Every year I buy a moleskine to keep my daily schedule up to date in. I started in 2006, and I'm keeping the tradition rolling in '08. You can read about the moleskine
here. But here's an excerpt of what it is:
MOLESKINE IS THE LEGENDARY NOTEBOOK,
USED BY EUROPEAN ARTISTS AND THINKERS
FOR THE PAST TWO CENTURIES.
THIS SILENT AND DISCREET KEEPER
OF AN EXTRAORDINARY TRADITION, WHICH
HAS BEEN MISSING FOR YEARS, HAS BEEN
REPRODUCED BY THE ITALIAN COMPANY MODO
& MODO SINCE 1998. WITH ITS VARIOUS
DIFFERENT PAGE STYLES IT ACCOMPANIES
THE CREATIVE PROFESSIONS AND HAS BECOME
A SYMBOL OF CONTEMPORARY NOMADISM.
MOLESKINE IS A FAMILY OF NOTEBOOKS
FOR DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, ACCORDING
WITH A FREE MINDSTYLE, BOTH BASIC
AND EMOTIONAL.
The sketchbook of
Vincent van Gogh (1888-1890)
Kept in the Van Gogh
Museum of Amsterdam
My moleskine looks like this:
Moleskine 2008 Red Pocket Weekly Planner + Notebook (3.5 x 5.5)
Originally posted on
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