Found this quaint plea in our online meanderings:
"Well, dearheart, here is the one, single, tiny, itty bitty thing I want so badly I can feel it in my bones. A Moleskine of my own. Not just any Moleskine, oh no. I require a special Moleskine. One that hasn't been created yet. I need a Moleskine city notebook for Edinburgh.
Oh my love, please allow this dream to come true. Please be mine in 2009!
All my love,
Dawn Z(ed)"
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No, its not taking your notebook off management's hands. Eric Au, a Master's Candidate in Industrial Design at the University of Calgary has come up with this very cool M Mod:
"I have been a user of moleskines since about 1 year ago. I found that they were great b/c I could cram alot of stuff into them and at the end of each one, would be filled and ultra thick with information and design. I am an industrial design masters student and since joining the formal design community, I found it useful to make things very personalized, but keep them designer-ish. So I set out to make a debossing effect on the front cover."
" After careful thought, the best solution would be using some old typewritter fonts that would be used for a Canon electric typewritter that had exchangable wheels for different fonts. I aquired some through a very nice resource centre friend and staff. I carefully taped down the letters to form my name and the word design since that would be the purpose of this moleskine and each successful one from now on. Then taped the pattern of letters on the cover and tapped them with a hammer to depress the letters in the soft oilskin."
"The results were impressive and I enjoy it immensely. I will be doing these with maybe themes since I have a few sets of fonts. Stuff like differentiating the differences between the multiple moleskines I currently employ as my devices. I use the large and small grid ones."
"I hope this provides another way to personalize the front of the moleskine, but keep the clean and classic look of the book. For those who understand typography and care, the font is Orator size 10. Enjoy!"
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I am a potter and a printmaker. I like etching and linocut but nowadays I make silkscreen prints and sometimes print directly into my moleskine sketchbook. Last week I was printing some T-shirts and suddenly decided to print the same design on the cover of my Japanese folded Moleskine with the metallic water-based ink. This Japanese album will be used for the International Moleskine Exchange Project, group Moly_X_17.
I have also printed self-made water slide-off decals with the coat of arms. I thought the black cover of a moleskine sketchbook was too dark for black outlines and a helmet without a background. So I have painted it first with a spray can, the kind that street artists use for graffiti.
by Katya Taganova
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"Moleskine is one of the things I can’t do without. It is an obsession, addiction, everlasting love. Full of memories and dreams, quotes and poems, names and ideas, it is a kind of map, showing where I have been, where I am now and where I would like to be. I wish I could draw and fill my Moleskine with sketches of fascinating places, people or objects. Instead, I write about them, using the old Parker 51, crazy Waterman Audace and dear Marlen roller.
Moleskine is also one of
the dreams that came true. The first one I got a year ago and it was a
wonderful surprise and very important present. I will never forget the
moment when I took it out from the yellow envelope and gazed at it,
turning page by page, as if it was the most awaited book in my whole
life. From that time I have gathered a couple of Moleskines and
always have some of them at hand – in my handbag, under the bed, next
to the morning cup of coffee.
I do believe in magic hidden in people and things. Moleskine embodies it for certain."
Joanna Gniady
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Artist Hollis Brown Thornton has kindly shared the techniques used in those stunning artworks:
My Moleskine drawings are pages I take out of the 5 x 8 inch sketchbooks, which makes pages 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. I simply cut the threads that hold the grouped pages in the book and gently pull them out. Every third group of pages is glued, so I don't use them. I began doing this basically as a way to frame and show this paper work. I couldn't find a paper with a similar smoothness and yellow tone.
I currently do two types of drawings on this Moleskine paper. The first is a standard ink/graphite combination. Sometimes I print onto the paper with an ink jet printer by taping the paper to computer paper and sending it through the printer. The graphite is 0.5mm BIC mechanical pencils and the permanent markers are a combination of Sharpie, Prismacolor, and Copic. One trick I use with the ink is to draw on the back of the page, allowing the ink to bleed through. This often creates a more atmospheric/hazy
effect. Copic works best for this effect.
The other type of drawing is a transfer process. The first step is creating the image on the computer, in Photoshop. I scan family photos (CanoScan LiDE 80) as well as various other doodle/scribble drawings. I combine these drawings and photographs in Photoshop. I use the wand and erase tools in Photoshop to make other erasure manipulations to the image.
