Currently available on the other side of the pond from Moleskine is the Postal Notebook. Its a paperboard folio enclosure, ready-to-mail, with eight plain pages bound inside. There are two sizes available: pocket and large for £4 and £5.50 respectively and each is available in six different color paperboard covers. What a wonderful way to…

Ikea Alex flat files and West Elm’s ubiquitous Parsons desk reappear in yet another configuration showing there is no end of combinations that these pieces can be subjected and still look kind of chic. (via Apartment Therapy)

A rainbow of notebooks

If you are particular about color or want to create a rainbow with your writings, these leather journals from PaperThinks may be just the thing. Made with 100% recycled leather covers and 50% recycled cream lined paper stock, these are as environmental as they are lovely. Available in about 18 different colors 5 × 6.75″,…

The pocket notebook trend isn’t recent. Leave it to The Art of Manliness to find references to real men keeping pocket notebooks like the ones shown in the photo above since the early 20th century. Real men take notes, proudly, and the suggestions for uses for these notebooks are as valid today as they were…