You're a writer. You're a blogger. You demand the best tools for the job and yet there's so much "bloatware" out there that has totally forgotten what a writer truly needs. Say "Hi" to the last desktop publishing client that you'll ever need: Desk.
The Dragons are small, lightweight, and of course, dragon-shaped pairs of docks for iPhone and iPad. We'll be giving away a pair to one of our newsletter subscribers at the end of this week.
Our friends at Nock Co are experimenting with small production runs of new colorways for their Hightower pen & memo book cases.
If you loved the Shelterwood edition of Field Notes, you'll dig the Cherry Graph edition they've added to their regular shop lineup.
Drafts 4 is a wholly revamped version of the popular note-taking and idea-capturing app for iOS. It's got more new features than you can shake a stick at.
Baron Fig, creators of the beautiful Confidant hardcover notebook, have released the smaller-but-equally-lovely Apprentice pocket notebook. Perfect for capturing ideas anywhere.
These eco-friendly Resketch sketchbooks are made from a variety of reclaimed paper and stock types and bound together with recycled plastic coil. You never know what kinds of paper will be included in your book—official letterhead, colorful poster board, fancy resume stock, maybe even architectural drawings.
At the end of the week we'll be giving away a copy of The Sketchnote Workbook to someone on our newsletter list. The Sketchnote Workbook is extremely impressive and its relevance extends far beyond the art and practice of sketchnoting itself.
Byword for the Mac was recently picked by The Sweet Setup as their favorite Markdown writing app for the Mac.
'Unexposed', the newest edition to the Field Notes COLORS lineup, is...well, a mystery. And that's by design. Every pack contains three randomly-selected-but-unique 5.5" x 3.5" memo books in an opaque black sleeve, each with 48 pages of reticle graph paper. As for the covers? No one knows yet. All we know is there are six of them, meaning there are twenty possible…
Heads up, lovers of fine paper products: the 2015 Hobonichi Planner Book is now available for pre-order. For those unfamiliar with it, the Hobonichi is a beautiful planner—known as a techo in Japanese—that goes beyond schedule-planning by also acting as a journal, notebook, sketch(note)book, scribble pad, and generally a place to capture thoughts and moments. Originally made in Japan, the Hobonichi has…
Hard Graft's new Notebook keeps things simple and beautiful: Cover made from Austrian wool Endleaves made from structured grey paper with logo print 160 plain off-white pages, edged in grey. Grey fabric bookmark Black elastic fabric rubber band Inner pocket in back Dimensions: 5.5” x 8.27” x 0.6" $65 at Hard Graft. Pairs nicely with their leather trip case, which holds necessary…
The Rotring 800+ is a combination of stylus and retractable 0.7mm mechanical pencil. Give the cap a small twist to extend or retract the mechanical pencil—while retracted the 800+ acts like any other stylus, perfect for use on an iPad. The hexagonal metal barrel adds a certain heftiness and quality that feels great in the hand, and thanks to its knurled grip,…
Take three Pitch Black Field Notes notebooks, bind them together with a rubberized, tar-like substance, add a double-wrapped cord closure and a small tarred-cord bookmark, and you've got Tar Field Notes. The stats: 144 pages total 50-lb Finch Opaque Smooth text paper Light-gray dot grid Hand-bound Pick up a set for $28 at Blackbird.
Our friends at The Cramped have put a t-shirt up on Teespring, and we think it's worth checking out. The Cramped is a blog that celebrates analog writing tools, so if you're into handwriting with pen & paper or even using a typewriter, you'll definitely dig their work. The shirt's Teespring campaign ends in a couple days (as of July 14th, 2014)…
The Journeyman Art Kit by Red Clouds Collective is sort of like Nock Co.'s Hightower bifold, but made from leather rather than nylon. Holds three pens on one side, and a notebook on the other. The Journeyman comes with a notebook and three micron pens (01, 03, and 05). Available in walnut (pictured above) or black for $135.
Photo credit: Robert Occhialini The DDC Stuff Sheath—designed by the fine folks at Draplin Design Co.—is a simple leather sheath that protects your Field Notes notebook and other bits of paper bouncing around in your pocket. As the embossing on the front cover says, the Stuff Sheath is very durable and very, very orange. Sports a single line of stitching along the…
As I've said, you can never really have too many notebooks. These Camp Trip Notebooks from Trails of Escape in particular are great tools for planning and journaling your next outdoors excursion. The cover lets you fill in a trip location and date range, while the inner pages contain gear-packing checklists and pages where you can capture your thoughts during the trip.…
It's been nine months since we first wrote about Nock Co., the pen-and-paper accessories startup co-founded by our friend Brad Dowdy. I won't belabor any childbirth references here (well I guess I just did), but I'm excited to say that their store is finally open for business. If you're like us and partial to nice pens and Field Notes notebooks, Nock Co.…
Here at Tools & Toys, we don't think there is such a thing as having too many notebooks in one's life. Here's another one you should add to your collection (especially if you're an aviation nerd): FLIGHTBOOK. Inspired by the 1956 edition of The Observer's Book of Aircraft, the covers of these graph-paper notebooks contain some neat bits of aviation trivia, while…