I love when I’m stationed close to the Dromgoole’s tables at pen shows. Inevitably, I find things I cannot do without. When I saw that they had the Nanami Café Note B6 with 3.7mm dashed grid ($20), I couldn’t resist trying it out. The Café Note comes with a heavyweight matte white paper wrap over…
The Apuntes Medium Hard Cover notebook in Piso Beige ($19.50) is made in Mexico City. It features 90gsm ivory paper and 200 plain pages. The book has a paper-wrapped hardcover and is approximately B6 (172mm x 108mm / 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in). It’s also available in other covers and dot or lined (school-style).…
Often, the reviews I write are after using a product for just a couple days or even a couple hours. However, I have been using the Kokoyu Systemic Fabric Notebook Cover in A5 size ($23) for several months now. This gives me the opportunity to talk through its real-life usability. It also means my photos…
Baron Fig collaborated with Shantell Martin to create the new Simple Observations ($20) guided journal. Utilizing their classic flagship Confidant size (5.4″ x 7.7″), the journal features a black cloth cover with white lettering on the cover. Inside the end paper reverse the colors with bright white paper and black hand lettering. Inside, the journal…
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I hadn’t invested in any of the Baron Fig guided notebooks to date as I didn’t really see a need for them. My notebooks tend to be a lot more haphazard. I have trouble reserving notebooks for one specific task. My brain is a permanent brain dump. That said, when I recently discovered that I…
Review by Tina Koyama Stillman & Birn sketchbooks have been my favorites for a long time, especially Beta (toothy paper for wet media), Zeta (smooth, mixed media paper) and the Nova series of toned books in beige, gray and black. This review is of the beige Nova in the versatile 5½-by-8½-inch, portrait-format softcover ($19.99). The…