Once that image is created, I burn the image to a disk and take it to a photocopy store (a Kinko's or Staples). They create the photocopies and I then transfer the image. What follows is a step by step of the transfer process:
1. Begin with either a black & white or color photocopy, on plain paper. (Laser prints will also work. Ink jet
prints, however, will not work, you will loose about 80% of the color intensity, resulting in a very faint image.)
2. Staple the photocopy, print surface up, to a flat surface. This prevents the paper from wrinkling from the
expanding and shrinking process the paper goes through while wet and drying. Just put one staple in each corner, about 1/4 inch from the edge.
3. Paint 2 or 3 layers of acrylic medium onto the print surface of the photocopy (you may also use gesso to transfer, and it works perfectly fine, but you receive a fainter image, and the darks are not as dark as they are with the acrylic medium transfer). Allow each layer to completely dry before applying the next. Speed up the drying process by using a fan.
4. Now, you are about to attach your image to your transfer surface. I recommend using either wood or canvas your first several attempts. This process can be done on paper, but it's very delicate. If canvas, either attach the canvas to a wall (unstretched) or build a plywood surface the size of your actual stretcher. You need a resistant surface once you remove the paper after the next few steps.
5. Once the layers are dry, apply a thin layer of water with a spray bottle or a brush. You don't want the image soaked, just damp. This step allows the paper to expand. Let is stay damp for 2 or 3 minutes. Apply a layer of the acrylic medium to the surface you are transferring to and then place your image, face down (face down is with image that you have painted down onto the surface, into the wet paint, with the unpainted side of the paper facing up).
6. Place the center of the image down first and work the air bubbles out to the edge. Be gentle, you can either tear or distort the paper pushing the air bubbles out, especially if the paper is wet or if there is humidity. For large transfers, I use a screen-print squeegee. You can also remove air bubbles by taking an x-acto knife, cutting a small 1/8 or 1/16 inch slit in the middle of the air bubble, and pushing the air out the small hole.
7. Let the paint completely dry. The transfer will dry fastest in hot, dry environments and slowest in cold or
humid environments. You will be able to feel moisture on the back of the photocopy paper, as well as feel the softness of the drying paint when the transfer is still wet. 12 - 24 hours is a safe dry time. Be sure to use a fan while drying the transfer. This keeps the paper from wrinkling during the drying (the wrinkled paper is a great effect, so you may also want to take advantage of it.... if this is the case, do not wet the paper before you transfer, the wrinkles are caused by the paper expanding when wet, as well as moisture sitting on the surface of the paper while drying).
8. Once the transfer is dry, take a spray water bottle and wet the paper. Take any type of stiff-bristle brush. I use a plastic brush made by a company Quickie, which they sell at any grocery store. It is about 4 inches long, has a handle, and 2-3 inch plastic bristles.
9. Scrub the wet paper. This is why you need a resistant surface. You simply can't do this on a stretched canvas, unless it has a lot of paint. You begin by scrubbing as hard as you can and, as you remove the layers, begin scrubbing more delicately. I typically scrub a layer, wipe off the excess with my hand, rewet, scrub again, wipe off, rewet, take an old t-shirt and get the small particles left behind. Then I will just barely rewet and use my fingers to get any tiny bits of paper left behind. You want to remove all of the paper. On a small 10 x 10 inch transfer on canvas, it typically takes about 10 minutes to remove all of the paper.
10. You should now have a complete transfer of your original image to the new surface. The acrylic medium you used for the transfer creates a stronger bond than that of the binder that holds the pigment to the original piece of paper. Sometimes, during the scrubbing process, areas of the photocopy will rub off. This can be caused by large air bubbles drying under the surface of the photocopy, not allowing the acrylic medium or gesso to dry to the transfer surface. You can save these areas from rubbing off by being very delicate. The initial layers of acrylic medium or gesso act to prevent this. Try a few transfers without the initial layers and you will understand. You can also scrub the pigment off by scrubbing too hard. Another problem comes from textured surfaces, where a certain area of the transfer is more worn in the paper removal process. Once you do a few transfers, you will be able to predict problem areas. Almost always, it is a matter of being very careful while removing the paper and knowing how to recognize the problem areas.
