I am fascinated by all the different forms and shapes that notebooks can take. A critical choice is what ink based guidance the designer will offer the writer. It is easy and common to offer a blank page, but we seem to prefer a set of markings to organize our work. Sometimes, the markings serve a general purpose of alignment and coordinates. Other times, the forms are specific to the task. And sometimes, they are just whimsical.
Confidant from Baron Fig
Dots+Plus Notebook from Efficiency Supply
Cuaderno rayado alemán by Formata
Graffiti Research Lab Page from Almanac by Bohemian Collective
Storyboard Notebook by Muji
Let’s Go Letter Hunting by Princeton Architectural Press
Index Page from a Common Place Book (c.1797, reproduced)
Vintage Notebook from Biwa
What Will You Make Today by Massimo Vignelli (produced by Mohawk Paper)
Blue and Green Gridpaper from Three Level Notebook by Start Here
Reticle Graph Grid from Field Notes’ Night Sky (FNC-19)
Waves by Jill Bliss
Memorandum Book, Federal Supply NSN 7530-00-222-0078
Comic Note Book by The Unemployed Philosophers Guild
Page from Inspiration Pad by Marc Thomasset aka TM
DotDash from Nock Co.