The Colour of Things Notebooks

The Colour of Things Notebooks - PaperSpecs

It’s taken me many years (never you mind how many) to face a simple fact about myself: my love of notebooks is wholly unencumbered by any desire to actually write in them. Sure, I’ve written in notebooks in the past, but with the prevalence of digital note apps and the chronic problem of never being able to locate specific ideas in hand-written journals as time goes by, I realize now that the notebooks I acquire these days are for one purpose only – to admire as art objects. Take these beauties that designer Tom Cranshaw crafted – it would almost be a shame to spoil them by doing anything so crass as writing in them. Just take a look at that tantalizing foil work.

The Colour of Things Notebooks - PaperSpecs

And did someone say Singer sewn binding?

The Colour of Things Notebooks - PaperSpecs

There’s also something quite charming about the seemingly random phrases that appear on the covers of these self-promotion pieces – a cross between surrealist poetry and the odd English phrases you find on shop windows and T-shirts in Japan.

[H/T: UnderConsideration]

The Colour of Things Notebooks - PaperSpecs

The Colour of Things Notebooks - PaperSpecs

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Project Details

Title The Colour of Things Notebooks Client Self Design Tom Cranshaw Print Ambrose Press Paper Cover: 270 gsm Fenner Colorset 100% recycled board; Text: 60 gsm Fenner Redeem 100% recycled paper

Production Details

Dimensions 5.5" × 7.5" Page Count 64 Print Quantity 1,500 Production Time Three weeks Finishing and Binding Foil stamping and Singer-sewn binding




2 Comments
  1. Lisa Spears 5 years ago

    I’m exactly the same way – I have so many notebooks, but use maybe 1% of them!
    I ordered these to add to my collection!

    • Aaron Berman 5 years ago

      Awesome! And we completely understand – a pristine notebook can be as beautiful as any piece of art!

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