ltd
http://www.emo.com.cn
Beijing,China

Greetings to our friends in San Juan, Hamden, CT., Podlasie, Jakarta, Simpelveld, Tehran, Congleton, Beirut, Trappes,  Mato Grosso do Sul, El Villar, Bangalore, Caldas, Bahrain, Azor, Reykjavik,  T'ai-pei, Sapporo, Kuwait, Singapore, Panama, Bellville, Damascus, Malvern, Pleiku, Hudson, NH, Inchon, Capellen, Cairo, Medellin, Chaumont-Gistoux, Nassau, Lima and Matina.

Moleskiner.cn is 1 Year Old!

Greetings to our friends at Moleskiner.cn, the Moleskine Fan Site in China on its recent 1st Anniversary celebration.

More power to Viktor and company!

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Detour Exhibit in New York

To launch the new US City Notebooks, Moleskine has given 70 blank, manually bound books to some of the most creative artists, architects, film directors, graphic designers, illustrators and writers from around the world. These luminaries have been invited to fill a notebook describing their daily journeys and life experiences in a project to support Lettera 27, a non-profit organization whose mission is to defend the right to literacy and education in the world’s most deprived areas.

These 70 notebooks will be on display in Detour at the Art Directors’ Club in NYC, June 1-29, 2007. The will have a special private preview during May 20th, during the ICFF.

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14th World Wide SketchCrawl on May 19

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!
WHAT: 14th World Wide SketchCrawl, drawing marathon/fund-raiser for Emergency
WHO: Artists of all ages and skill levels
WHEN: Saturday May 19, 2007
WHERE: Around the globe
INFO: Free registration and location information at www.sketchcrawl.com/forum
CONTACT: Enrico Casarosa, casarosa@gmail,com, phone(415)317-2731

All artists, whether they be professionals or just habitual doodlers, are invited to participate in the 14th World Wide SketchCrawl May 19, 2007. While the event is free, participants will be encouraged through their art to raise money for Emergency, a nonprofit international organization based in Italy that provides free medical care to civilian victims of war, landmines and poverty.

SketchCrawl was created to enable people worldwide to share their passion for drawing, says founder Enrico Casarosa. But, he adds, “I believe there's a second thing we should do through SketchCrawl, and that is giving. There is no better reason to come together as a global drawing community than to give. Together, we can raise awareness and money -- with our drawings -- for this worthy and peaceful cause.”

So, dust off that old sketchbook or peel off the wrapper from that nice, new Moleskine. The next SketchCrawl is sure to be around the corner -- your corner -- soon!

WHAT IS SKETCHCRAWL?
SketchCrawl was founded in 2004 in San Francisco as a marathon for the sketch artist. Artists are encouraged to slow down, watch the world around them, and record it through nonstop drawing or writing – whether it be for 20 minutes or eight hours. The event is free, and no skill level is required. More than a dozen events have been held worldwide, with XX artists participating from Singapore to San Diego. In 2006, a SketchCrawl event raised nearly $2,000 for the Pakistani earthquake relief effort.

HOW IT WORKS
Artists can work alone or in groups. Some groups are already established in some cities, including San Francisco. After finding inspiration from their chosen locations, artists share their day’s sketches and other artwork online at Flickr.com and www.SketchCrawl.com. The collaborative spirit of the event brings artists together by sharing views of places and details from all corners of the world. To help raise money for Emergency, artists participating in the 14th SketchCrawl will be encouraged to seek sponsorships of either $1, $5 or $10 per drawing. They also will be invited to donate their work for an online auction, proceeds of which would go to Emergency.

Join the Moleskine Travel Journal Contest: “INVITATION AU VOYAGE”

Join the Moleskine Travel Journal Contest: “INVITATION AU VOYAGE”
Moleskine is thrilled to announce its first collaboration with Air France to mobilize the creative input of the travellers’ community. 

You love travelling? You always keep a Moleskine in your pocket? Come and join this fabulous contest that may allow you to win a round trip ticket to Paris.
The most nomadic Moleskine challenge of the year: An invitation to all travellers in Asia to design their ultimate travel journal. 

For more information and register , visit the official contest website.

In Memoriam

Photograph by AP Photo/Amy Sancetta

Virginia Tech
4.16.07

Moleskine Freebie

I made a little something something for the journal fetishists . . . figure this is as good a place as any to post it. A 2 page PDF of a template that slips it under unlined pages, so that your handwriting doesn't look all cock-eyed, like mine does.
• three 4½" x 7½" with lines spaced at ¼", ½" and ¾"
• one storyboard template with 4" x 3" boxes
all corners are rounded which helps them fit snuggly inside a Moleskine pocket

Joyce @ Bibliophile Bullpen

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Amazon.com - Moleskine notebooks from $6

Save up to 75% on moleskine notebooks from Amazon.com. Choose from weekly planners, desk diary's, weekly planners, reporters and more.

