The end of the calendar year is a busy time for the stationery community. We are inundated with last-minute product releases (which is probably true for most retail businesses) plus the final selections of planners for the coming new year. Add in the requisite end-of-year wrap ups, best of’s and top ten lists and there is a flurry of activity.
This week’s Link Love shows the start of the end, so to speak. There are top ten lists for books as well as inks. There were lots of wonderful animal posts so they got their own category this week. And finally, there is a wonderful Tiny Desk Concert by Dua Lipa that might brighten your afternoon. Even if you are not familiar with her music, it’s joyful and she is kind to her bandmates. It put a smile on my face.
Pens:
- Review: PENBBS 469 dual nib fountain pen (via Parka Blogs)
- How to break in a Sharpie (via Austin Kleon)
- Leonardo Furore Grande Fountain Pen (via The Pencilcase Blog)
- TWSBI Aurora (via dapprman)
- Onoto’s Mammoth Magna #8: masterpiece or mistake? (via UK fountain pens)
- Tesori Venezia: fresh and vibrant (via UK fountain pens)
- Loops and Scribbles with a Vintage Gold Dip Nib (via
Gourmet Pens)
Ink:
- Sailor Manyo Kuzu (via Mountain of Ink)
- Sailor Manyo Kikyou (via Mountain of Ink)
- Kala Nostalgia Gemstone Star Garnet Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Tono & Lims Sahul (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Ten inks for 2020 (via UK fountain pens)
- Monteverde Smoke Noir (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Monteverde Scotch Brown on Midori MD (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Colorverse Under The Shade (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
- Dapprman’s 10 Main Inks (via dapprman)
Pencils:
- AmazonBasics Mechanical Drafting Pencil (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
Notebooks & Paper:
- How to choose your 2021 diary (via The Pen Company Blog)
- Stickers and Zine #10-11. (via PENCIL REVOLUTION!)
- Grand Plans Day to a Page Planner Review (Keep track of work & personal in the same planner) (via All About Planners)
- Lost or Stolen Darwin Notebooks (via Notebook Stories)
- Workflows Update: Why I’m Choosing an Undated Planner for 2021 (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Art & Creativity:
- Poking Fun at Art History, Amy Sillman Makes a Case for Awkwardness (via Hyperallergic)
- Some of the Best Art Books of 2020 (via Hyperallergic)
- Meet the creative collective pushing Risograph printing and its processes to the max (via It’s Nice That)
- A list of resources to shift your perspective on the creative industry (via It’s Nice That)
- Artist Lucy Sparrow launches a fully stocked chemist, handmade completely in felt (via Creative Boom)
- Six things you can do with a graphic design degree (via Creative Boom)
- KANOGU: Aromatic Paints Stimulate Your Sense of Sight & Smell (via Spoon & Tamago)
- 5 Paul Klee Paintings that Capture His Diverse Style (via My Modern Met)
- Art by Other Artists in my Studio: a Partial Studio Tour (via My Giant Strawberry)
- Sketchbook Design: Free Intro Lessons (via Liz Steel)
Our Animal Kingdom:
- Why Humans Are Obsessed with Cats (via Kottke.org)
- Pets Have Provided Vital, Comforting Touch During the Pandemic (via My Modern Met)
- Pygmy Possums Found on Kangaroo Island After Fears They Were Extinct (via My Modern Met)
- Transparent Octopus Caught by Blackwater Photographer [Interview] (via My Modern Met)
Other Interesting Things:
- Holiday Gift Ideas for the Fountain Pen and Stationery Nerds in Your Life (via Chicana Writes)
- Dua Lipa’s Tiny Desk Concert (via Kottke.org)
- Ikea to cease printing its catalogue, once the most distributed publication in the world (via It’s Nice That)
- The Best Books of 2020 (via Kottke.org)
- Returning to Normal (via Kottke.org)
- Bring cheer to a deserving child this holiday season (via USPS Newsroom)
- José Naranja: Optimized writing tools for travels (via José Naranja)
- Our 2020 Stocking Stuffers List (via Tools and Toys)
- TypewriterTalk Podcasts with Jonathan Posey (via oz.Typewriter)
- The Vampire Test (via Austin Kleon)
- Clusters of Candy-Colored Domes Designed for Communal Living Populate Iran’s Hormuz Island (via Colossal)
- Japanese Design Innovations in Metal Ruler Details, by Niigata Seiki (via Core77)
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