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Stage 1: Moleskine Pre-ownership
The people who you look up to have one with them at all times. You cannot understand it. But you can't deny it looks cool. You look for alternatives. There are none. If only you had a good enough reason to buy one.
Like: I'm a ____________ (writer, artist, musician, designer, thinker, etc. ) and all ____________ have one.
Stage 2: Moleskine Selection
Hard cover or soft cover? Reporter or classic? Large or small? Dairy, which one? Cahiers? Sketchbook with thicker paper? Watercolour Notebook with even thicker paper? Choosing the right moleskine for you is a difficult process. But with time and careful practice, you will find 'the one'
Stage 3: Moleskine Community
You're now part of something bigger than yourself. A culture. A club. Your thoughts are suddenly more valuable, so are the things you say. Even your blogging has improved. When you see another moleskine owner, you give each other a nod of approval. Good thing she doesn't know that you haven't written a word yet.
Stage 4: Starting a Moleskine
You peel off the thin plastic protection film. The crackling sound fills you with excitement. You feel the oilskin cover for the first time. You snap open the elastic band a flip through the pages. your future flashes before your eyes. Your dreams waiting to burst out onto the blank pages. You bookmark an empty page, and snap the moleskine shut again. And you wait for the right moment to start.
Stage 5: Moleskine History
In the pocket of your new moleskine is a small leaflet that brings you into the world o moleskine and shares it's legendary story from it's Italian roots, the the plain notebook you now hole in your hands. You are the next part of that history.
Stage 6: Moleskine Inspiration
The pages are too perfect. It's difficult to start. "what shall I write or draw" at first there is no answer. And then, inspiration strikes. It happens more quickly for some, and slowly for others. But once inspiration strikes. You start taking notes..and you never look back.
Stage 7: Moleskine Legacy.
Finishing a moleskine feels you with a sense of satisfaction but it also makes you feel vulnerable, naked. Suddenly your ideas don't have a home. The good thing is, that wherever you are, you know you can pick up a moleskine, a notebook of the exact same quality and size from any good book or stationary store. Once you become part of the moleskine story, it's hard to imagine using any other notebook.
By Ming of the artmaker blog for CZipLee
[Thanks Alvin!]
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Brady MacDonald wrote:
"I was on the SciFi channel's page checking out their show called
"Destination Truth". The show's host went over his travel gear and he
listed Moleskine's as a must have for using to journal with on his
adventures..."
If it's good enough for Hemingway, it's good enough for me. Moleskin
journals have housed ideas, thoughts, and dreams for hundreds of years.
I take one brand-new Moleskin journal on every single trip I take. It
can be hard to keep up, but the experience of looking back on your own
words is more valuable than any photo. I use a prosaic but utterly
satisfying Parker click pen that costs about $5 from Staples. I tried
fancy pen after fancy pen with mixed results, but something about the
smooth ink delivery and overly resistant click-top of the Parker just
makes me want to write up a storm. Eat your heart out, Ernest.
I recently moved from Glasgow to the coast in Gourock, Scotland and started drawing on the way to my work on the train. I found myself looking forward to seeing new places that I can draw and paint and hopefully bring something of that online to show where I’ve been. Somewhere in between it all I’ve ended up seeing much more of where I live and now its something I couldn’t really imagine not doing.
Er, stylewise I’m very much on a path of finding my own at the moment. Recently I’ve been moving away from outline/contour drawing to focusing on form and colour more, going for something slightly more finished.
With materials I’m a bit sparse. Its taken me a while to find what works with me well.
Faber Castell Pitt artist pens. They use indian ink and are waterproof. I’m really enjoying using the brown sanguine ones at the moment. Its a bit of a softer line than black.
Pentell Brush pen – to add a more random rougher aspect to my drawings.
Papermate – nonstop pencil.
Mountblanc – fountain pen with noodler’s waterproof ink
A set of travel watercolours
oh, and a moleskin sketchbook. I’m hoping for Moleskine to hopefully release a version of the sketchbook that’s a little more sympathetic to watercolour.
all the best,
Wil Freeborn
www.ghostschool.co.uk
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Follow the adventure of this group of artists from around the world, in a Japanese fold Moleskine sketchbook exchange.
The LATEST & GREATEST group YET will conquer the world with their amazing art---or just have a HELL of a lot of FUN!!!!
