Those little things we keep on our desks, in our bags, on our shelves and anywhere else that'll make us feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

The Windmill in My Garage

Saturday, 09 August 2008

There is something special about the printing method that is letterpress. Brief affairs between the very real metal type and beautiful uncoated stock produce children of tangibility, each slightly different, but always of the same family. A thinly veiled process that gives any piece of design extra warmth and comfort, metal type was the norm from Gutenberg through to only a few decades past. Through a stroke of good luck I’ve managed to get a 1930s designed Heidelberg into my garage.

For the Love of a Notebook

Monday, 24 March 2008

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An illustrated school of ghosts, engraved skin and utopias for the dystopians—the Moleskine has developed quite the following.

My Lovely Moleskine (Nice Notebook)

Sunday, 09 March 2008

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Blessed be the notebooks of Modo & Modo, draped in cloth of oil, born in Tours of France. Standing tall of 14 by wide of 9, split through mark of cloth and strapped by rubber and cotton with corners curved. Thy name is Moleskine.

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