[Thanks Joyce!]

Green Apple Talk #3

From our friend Lauren Cerand:

TUESDAY, APRIL 24 -- Green Apple Talk #3: Environmentalism Now explores how far the movement has come since the first Earth Day nearly forty years ago. What will the next wave of green culture look like, and how can the individual decisions consumers make have a global impact? Featuring Ramon Cruz, policy analyst for Environmental Defense, Emily Gertz,  environmental journalist and co-author of WorldChanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century , Aaron Naparstek, of Transportation Alternatives and  StreetsBlog.org and author of  Honku: The Zen Antidote to Road Rage, and Anne-Marie  Van Dijk (DNA Models), who supports the work of the  Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society,  Orca Network and Natural Resources Defense Council when she's not  walking the runway  for Marc Jacobs, Dries Van Noten, Aquascutum, Libertine and others. Moderated by best-selling author  Bryan Keefer, and presented by Environmental Defense.  Strand Books is located on Broadway at 12th Street. 7PM, FREE.

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[via Lauren Cerand]

Submissions needed for 1,000 Artist Journal Pages

SPONSOR

Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books is an international publisher of high-quality visual and idea books for design professionals and creative enthusiasts—crafters, artists, and designers. (Check out our distinctive title books at: www.rockpub.com or www.quarrybooks.com.

THE BOOK
We are seeking project contributors for an upcoming book tentatively titled 1,000 Artist Journal Pages. The book will feature pages of artists journals created by all kinds of artists.

WHAT IS ELIGIBLE
Projects should be artist journal pages that are bound into a journal or book or created to be bound in a journal or book. Pages can use any media and/or found elements and include text, illustration, collage, sketches, etc.

We are seeking projects in the following categories:
• Sketched or doodled pages
• More is More: using a wide variety of mediums, with images and text
• Collaborative: projects that are considered round robins or worked on by more than one person
• Graphic approach: Emphasis on text as art
• Raw journals: Edgy, truthful and extreme visual journaling
• Fabric: Using fiber materials for construction
• The found journal: using mainly found materials

WHAT TO SEND
Please email a SMALL jpg photograph (under 1 MB) of your piece to the curator/author Dawn DeVries Sokol; contact information is listed below. There is no entry fee, and you may submit as many pages as you like. Please include your complete contact information in the email.

You will be notified if your pieces are selected for final publication at which point you will need to send the actual piece for photography and instructions. Professional quality high-res photographs on CD are also acceptable. (Electronic Submission Guidelines will be provided at that time.)

Contributors will need to sign of Grant of Rights form, and may be asked to fill out a short questionnaire concerning their work and creative process. Contributors will be credited on the page their work appears and in the artist directory. Contributors will have the opportunity to purchase copies at 50% of the price of the book.

If your entry is selected, it will be printed in full color and a caption.

SEND INITIAL SUBMISSIONS TO
journalpgs@yahoo.com

For more information, please contact:
Dawn DeVries Sokol by e-mail at journalpgs@yahoo.com or dawn_sokol@yahoo.com

DEADLINE
May 15, 2007

Though selections will begin immediately so don't wait!

[Submitted by Dawn. Visit her blog]

 

Spring Gremlins a.k.a. Domain Mapping Issues

The domain mapping issue for Moleskinerie.com seems to have been resolved.  Kindly contact us if you encounter any problems viewing the site.

Thank you for your patience. We will resume normal posting on Thursday.

- Armand

[Special thanks to Jen and the TypePad Team for their assistance]

The travel notebooks are back in Galassia

MoleskineCity.com has more on the travel notebooks in Galassia:

"They can be considered real self-made books, both artistic and narrative works, where writing and drawing cohabit in order to tell real and imaginary journeys.This year's edition is dedicated to sea journeys and the notebooks on show can be divided into three categories: the collection of travel watercolors which is destined to become a refined editorial product; the noteboks written for passion which can be turned into artistic travel books; the notebooks proposed as a collective game, new views on the cities, between artistic expressions, reports and personal diaries..."

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[Grazie Claudia!]

Shown: Cecilia Battimelli
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New York City Blog is online

This just in from Micol Rossini in Milan:

"Moleskinecity.com is becoming bigger and bigger!
Starting from today the New York City blog is online!

Visit it and post all your comments!
Make your own contribution to the growth of the Moleskine Community!

