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The Behance Dot Grid Book is a coil-ringed notebook. It uses very thick paper (80 lb.), and is neither blank nor ruled – it has a “dot grid”. Though very thick, the paper also seems pulpy and unfinished. I am wondering why this particular paper was chosen. Thicker paper being better was generally true with [...] Let’s take a second look at some of the items we saw last year. Today we’ll recall notebooks and stationery items. The Rhodia pad was the topic of the blog’s first post, back in 2005. I still use the A3 sized No. 38 at my desk. As 2009 begins, Rhodia now produces all sorts of brand [...] Certain stationery implements seem to be able to communicate a sense of fun and joy – they make us smile and beckon us to make use of their potential. I think the Mateo Ilasco Numbers Notepad does this. There are thirty-two numbered lines, each connecting back via another line to some groups they belong to – [...] This is a super-lightweight yet fun and practical notebook. I can’t read much of it, yet it seems to speak very well to many interests of mine. Yesterday’s San Francisco State University Xpress had an article on O’Bon. According to the article, the company is Malaysian headquartered, with sales in Asia and North America. They make “environmentally friendly” products such as pencils cased in recycled newspapers. Nava, whose pencil we looked at in 2006, of course makes many other stationery items. A new entry is their Nava Notes notepads. The pads come in variety of sizes and colours, either side or top folding, hole punched or not. The covers have interesting colours and distinctive textures – they are definitely not [...] |
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