Our editor's desk: a Traveler's Notebook desk setup
A Traveler's Notebook desk setup, as our editor really uses it: an olive Passport size with two maroon inserts and a penguin on its bookmark chain, a Moleskine for longer notes, a mini composition book for quick ones, and five pens on a green cutting mat beside a blue desk mat.
The desk and every item on it are original illustrations made for this page and owned by Stationery Times, drawn to real size.
Notebooks · Softcover notebook
Moleskine Classic soft cover, large
Moleskine Classic Notebook Soft Cover Large explained: 13 × 21 cm, 192 pages of 70 g/m² ivory paper, layouts, Pocket to XXL sizes, origin and vs the hard cover.
Systems · Notebook cover
Traveler's Notebook Passport
TRAVELER'S notebook Passport Size explained: 134 × 98 mm leather cover, 89 × 124 mm refills, what's in the kit, numbered refills, Regular vs Passport, origin.
Notebooks · Composition notebook
Mini composition book
What a mini composition book is, its exact size (4.5 × 3.25 in), page count, ruling options, best uses, and how it compares to a pocket memo book.
Pens · Ballpoint pen
uni-ball &knot
The uni-ball &knot explained: a capped 0.5 mm Jetstream ballpoint on a ring carabiner, its magnetic cap, size, weight, four colors and SXR-80-05 refills.
Pens · Rollerball
uni-ball ZENTO Signature
The uni-ball ZENTO Signature is the metal, magnetic-cap top ZENTO: black pigment ink in 0.38, 0.5 or 0.7 mm, refillable, ¥3,300 (about US$21) in Japan.
Pens · Gel pen
Pilot Hi-Tec-C
Pilot Hi-Tec-C gel pen explained: 0.25 to 0.5 mm needle tips, LH-20C model codes, biopolymer ink, skipping fixes, G-Tec-C4 name, refills, and where it's made.
Pens · Ballpoint pen
Tombow AirPress
The Tombow AirPress explained: how its click-pressurized refill writes upside down and on wet paper, 122 mm size, BR-SF refills, colors, and where it's made.
Pens · Paint marker
Sharpie Creative Marker
Sharpie Creative Marker explained: a water-based acrylic paint pen with a bullet tip and no shaking, the surfaces it marks, packs, size and where it's made.
Hover or press Tab on any item to see what it is.Tap a numbered item to see what it is, then use the arrows to step through the desk. Plain props (keyboard, mouse, plants and so on) are scenery. Everything is drawn at roughly the same scale.
What is on this desk?
Notebooks · Softcover notebook
Moleskine Classic soft cover, large
Moleskine Classic Notebook Soft Cover Large explained: 13 × 21 cm, 192 pages of 70 g/m² ivory paper, layouts, Pocket to XXL sizes, origin and vs the hard cover.
Systems · Notebook cover
TRAVELER'S notebook Passport Size explained: 134 × 98 mm leather cover, 89 × 124 mm refills, what's in the kit, numbered refills, Regular vs Passport, origin.
Notebooks · Composition notebook
What a mini composition book is, its exact size (4.5 × 3.25 in), page count, ruling options, best uses, and how it compares to a pocket memo book.
Pens · Ballpoint pen
The uni-ball &knot explained: a capped 0.5 mm Jetstream ballpoint on a ring carabiner, its magnetic cap, size, weight, four colors and SXR-80-05 refills.
Pens · Rollerball
The uni-ball ZENTO Signature is the metal, magnetic-cap top ZENTO: black pigment ink in 0.38, 0.5 or 0.7 mm, refillable, ¥3,300 (about US$21) in Japan.
Pens · Gel pen
Pilot Hi-Tec-C gel pen explained: 0.25 to 0.5 mm needle tips, LH-20C model codes, biopolymer ink, skipping fixes, G-Tec-C4 name, refills, and where it's made.
Pens · Ballpoint pen
The Tombow AirPress explained: how its click-pressurized refill writes upside down and on wet paper, 122 mm size, BR-SF refills, colors, and where it's made.
Pens · Paint marker
Sharpie Creative Marker explained: a water-based acrylic paint pen with a bullet tip and no shaking, the surfaces it marks, packs, size and where it's made.
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