MoleskineCity/NEW YORK

Mostra di carnet di viaggio a Galassia Gutenberg

Simonetta Capecchi's new exhibition  on travel sketchbooks / carnets de voyage, in
Naples - Italy

For details, visit her blog

Download the exhibition guide.pdf
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Notebookism is today's TypePad Featured Blog

“An empty book is like an infant’s soul, in which anything may be written.” That's a line from poet Thomas Traherne, but it may as well be the mission statement for notebookism. While some of us may associate the word “notebook” with 6th-period Algebra, not so blog founder Armand B. Frasco, who writes of his target audience: “We all share a pleasant affliction -- the urge to create on paper. The smell of smooth creamy paper sends our hearts aflutter...We stare endlessly at the first blank page." Frasco and friends have parlayed this charming fetishism into a lovingly crafted destination for those who want to keep up with a primary way of turning thought into expression. Typical posts include an entry on the visual diary of a former New Orleans resident and one on a soft rubbery prison pen that bends under the slightest pressure. Every Wednesday, check out Blank Page, “your chance to ask, answer and discuss anything notebook-related.” In this era of ubiquitous electronic communication, how nice to see a site devoted to good old-fashioned pen and paper.

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Big thanks to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
for the mention, to Blick Art Materials
and all our visitors and friends for your support.
- Armand

Sketch-Crawl To Revive Creativity

Sometimes it's difficult reconnecting with creativity. Life's responsibilities can often get in the way of a certain freedom our minds need to create art. For some people creative blocks are a constant struggle, while others have found ways through it. Personally, I need to get out in the fresh air for about ten minutes and take a walk. I like the way walking allows my eyes to wander and land on just about everything around me without placing judgements, and how my brain starts working on all the stuff that's going on in my life without any pressure to resolve. I usually come back happier and suddenly motivated to complete that project I've been working on. That's why I was so excited when I came across a website called sketchcrawl.com, the perfect antidote when you're losing your creative edge.

Sketchcrawl.com. is the brainchild of cartoon artist, Enrico Casarosa, who after a night participating in a pub-crawl for a friend's bachelor party, where a group stops in at multiple bars on a given route and has a drink in each, came up with the idea of a sketch-crawl. Armed with some pencils and watercolors, Casarosa spent an entire day walking through the city, stopping to sketch whatever interesting came into view.

"Giving yourself this kind of mandate for a full day changes the way you look around you. It makes you stop and see things just a tad longer, just a bit deeper ... needless to say I loved it," writes Casarosa on the website.

Sketch-Crawl To Revive Creativity
By Maria Williams-Russell

Mindsisland.com

Related link:

SketchCrawl.com
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The International Vintage Poster Fair

The International Vintage Poster Fair is the only show in the world devoted solely to original vintage posters with over 30 dealers offering more than 25,000 original posters online and at our three annual Poster Fairs.

The International Vintage Poster Fair
Chicago Cultural Center 77 E. Randolph
March 16, 17, 18, 2007

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Moleskine's Maria Sebregondi on Lovemarks

"Moleskine is a family of notebooks with a rich history that has captured the hearts and minds of people the world over. Maria Sebregondi is in charge of brand equity and communication for Moleskine and she shares her thoughts with Lovemarks.com about Moleskine and what makes the brand a Lovemark.

Lovemarks: Why do you think so many people feel passionate about Moleskine?

Maria Sebregondi: Moleskine is culture, travel, imagination, memory, personal identity. It is a collection of independent tools that accompany everyday and extraordinary events. A Moleskine notebook becomes an integral part of one’s personality. It is a basic, compact and intelligent accessory. Symbolic and practical elements are combined in one story-telling object that releases energy and emotions collected over time.

LM: Lovemarks is premised on the Love/Respect Axis and attaining both High Love and High Respect. How do you relate the ideas of Love and Respect to the way your business works from day to day?

MS: Attention to quality, consumer relations and authenticity are the basis for Love and Respect. Moleskine is obsessed with quality. We are constantly in conversation with our consumers through customer care (we reply personally to everyone!) and direct contact with various Moleskine communities. We do not hesitate to put ourselves on the line and face criticism – which is more than compensated by the gratification we receive.

LM: Great stories feed Mystery. How does Moleskine use storytelling to add Mystery to its business?

MS: Moleskine is a notebook that tells a story. Its place in history is as an anonymous keeper of sketches and notes, before they became famous pictures or pages of well-loved books. Moleskine is also a ‘book yet to be written’ and the notebook’s owner is the person writing it. The Mystery, therefore, is two-fold: in its legend and future destination. Moleskine enhances its creative and dreamlike aura by involving artists, writers and designers in interactive exhibitions and events, such as the group show Detour and the My Detour events to be held in June 2008 in New York; by offering itself as a pocket-sized trusty companion for meaningful existential experiences; and by interfacing with communities on the Web."

Read the full interview

Kung Hei Fat Choy from Moleskinerie.com

Happy New Year to our friends in China and those celebrating it throughout the world. Thanks to Victor of Moleskiner.cn for this beautiful card.

Happy Valentine's Day from Moleskinerie

"Funny Blue Love"

By Morbillina
Moleskinerie/FLICKR
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- The artist's survival kit      
- Caderno novo by Fernanda Fonseca

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