Category: Paper review

Studio Tartuensis Classic Notebook Review and Giveaway

21 March 2018 By ian

Studio Tartuensis are, in their own words, A museum and studio for letterpress and intaglio techniques, a hotbed of new ideas for old crafts, a center for print-related education, research and art. They’re based in Estonia and they have a cat called Johannes Gutenberg. If you’re not already falling for them, you have no soul. […]

Central Crafts Viaggio Large Notebook Review

28 February 2018 By ian

Central Crafts is a family run business based in the UK that sells a variety of stationery items from around the world. They contacted me to see if I’d be interested in reviewing one of their notebooks. Size: 21cm by 15cm (2cm thick) (this is pretty much A5 size) Price: £24 Cover: recycled leather Pages: […]

Personalised Stationery Notebook

6 February 2018 By ian

Personalised Stationery is a UK-based company that, although fairly young, has already firmly established itself in the UK stationery world. I was sent a notebook to try by an United Inkdom colleague. I promptly spilled coffee over it. I’d used it enough to know I wanted to find out more and so bought myself a […]

Manuscript Notebook Review

1 November 2017 By ian

Manuscript are an American notebook company. They sent me a set of their notebooks to review. These are my honest opinions based on using one of each size for several weeks. Pocket notebooks Size: 5.5″ x 3.5″ Price: $11 for three Pages: 64 Cover: textured cardboard Paper: off-white Ruling: blank Binding: sewn/thread Large notebooks Size: […]

Denik Sketchbook Review

8 February 2017 By ian

Denik are an American company that makes notebooks and sketchbooks in a variety of formats, each featuring original artwork on the cover. They were kind enough to send me this sketchbook to try out. These are my own opinions. Denik use a portion of their profits to fund schools in Laos, Guatemala and Mali. As […]