BLACKWING 746 – BUILT FOR BIG THINGS
Established in 1929, the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District hired American engineer and designer Joseph B. Strauss to create a project that most considered impossible: building a bridge over...
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BLACKWING 710 – A COMBINATION OF VISUAL AND MUSICAL EXPRESSION
Jerry Garcia is best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for the Grateful Dead, but he was more than just a musician. The house at 710 Ashbury Street in...
Field Notes, inspiration for every season!
The Field Notes brand owes its existence to the American tradition of agricultural companies distributing promotional booklets to farmers, a tradition that began nearly 100 years ago. Aaron Draplin, co-founder...
Minimalism straight from Taiwan, or Take A Note
There's still some room in our calendars, but we're already looking for more. We already have a few in mind, and a brand we haven't introduced you to yet has...
BLACKWING ERAS 2023 – history… comes full circle
The Eras series has been particularly important to Blackwing from the start. Its mission was to honor the brand's pencil heritage, particularly the distinctive design that makes Blackwing pencils instantly...
An unconventional diary, or Sonnenleder
We live in an age where quantity, not quality, reigns supreme. We buy more and more, but we don't consider how much it will last. We forget about brands that...
BLACKWING VOL.57 - for art that transcends boundaries
Among the pencils dedicated to world-class artists, there could not be missing those dedicated to the work of the famous New Yorker, Jean-Michel Basquiat. Basquiat began his career practicing graffiti....
How to care for the Traveler's Notebook cover?
It's not uncommon for new Traveler's Notebook users to ask us tons of questions about what exactly the cover is made of, how to maintain it, and generally how to...