
note taking & writing


Leuchtturm 1917: new notebook-colors available & Master Slim (A4+)-review
German notebook manufacturer Leuchtturm 1917 has just released some brand new colors for their notebook-lineup: “army” (green) and “new pink”. While the pinkish one isn’t exactly my cup of tea, I was definitely amazed by the new green notebook. I got my…

Faber-Castell E-motion rollerball: the King of Pens
I’ve been wanting to write a review about this (presumably fabulous) pen for quite a while now. Whenever I have come across an exemplar of it anywhere, I admittedly had a quite hard time passing it by. This short personal…

Review: Writersblok (New York) Notebooks
Writersblok notebooks are something that I had not yet come across, so I really wanted to get my hands on them and see what they can do. Are they an alternative worthwhile, compared to the usual suspects, or do they…

Exacompta Index-Cards: Hell, yeah!
After having used my MindPapers for quite a while now, it was just about time to refill them with a couple of new index cards. Unfortunately, one mostly gets only the simple white ones (and not so great paper quality)…

Review: Vintage-Style Stifteaufbewahrung von Gusti Leder
Da ich bisher noch keine Stifeetuis oder -mäppchen im Blog hatte, dies aber natürlich unbedingt zum Thema Schreiben und Notieren gehört, bin ich auf der Suche nach etwas Besonderem durchs Netz gestreift. Dabei bin ich auf die Produkte von Gusti Leder in…

It’s a notepad! No, wait…it’s actually a Rhodia.
Honestly, I am a great fan of bound notebooks, which is just because all my notes are held together quite neatly. But at times, especially when I want to be able to remove a page and store it elsewhere, I…

Neuland slickynotes®: Analogue Mind Mapping 2.0
It is not long ago that I found a really exciting product that I had never seen before. I finally got my hands on it and would like to share the story here with you. The magic I am going…

Infographic: Pen vs. Pencil

Whitelines: scanning your notes without a trace
As I am always on the lookout for meaningful ways of bringing the best parts of analogue and digital writing and note-taking together, Whitelines is another interesting product that I stumbled upon lately. Whitelines is a paper-innovation from Sweden –…

The Mechanical “No.1″ Pencil
This post here is the third part of what is a special cooperation between Scrively and X17 / X47. Good parts of the companies’ product portfolios are unique products on the stationary market, which is why I am glad about…