Sometimes even when sending a card it is still sent from your iPhone. This fun card makes it clear that it was sent and written sans-technology. The card is 4.25 inches by 5.5 inches, printed on heavy card stock, and is blank inside.
Wacom is well known for their tablets, which designers all across the globe use for creating digital sketches with their PCs. However, for those who draw and like to do creative work freehand, paper is the default medium. And the Wacom Inkling is a new device that brings the two together. A sensor clips on to the top of your page, and…
Only 1,761 of Graf Von Faber-Castell’s 2011 Pen of the Year will be made. This fountain beauty is platinum-plated with a hexagonal barrel and pieces of Jade set into the sides. And it’s a mere $4,000.
If you travel with your iPad often and are in want of a better way to integrate a Bluetooth keyboard, this Origami Workstation from Incase may be just the ticket for you. When not in use it acts as a cover for your bluetooth keyboard, and then it folds open and creates a “workstation” so you can affix your iPad behind the…
Available now for pre-order, the Cosmonaut is a wide-grip, capitative stylus for the iPad. It’s designed to feel like a big crayon or a dry erase marker.
This utility notebook has a singular purpose, or 33 singular purposes that is: to document the coffees you drink. Specially designed pages give you a place to write the name of the coffee, where you drank it, how it was brewed, how much it cost, and if it was any good or not. The Coffee Journal is an obsessive coffee nerd’s dream…
This leather utility notebook cover from Doane Paper is both fantastic and extravagant. In some ways you’ve got to ask yourself if you really need a $70 leather cover for your $3 utility notebook. But on the other hand you’ve got to ask yourself why not? If you burn through utility notebooks like it’s your job, perhaps you need or want something…
For a long time the well-known Pilot G2 0.38mm was my favorite daily driver pen. I love the ultra-fine tip because it’s fine but not over-the-edge fine like a 0.28mm. I love that the tip is just a little bit scratchy because I find that it makes it easier to write with. I love that it’s gel ink. And I especially love…
If you’re a paper nerd you owe it to yourself to check out the Levenger Circa notebook lineup. They have full-sized notebooks, smaller sizes, leather notebooks, plastic covers, desk punches, action planners, all sorts of paper refills and more. It’s an entire lineup of the finest quality of papered goodness that all works within Levenger’s Circa system.
On a recent episode of The B&B Podcast, Ben Brooks and I got into a discussion about pens. All you need to know is that the Pilot G2 0.38mm gel pen is just about the best pen money can buy. If I have to use any other pen I almost prefer not to write at all.
When you work on a 23-inch monitor a good full-screen writing app can be hard to find. Apps that look good in full-screen mode on a 13- or 15-inch screen don’t necessarily scale well to 23 inches. Byword, however, scales quite well. It looks great regardless of if I’m writing on my laptop display or my cinema displays. And the dark color…
Reading Natalie’s book is a lot like sitting in on a question and answer time where people ask all the right questions and she gives all the right answers. You don’t have to read the book front to back. The chapters are short and fast and can be read completely out of order because each one is its own nugget of advice…
The Little Red Writing Book is a delightful resource for structure, style, and readability in your writing. The chapters are short, clever, and fun, and the book is illustrated and type-set with great care. If you want to write better, I highly recommend The Little Red Writing Book — it’s informative and a pleasure to read. (Also available on the iBookstore.)
Perhaps the most beloved and niche pocket notebooks of the past decade. Who doesn’t want to have a Field Notes notebook in their back pocket, backpack, glove box, and desk drawer? They’re the quintessential example of a trendy utility.