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H2G2 on the Moleskine

Submitted by Merlin on January 12, 2005 - 6:49am.

BBC - h2g2 - Moleskine Notebooks - A1113346

Great Moleskine factoids and gentle mythos deflation, plus further evidence that you’re allowed to pronounce it as though you’re doing a Sylvia Poggioli impression.

The standard Moleskine Notebook measures 9 x 14cm and features the following: lightweight, acid-free paper, a foldable pocket in the back cover, a cloth ribbon attached to the spine to serve as a bookmark, and a woven elastic band attached to the back to keep the book closed when not in use. The name (officially pronounced mol-a-skeen-a, although it can vary) comes from the French spelling of ‘moleskin’, which the oilcloth covering resembles, and is a trademark of Modo and Modo.

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Good counterspin on the one...

Submitted by Hans Friedrich (not verified) on January 12, 2005 - 12:57pm.

Good counterspin on the one hand. One the other hand, there are a lot of us who use moleskines because they are so… erm… usable. I really, really don’t care whether or not Bruce Chatwin used the same brand of notebook as me, let alone Van Gogh. However, I do care that I get the elastic band so that I can cram it full of stuff, the pocket-size proportions, the high-quality paper, the back pocket and the hard binding all in one package. I haven’t found an equivalent notebook that so perfectly meets this functionality spec.