For some time now I've been carrying around two Moleskine notebooks: a limited edition 2008 red diary (planner) and a large ruled notebook. The planner is for work and holds my Getting Things Done (GTD) system, including a calendar and lists. It also holds all of my meeting notes from work. The notebook is a home for all of my ideas related to characters, plots, dialogue, titles, and any rough drafts that happen to pop into my head during the day.
The problem with a two-notebook system should be obvious. I have to carry both notebooks everywhere. And if the need arises for one while I'm using the other, I have to switch between notebooks. (This can be especially uncomfortable in a business meeting, when other people might wonder, "What's so important that he has to write in a separate notebook...?") Furthermore, the need for two notebooks equates to twice the cost. After taxes, I'm probably spending $35 to suit my notebook requirements.
Some weeks ago I spent a night musing over my Moleskine mess. Turning the black ruled notebook in my hands and ultimately inspecting its constituent parts, I realized that it's a fairly simple product. There is nothing particularly outstanding or unusual about the "oilcloth" cover, the paper, or even the elastic band.
That's when I realized I could make one myself.
Mark Putnam
Learn more at his blog, "Write Damn Now"
Part of my new silhouette obsession: Winsor & Newton Black Indian Ink atop delta ceramcoat atop gesso atop the pages of a Moleskine (heavy stock) sketchbook.
We have no more critters in our backyard than anyone else, but I wage that ours are the cutest, because of the quail. There's a family, about 20 of them, that run the perimeter at dusk. The California Thrasher couple have a nest somewhere in the hedge; when we lay in the sun by the bird feeder, one of them will watch us from the grapefruit tree, sometimes with a red worm in his mouth, for a half-hour or more. Hummingbirds are always fighting, and the woodpeckers hae assaulted the old olive tree on their continual hunt or boring insects.
By Stephanie
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I have been writing in journals since 1987 and before that in spiral notebooks.
I have been writing since I was 11 and am 53 now, so since I write everyday anywhere on everything that is a lot of writing.
Having kept this up without even having to try because I cannot see myself doing anything else for all these years I often wonder how many others out there are like me?
One of the most interesting things to come out of all this passion is 11 novels and thousands of poems. What is interesting about this fact is that when the novels were written they seemed to write themselves. I think personally it is the pen to paper connection that has been the conduit for my imagination at speeds so fast that sometimes I have to do sketches to capture the essence of an idea as it comes. I am not an artist but a writer. So the sketches [one I have attached] speaks for itself.
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Greg Goddard alerted us to this post at WIRED magazine's "Game Life".
Wil Wheaton on what he carries every single time he leaves the house:
"I put a 3x5 softcover Molskine notebook and a ballpoint pen into my back pocket when I get dressed every day. It's as automatic as putting on my wedding ring. I carry it with me because I never know when I'm going to get a story idea, or see something that I could incorporate into some future work. It's also handy for playing hangman with my wife when we're waiting for the subway."
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Here is the second article by Alex Charchar on notebooks:
"Not too long ago I wrote about the Moleskine Notebooks in a general way – going into what they are, where they came from and expressed my overly romantic feelings for the little books—the word lust was used. While writing, I began to realise that the article was starting to get long, far too long for one article from an online source, so I decided to split it into two. This first article was an introduction to the notebooks. This second article is a look at how they can be used and what fantastic things are being done with them.
The Moleskine range has been used for some great things. From being used as the canvas of illustrators sharpening their skills whenever they get a chance, no matter where they are, to people ditching their PDAs for an analogue system with a pocket Moleskine at its centre, to creatives filling a book with whatever came into their minds for exhibitions. .."
Read the full post at his blog, Retinart
Alex Charchar of Retinart has written a couple of articles on Moleskine notebooks which we will feature this week. The first post is a look into the history of the notebooks and an overview of what makes them so loved.
"Opening to the first page, you are presented with a thick paper stock with space to write an "in case of loss" address and how much you'd offer as a reward is found—most likely inspired by Chatwins example. Turn the page again and the paper stock that makes these books so lovely is shown in all its glory, marked with either soft grey lines to write on, a grid or no lines at all—depending on your flavour of Moleskine. It is this stock, as well as the high grade of craftsmanship that sets these notebooks aprart from its competitors. And such a well selected paper stock it is; the off-white stock lusts for the markings of your ink or graphite, giving such a smooth ride, that once you start marking the pages, you don't want to stop..."
