Author Archives: otinokyad

Our correspondences… our intimacies

Posted on April 27, 2013 by otinokyad

While I was doing some Spring Webcleaning a year ago, I coincidentally received a phone call from Nick Bantock about my long-moribund fan pages on his Griffin & Sabine trilogy. As I subsequently cleaned up the link rot in Where … Continue reading →

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The notebook as (framed) art

Posted on April 26, 2013 by otinokyad

PenWorld is a place of pens and ink and cases, paper and notebooks and covers, pencils and markers and sketchbooks, plus the handwriting and artwork that can be created therewith. It’s probably fair to say that PenWorld’s residents, among whom … Continue reading →

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Weighing in on Moleskine paper

Posted on March 26, 2013 by otinokyad

After I wrote the previous post on The Moleskine IPO, I saw a hypothetical parallel to the company’s annoying unwillingness to reveal the weight of the paper in their “legendary” pocket notebooks. When the U.S. government mandated disclosure of miles-per-gallon … Continue reading →

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The Moleskine IPO

Posted on March 21, 2013 by otinokyad

Two stories this morning in the Americas Version of the Daily Brief from Quartz revealed that Moleskine, the Milan-based company that manufactures the iconic pocket notebooks, is going public. The company hopes to emerge with a market value of €560 … Continue reading →

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