As December continues to roll along, the recaps and end-of-year wrap-ups are starting to roll in and posts with “2025” in the name are starting to appear. Is it weird that I track the movement of the year through other people’s blog posts?
2024 Recaps & Moving Forward:
- The 25 Best Films of 2024 (via Hyperallergic)
- National Geographic Announces Its “Pictures of the Year” (via My Modern Met)
- Check Out the 2025 Moon Phases (via Kottke.org)
Oh, Pantone:
- Stop Hating on Pantone’s “Mocha Mousse” Color of the Year (via Hyperallergic)
- Introducing Mocha Mousse, Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2025 (via Creative Boom)
Pens:
- Pen + Gear Gel pens review and comparison to the Paper Mate Inkjoy Gel (via All About Planners)
- Montblanc 145 Classique S Nib Fountain Pen Review 4K (via BLAKE’S BROADCAST)
- Pilot Iro-Utsushi Dip Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
- Opus 88 KOLORO (via Wonder Pens)
- BENU Euphoria Collection Bourbon Fountain Pen Review — The Pen Addict
- Pilot Silvern Fountain Pen Review — The Pen Addict
- If I could only have one fountain pen? – Stationery
- REVIEW: Hethrone Eight Color Waterproof Pigment Liner Set (via Doodlewash)
- Everyday sketching with Poscas (via Liz Steel)
Ink:
- The Theme is the Thing: FWP Printing Press Inks (via Dime Novel Raven)
- Diamine Inkvent 2024 Day 10 (via Writing at Large)
- 24 Days of Dupes 2024 – Week 1 (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Ink Review #2673: Diamine Wishing Tree (via Mountain of Ink)
- Ink Review #2672: Diamine Marley (via Mountain of Ink)
- Van Dieman’s Cloudburst (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Ink Review #2668: Diamine Forest Gateau (via Mountain of Ink)
- distracting: kwz stardust blue fountain pen ink (via A Fleeting Ripple)
Pencils:
- Graphite for Gilligan’s Island (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
Notebooks & Paper:
- Is it FP-friendly? Starbucks 2025 Planner review (via Pen Noob)
- Guest Post – Archiving Solutions. (via Philofaxy)
- Last Minute Gift Ideas for Notebook Lovers (via Notebook Stories)
- Plotter Bible Size: Embracing the Single-Use Notebook (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Kakeibo: Japanese Household Account Books (via Notebook Stories)
- MD Paper paper (via Nero’s Notes)
- Paper System Changes, Update #2 (via Rachel’s Reflections)
- Review: Kinbor A6 Planner (via Inky Imaginings)
Art & Creativity:
- PMQ2024: What art supplies I used (via Liz Steel)
- Cozy Homes and Woodland Wonders Abound in Julie Liger-Belair’s Collages (via Colossal)
- Wonder and Warmth Emanate from Rosanna Tasker’s Vivid Illustrations (via Colossal)
- Hotlist 2025: the 25 most popular graphic designers, as voted for by their peers (via Creative Boom)
- Starry Spruce Mail Art Tutorial (via The Postman’s Knock)
I love Typography:
- The Arresting Typography of the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (via Kottke.org)
- Crafting Letters: The Beautiful Ludlow Typography Specimen Books c. 1958 (via Design You Trust)
- Vintage Hand-Drawn VHS Labels (via Kottke.org)
Other Interesting Things:
- US Libraries Offer Free Health and Wellness Courses to Visitors (via My Modern et)
- Inside Miniature Dioramas, Flying Saucers Drift Across Extraterrestrial Landscapes (via Colossal)
- Bistro in Paris Invites Guests to Send Letters to Their Future Selves (via My Modern Met)
- A zine about light (via Austin Kleon)
- Unfurling the creative details hidden within Monument Valley 3 (via It’s Nice That)
- 60 Years Before Wicked, a Movie Musical That Made Your Eyes Sing (via Hyperallergic)
- Visit to Maruzen Nagoya in Nagoya, Japan (via Inkcredible Colours)
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