I'm a French artist and I live & work in Mulhouse.
I work mainly with Chinese ink on paper, pen and brush. For
me, the ink is synonymous with purity, simplicity and
spirituality. The themes of my works are: the struggle of
minorities, the right to be different, respect, music, the
great men of this world, philosophy, Asian culture, Tibet,
the Amerindian… I realize my studies on history Moleskine
notebooks.
I like the paper quality and beauty of Moleskine notebooks.
They are truly beautiful objects that I collect as well.
Bruno Leyval
© 2008 BBL
Studio website : www.awakestudio.com
b. website : www.awakestudio.com/b
My work stems from an inner desire to understand and document the
personal growth and emotions I encounter throughout my life. Most of my
work is based on the idea of documenting my quarter-life crisis,
discovering my true journey, and embracing it. I often use a variety of
mediums ranging from found objects, mementos, photographs, magazine and
vintage book pages, gouache, watercolor, inks, and lots of glue. More
often than not my journal work is collaged based with illustrations,
color, and free verse musings on my current state of mind.
I have been journaling for years, as a way to unwind, comprehend and
capture the experiences life throws at me. It started out as a release,
almost meditative, and has now become complete second nature to me. I
find that I love Moleskines the most because of their durability,
aesthetic and charm of endless possibilities. My journals are always by
my side, each one for certain concepts and goals. Forever growing,
forever documenting.
Mae Jane
www.doc-u-menting.com
www.maejane.com
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© 2008 MJ
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From our friend Mike Rohde:
I've just completed scanning, tuning and uploading 34 pages of sketchnotes I captured in my pocket Moleskine sketchbook at SXSW Interactive earlier this week.
I think the sketchnotes turned out well, and it was no problem for me to continuously create them for nearly every session I attended. I certainly went through ink in my G2 mini pens — I'm glad I brought several along.
More at Rohdesign.
"i live in oakland and work in san francisco. i draw people on public transportation, mostly in the SF Bay Area, on my way to and from work, during rush hour, twenty minutes each way. always in a Moleskine. well, a few times i tried another surface, but with minimal success, so i switched back.sometimes i paint them later, after i get home."
Wendy Macnaughton
More at her website.
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By Karla Maquiling
In this Q&A, multi-awarded Filipino writer and English professor Jose "Butch" Dalisay Jr. talks about his romance with the Moleskine and his fountain pens (he has a vast collection; in fact, one of his short stories, "Penmanship," is about a fountain pen) and how he reconciles this pen-and-paper lifestyle with his digital life.
Readers of Dalisay, who writes a Sunday column for the Philippine Star and another for technology magazine T3, know him as a big techie. In fact, he was one of the first in the Philippines to own the MacBook Air, bought by his sister in the States and couriered to Manila.
Have you always been into technology?
I
guess so. That probably comes from a childhood dream of becoming a
scientist. As you know I went to the Philippine Science High School.
Unfortunately I couldn't hack the math, so this is my way of keeping
the flame alive.
As I was telling TJ Manotoc on TV the other day–he was interviewing me about the new MacBook Air – for me, technology is a way of cheating time. This means that I can do and experience today what a lot of people will be glad to wait a few years for. And the older I get, the more acute that feeling becomes. I have great faith in technology. Of course, I know all the stories about technology gone amuck or technology becoming a god, things like that. That's not what I mean. I'm not a worshiper of technology. What I mean is, it's a fascinating story of how people and their brains can make things easier for all of us eventually.
You
collect fountain pens, and like most writers you're also into
journaling. How do you reconcile that analog lifestyle with the digital
one?
There is a part of me that's looking out beyond the horizon–that's the part that deals with computers and writes for T3.
But also as somebody who was born in the fifties, I have a rather
nostalgic bent or a respect for old things that have always worked, and
pen and paper are two of those. So that ironically, or perhaps not, in
my backpack you will find the Macbook Air and you will also find a
Moleskine and a fountain pen.
Another Moleskine has been filled up, and I started breaking in a new one yesterday. Enough people have asked how I use mine, so I thought I would share exactly how I set up and use my Moleskine journal. With each one I have found better ways to make it work, so here is the latest.
