In Praise of Moleskines
By Johnny Gamber I am writing to praise what’s become — to my mind — the humble Moleskine. The brand seems to be flourishing these days. There are always ...
Author: Shawn Mihalik
The Bic Stops Here: In Priase of the Humble Stick Pen | Elizabeth Stinson, Wired
The Bic Stops Here: In Priase of the Humble Stick Pen | Elizabeht Stinson, Wired In a world full of retractable, hybrid ink pens with ultra-cushioned finger pad...
In Praise of Slow Writing — Steve Laube
In Praise of Slow Writing — Steve Laube Not strictly related to what we talk about here, but what better way to slow one’s writing process down than to use phys...
The Life-Changing Habit of Journaling — Thrive Global
The Life-Changing Habit of Journaling — Thrive Global In case you still need convincing W/R/T to this whole journaling thing we’re always talking about, this ar...
Hand-Copying the Constitution
Friend of The Cramped Petey “Pete” Conklin sent me this especially timely New York Times article by Morgan O’Hara, an artist who began copying the Unites States...
The History of Movable Paper in One Massive, 9,000-Book Collection — Atlas Obscura
The History of Movable Paper in One Massive, 9,000-Book Collection — Atlas Obscura Ellen G.K. Rubin never saw a pop-up book as she was growing up, so when she b...
How Letter Press Printing Came Back from the Dead — Wired
How Letter Press Printing Came Back from the Dead — Wired Thousands of tiny letterpress shops (and a good helping of larger ones) now crank out wedding invitati...
Artist Proves That Basic School Supplies Work Fine for Making Art — Boing Boing
Artist Proves That Basic School Supplies Work Fine for Making Art — Boing Boing What we believe in.
Balabanoff Baron Fig Confidant Cover
I, like many users of analog writing tools, am a big fan of leather notebooks. Nothing beats the smell, the heft, the tactile sensation, and the air of importan...
Old Diaries — Danny Gregory
Fascinating video in which Danny Gregory shares some of his favorite old diaries, as well as some of his favorite boring ones. (Via Austen Kleon’s always ...