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Give Me Some Skin

Posted March 18, 2009

Touted as the notebook of writers—Hemingway supposedly used it—the Moleskine has a slim, sturdy profile that makes it popular with anyone who puts pen to paper (dilettantes included). Designers should be glad to learn that the company will now offer generous A3 and A4 sizes, which are better suited to drawing—with FSC-certified sketching- and watercolor-quality paper to boot. Who said all the news these days is grim?

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