In terms of use, my Moleskine is where I catch all my thoughts and ideas related to ministry, develop sermons, brainstorm, work on current projects and more. I need as much freedom as possible for it to work for me, so it’s the Large Plain (blank pages) Journal.
Here’s how I set it up…
1. Name and Reward.
Don’t forget to put your name and contact information inside the front cover. Include a “Reward if returned” statement. If you wind up using it and lose it, you’ll want someone motivated to get it back to you.
2. Number every other page, bottom right hand corner.
Numbering allows for easier reference (see below). There are 240 pages in my journal, my first numbered page is 3. Odd pages only because I’m too lazy to write on every page, and numbering the even pages as well is unnecessary.
"Setting up a Moleskine"
By Pastor Joe Thorn
Image + text: © 2008 JT
What delightful way to welcome Daylight Savings Time:)
THE LITTLE LAND
Little thoughtful creatures sit,
On the grassy coasts of it.
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Currently, I am a Web Creative Director at an advertising
agency in Indiana. While interactive is my main focus, my
illustration work has been featured in print, television,
direct, outdoor, tradeshow, brand identity systems, and
packaging.
I attended the Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia
on a full fine arts scholarship with a major in
illustration and design. I have exhibited my artworks in
galleries and art shows in the midwest and southeast over
the last 20 years. I create artworks in a wide variety of
media. My latest series of illustrations depict figures in
hues that seem once vivid, and are now faded. I want to
transport my viewers into a dream-like world where the
mythical characters tell ancient tales of enchantment.
I always have two Moleskines with me at all times. My daily
planner and the plain notebook. I use them for notes,
concepts, thumbnails and final illustrations. I love the
feel of the thin pages vs. the heavy watercolor paper.
www.imwithsully.com/blog
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By Retro Traveler
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Our cat, Checkers, on my large watercolor Moleskine...it must have been the goldfish that attracted her to this spot...Just for the record, I did NOT pose the cat - I had been taking photos of my drawings - propping the notebook against black cloth on an extra bed - I turned by back and Checkers arranged herself, quite comfortably, on my Moleskine. The irony is completely coincidental!!
By Berkemc @ Moleskinerie/FLICKR
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I'm now a graduate student in SCAD and major in illustration. What i'm doing now is to strengthen my basic drawing and rendering skills and hope someday I could really establish my own way to interpret what's happening in the world. Most of my illustration works were done in Acrylics. Acrylics is something I'm OK with to finish my works. But my personal favorite material is graphite, just black and white.
JazzBa
Savannah, GA, US
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Moleskine
you’re so thin
let me have you for dinner
I promise to fill you up from within
even if it kills her
Who cares if she’s practically vegan
we’ll have sirloin all over
Moleskine
you’re brimming
with unwritten inventions
I cannot resist your credentials
please let me become residential
I promise to satisfy your potential
Moleskine
I’m dim
won’t you be
my light at the end of the tunnel?
It’s fundamental
I realise
that in this life
there is only so much material
that’s for the finding
And I would be delighted
if you were to be my binding
© 2008 CC
Photo:ABF
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after 1 meter moleskine in 4 years........I think I`m getting more and more
an mole.... I made over 4000 drawings in the last 4 years so I spent a lot
of time with these books and it´s still fresh........I started with
sketchbook than plain notebook and now I prefer plain
reporter......moleskine is perfect ..and the Japanese album.....best place
for my print stuff ........I miss nothing .......
Christian Webber.
Visit his blog, eyeshots.
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Dunno much about html but this sure is a cool-looking notebook:
This is part of the Armchair seasonal gift series. What you have here is that infamous partner of adventures, the Moleskine notebook. Nate wrote a CSS style-sheet for the book and George and Larry over at the Epidemik Coalition screenprinted the design onto the book. It takes a little understanding of html to get it. It’s meant to be mildly amusing if you do. Nate Steiner took this photo and is coincidentally the hand model as well. Kevin Byrd's role was somewhere in the concept/design/producer arena.
Nathan Steiner
Armchair Media:
http://armchairmedia.com/blog/
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"...the whole piece is composed of porcelain which was fired with a touch of green glaze on the imprinted leaf, a handmade cardboard box with elastic closure and a real Moleskine notebook..."
Paula
Learn more at her blog.
