Moleskine is the legendary notebook used for the past two centuries by great artists and thinkers, including Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin. This trusty, pocket-sized travel companion held sketches, notes, stories and ideas before they became famous images or beloved books.
The little black notebook with rounded corners, an elastic closure, and an expandable inner pocket was originally a nameless object. It was produced by a small French bookbinder that supplied Parisian stationery shops frequented by the international literary and artistic avant-garde for more than a century.
Though the original manufacturer, a family operating in Tours, closed its doors forever in 1986, a small Milanese publisher brought the legendary notebook back to life under the name "Moleskine" in 1998, and this notebook once again began to travel the globe. |
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