This week was a very cartographical week. I found so many posts about maps. In an age when we interact with maps via our phones, car screens and such, that actually creating maps seems novel and a little subversive.
Maps:
- Learning by Drawing (via Austin Kleon)
- Mapping Tariffs explores “the potential impacts of tariffs o… (via Kottke.org)
- Mapsnap is a program designed to take old Sanborn insurance … (via Kottke.org)
- Recent Maps (via Liz Steel)
Pens:
- Beyond the 849: Exploring Caran d’Ache’s Haute Écriture (via Pen Boutique Blog)
Ink:
- Lamy Sepia and Petrol (via Wonder Pens)
Pencils:
- Hands-on with the New Mongol Pencil, Plus My Current Top 5 Woodcase Pencils for Everyday Writing (via The Gentleman Stationer)
Notebooks & Paper:
- How Atsuhiko Iijima (Creator of TRAVELER’S) Uses his TRAVELER’S Notebook (via Parka Blogs)
- Creative Fuel Prompts (via From the Pen Cup)
- Free for All Friday No. 934 by Nan: have you used a ringbound planner for something more humanistic? (via Philofaxy)
- Profolio Oasis Notebook Review (via The Pen Addict)
Art & Creativity:
- Drawing Trash Bins and Back Alleys with Friends (via Apple-Pine)
- On My Table: Beginning of October 2026 (via Apple-Pine)
Other Interesting Things:
- 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol.780) (via Messy Nessy Chic)
- Random TV Time: watch old TV pulled from the Internet Archiv… (via Kottke.org)
- Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket. “There’s… (via Kottke.org)
- The Best Glues and Adhesive Tape Runners (via JetPens Blog)
- Go to a pen show – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
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