© 2008 By the author
[Thanks Chris]
"Here's a handy hack I've been using lately to carry a map and notes along with my hacked Moleskine Weekly Planner notebook.
I use a standard 3" x 5" yellow sticky note to draw a map, with directions, address, phone numbers and whatever else I might need to get to my meeting.
Then I attach the long, sticky edge to the spine side of the Moleskine (left edge) and then slide the loose edge of the sticky note under the elastic band (right side), so it won't catch the corners in my pocket..."
Learn more at Rohdesign
© 2008 MR
Canadian art student Gabrielle has been using Moleskine for 2 years now. 6 of her notebooks are currently on exhibit at the Art Library of UQÀM from 7 to 21 of February. They are on display near the entrance.
8 fév. 2008 BIBLIOMANES
BIBLIOMANES
Édition 2008
Visit Miss Gaby at deviantART
"I've been pondering for a while how to add a pen holder to my Moleskine plain page Reporter notebook. I had a vague idea of the approach I wanted to use, so I was half-way there. Yesterday I got the urge to do a search, and found a lot of entries - to my surprise - but they all miss the mark. I want a simple design, non-destructive, with a minimal impact to the book itself, and with zero impact to the size of the book. After all, what's the point of getting a small book to put in your pocket, and then adding bulk to it. Let's face it, even the Reporters aren't that small. Anyway...
If you don't want to measure this out manually, I recommend laying it out using OpenOffice, and exporting as a PDF. Point of that is Acrobat Reader will let you print at 100% scale, and the excess is just trimmed. OO doesn't seem to scale that well..."
Carey
Learn more @ Wot Nau
© 2008 By the author
Gifts to participants of the First Annual Moleskinerie Exhibit. This special limited edition set consists of large and pocket plain and ruled notebooks and a weekly planner.
View the FLICKR Photoset
Here's a classic by Molly from '06:
I can't write straight without lines, and there are the times I need to. Especially when I am using a dip pen and shellac based ink. So I printed a card with lines that can be seen thru the moleskine journal page and keep it in the back, along with the blotter paper card.
molly1216 @ FLICKR
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Tomás Hijo works making books or parts of them. He can write, illustrate, design or compose one (althought he prefers not to do the last thing). His client list include the most important spanish editors, like Anaya or Edelvives, some movie producers and all-size institutions.
He teaches what he makes at the Pontificia University from Salamanca (Spain), the city where he lives. Nowadays, he prepares some illustrated children books.
Tomás Hijo web
Salamanca, España
View his works on FLICKR
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"back in december of 06 armand put me up as a featured artist.
my life has been down hill from there...just kidding.
actually living and teaching ashtanga yoga in Tokyo this past year.
and still working on my moleskines collages.
i wanted share some updated pics of my journals
here's my moleskines on flickr.
wishing everyone at moleskinerie a happy new year
keep up the great work!"
Barry Silver
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Pragmagraphr started ad discussion at Moleskinerie/FLICKR:
I really liked the discontinued 2005 weekly planner layout, and have since made my own, by converting a ruled notebook. The columns make it possible to draw boxes over several days if I have some appointment that spans several days. Also, I've left some space at the bottom for Gantt style charts (I seldom have more than four current tasks going), and every other doble page is left blank for note taking.
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Photo: 366.7 New DIY planner by Pragmagraphr
Katrien Baetens wrote:
"Lux XL"is a cultural cross-media program on Belgian national
television/radio. Every week a guest brings along some of his favourite
objects. This week, the mayor of Brussels, brought his Moleskine to the
show.
LINK
(Click on 'Foto', the picture in the center)
© 2008 Radio1
Here I used a plan pocket Moleskine and drew a week on two page spread. I used a light grey pen so that it wouldn't bleed through. Note that I just put the dates. Monday starts at the upper left and Sunday ends on the second to the last box on the page. It leaves an empty box for overflow on any one day. I use a simple arrow to point to the extra box if needed. A small pen 0.5 or 0.38 works fine. Stiff bookmark post-it tabs are used for the current month and week.
After this and the previous months I still have about 80 blank pages left for notes.
Dave Terry
Month view here.
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All of my moleskines (at least I think thats all of them...) are out of the boxes and together...and if you pick through the lot you'll see some new ones...
As you can see here...here is the orginal leaning tower...
The Original Leaning Tower of Moleskine
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