The Design Translator (aka DT), documents his efforts to create the perfect sketchbook, something that is just right for fleshing out his ideas.
I’ve changed the design so many times after learning about the manufacturing constraints and seeing so many other options I could use. In fact many things I thought I knew about printing [...]
Where to find the perfect sketchbook? By designing it yourself
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 4 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
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The 85, and counting, notebooks of Michael Bierut
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 2 February, 2009 to the comment subset
I had a dream about my notebooks the other night. I was at a web conference and explaining why paper notebooks are an indispensable requirement for just about all web professionals. I’ve never understood my dreams.
Unlike Michael Bierut who has kept all his notebooks since 1982, I only use two notebooks (home and away) [...]
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