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Traveler's Factory Opens!
As the world of Traveler's Notebook users grows bigger and more international, more and more users hunger for gathering or meet ups. At the moment, other than events organized by Designphil in Japan, only Hong Kong and Korea has similar events.
It is timely to have "Traveler's Factory", a signature store situated in Meguro area in Tokyo dedicated to bring the traveler's spirit alive. I've been hearing from Designphil staff searching for their perfect location for nearly a year. Walking all over the city finding an old building in a back alley fitting an image vaguely existing in the designers' minds proven to be extremely difficult. Eventually they saw this building, previously a paper processing factory (that's what I heard but I'm not sure), but renting was not possible because it was being used as a storage facility for a while, until one day they received a sudden phone call… space vacated, a month of renovation and installation. Vola! A Traveler's Factory was born!
On the first floor there are the usual display of Traveler's Notebook items, carefully selected add-ons such as charms and bookmarks. According to Designphil, there are limited edition items just for this shop and if they become popular, those item may make it into their regular collection in the future.
Since I'm not there in person until early next year, I can't tell you what I feel about the store, but judging from the photos they sent, it seems like a pleasant place you can explore for hours. I'm sure they have a bookshelf full of travel related books and magazines but those are probably going to be in Japanese only.
On the 2nd floor is a community space for user gathering and event. "Factory" staff is there to share their experience and probably you can have a cup of coffee (and bread?) too. I hope to be able to join their event as a foreigner and meeting everybody else like what we did in our Travel Photo Cafe event, it will be a blast.
If you happen to be in Tokyo, I'm sure you won't regret to visit this store. Here's a flickr set of "How to build Traveler's Factory" so you can see how it was done from the beginning. Also Mr. Talent Fishball (天才魚丸) just visited the place and shared some great photos on the Traveler's Notebook flickr group, check it out.
In the meantime, do visit The Traveler's Factory store homepage as well as the Traveler's Notebook blog to get a glimpse of what is happening over there.
More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2011/10/travelers-factory-open...
I’m the Traveler’s Doodler, an adorable wee notebook to carry in your bag. Created with a piece of vintage yellow ochre leather, I am embellished with a tiny authentic skeleton key measuring 3 ½ cm long. Attached to this is my black leather tie to ensure your words & sketches are super safe.
In between the vintage U.S.A. maps which adorn my inside covers, you’ll find 48 sheets (96 pages) of tea-stained Italian drawing paper on which to write. Hand-torn and Coptic stitched with Irish linen thread, I lay flat when in use so you can doodle to your hearts content.
Measuring 3 ½ x 2 inches, I’m a sweet little journal and will fit into almost any place!
Handmade notebook.
Cover screenprinted on wood. Back and spine is one piece letterpress printed in 1 color.
Available at: shop.elcalotipo.com/
Libreta de notas con cubierta de madera estampada en serigrafía. La trasera y lomo es de una pieza estampada en letterpress a 1 tinta.
A la venta en: shop.elcalotipo.com/
Painted Traveler's Notebook, A4. A5 and Reguslar size ...
flying in the face of stormy weathers, coming through heavy waters and emerging as a figure of beauty on the other side
From December 1991 to December 2004 I filled 27 notebooks. 7 screenplays, 3 seasons of a sitcom, short stories, ideas, daily bullshit, all scattered. Only things of real value that I own.
For We're Here! who are visiting Notebook Mods today.
Just a quick snap as I've been battling a cold.
These Field Notes pocket notebooks are great, but they slowly disintegrate in my pocket.
The duct tape seen here was applied while on the road in Illinois. I was in the lobby of a hotel reviewing my notes from the previous day, when the cover split in two. The lady working the registration desk was kind enough to locate a roll of duck tape for me and a few pieces later, it was good as new.
This notebook was cute, however caused a whopping $8... only at Urban. I wonder who buys these books? Must be some rich folks!
Midori Traveler's Notebook: Limited "Traveler's Star Edition" in collaboration with the "Star" Ferry Company, Hong Kong.
Clemens Hein at Brevi Manu (Bielefeld, Germany - www.brevimanu.de) did a wonderful job of putting together a complete set of Star Edition goodness (and also threw in some green masking tape for good measure). The items came in a beautiful box by le typographe, adorned with green ribbon. As you can see the notebook itself was skillfully wrapped, too.
received from renee for the kawaii koala altered notebook swap..
i love her style - it's so layered.. i've tried so hard to do the same on some of my projects but i'm too anal and just can't manage that 'evolved' look to my crafts ;/
Fungus Workshop Leather Craft
I learned leather craft from a few books but I felt kind of lonely just doing things I like all by myself. Thanks to Bubi Au Yeung, a figurine artist, who told me about Fungus Workshop, so I signed up for a beginner's class, two lessons passed and I got to know stuffs I didn't learn from books, plus knowing these passionate people who enjoy life and craft genuinely, which is kind of rare in a city like Hong Kong.
Each classmate choose what he/she would like to do from a bunch of samples. I chose to do something in the line of stationery (later I will do a camera/laptop messenger bag). Their template was a notebook cover, but I decided to make it a GTD index card holder. After finishing it, I decided to add a notebook for note taking and an antique key to nostalgize the whole thing.
For all leather projects I did, improvisation in the last minute seems to add beautiful touches to a plain project. As you can see, the enclosure here doesn't wrap the back of the cover to the front, instead it leaves the back wide open so I can dangle the whole notebook or even hook it up to my messenger bag.
Instead of a Moleskine notebook, I put a Rhodia notebook inside just because of its bright orange color, to lighten up a bit. However, I hate the fact that the PU cover of Rhodia discolored after just 6 months from my acquisition of it. In addition, it just doesn't lie flat like a Moleskine does when opened. Anyhow, the discoloration did added the raw and battered look I like.
For those of you who are in Hong Kong and hunger for leather craft, I highly recommend Fungus Workshop. Hoiming and Baldwin, Grace and Philip, all four are friendly souls you can chat with and learn from. I am so happy Hong Kong is catching up with Japan and Taiwan in leather crafting. Keep it up Fungus!
More on Scription blog: scription.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/fungus-workshop.html
Tight back and raised bands, meaning that the leather on the back is attached directly to the stitched spine of the textblock. The bands are the actual cords on which the signatures are sewn. The leather comes from a well-worn couch that used to be in my childhood home. Front and back covers are thin and somewhat flexible.