Category: Paper review

An Introduction to the Midori Traveler’s Notebook (part one)

1 January 2015 By ian

The Midori Traveler’s Notebook is legendary but, to me at least, quite intimidating. It’s quite pricy to get into and there is an overwhelming number of options. I’ve spent quite a long time looking at it all from afar, not quite knowing where to begin. Then a month or so ago the rather wonderful Journal […]

TM Inspiration Pad notebook review

11 December 2014 By ian

The TM Inspiration Pad is a unique notebook. It’s available from the TM shop for between €16 and €23 depending on where you live. It’s pricy but there’s a reason for that. Read on… I’ll cover the boring bits first. There are 48 pages and there’s a soft card cover. It’s 165mm by 210mm which […]

Dotgrid Co A5 notebook review

13 November 2014 By ian

The Dotgrid.co A5 notepad has 28 pages (14 sheets) of 104gsm paper with a grey dot grid pattern. They cost £13 ($20-ish) for a pack of five. There are a range of different formats available from dotgrid.co. The paper is quite good. It’s certainly better than many notebooks but it isn’t as good as Rhodia. […]

Analog LatLon notebook review

9 October 2014 By ian

Analog’s LatLon notebooks are the result of a slightly tardy Kickstarter project and are now available from Analog’s website. They are A5 sized with 270gsm letterpressed covers and 40 pages of 90gsm plain paper. The post-Kickstarter price is $11 for one or $25 for three. The theme of this Kickstarter project was islands. I bought […]

Maruman Mnemosyne Inspiration Pad review

14 August 2014 By ian

The Maruman Mnemosyne Inspiration Pad has 70 sheets of bright white paper. It’s available plain or with a dot grid and in sizes from A7 up to A4. This is the A5 version. The pad is meant to be used in landscape format but there’s no reason you have to, of course. There is a […]