Midori MD Notebook - A5 Grid Paper

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The simple, fresh-looking body of the pen is made from an environmentally friendly material consisting mainly of paper powder, recreating the texture of a new page in pen form. In this binding the mull (the string thatched fabric - Midori uses the alternative term “super”) is glued over the top of the case rather than underneath and over the book signatures (Midori uses the alternative term “quire”). In general Designphil’s philosophy seems to be around using traditional techniques and modern techniques of manufacture. You no longer have to be stressed by mistakes: Midori’s MD Correction Tape perfectly matches the ivory tone of MD paper.

Midori MD Notebooks are designed for simplicity so that what’s on your mind can be put on paper easily. Lamy Vistas, Lamy AL-Stars, a Lamy Joy or a Lamy Studio for these reviews (I can’t remember which exactly) and seven different stainless steel Lamy nibs on that pen. Robert Oster Bondi Blue is more saturated than can be shown here to limitations on colour spaces in the cyan colour spectrum.The cover with a notebook inside is a very slim fit with the cover adding very little bulk and also very little weight (it is only 32g)!

It absorbs your hand oils and picks up distinctive scuff marks and scratches that showcase the way you use the notebook. With stickers instead of printed months and days, MD Diary Sticker Free gives you all the freedom you need in a calendar. It is warm enough in colour to potentially warm up the colours of some inks (particularly the low saturation inks).

It’s an excellent option if you prefer a separate notebook for each project, or a lighter backpack while commuting. Additionally, the nib is the same as that found on the MD Fountain Pen, and we found that it has a more tactile sensation on the paper than other nibs of the same tip size. Midori MD Notebooks open flat thanks to their thread-stitch binding and feature fountain pen ink friendly paper throughout the range.

And since a notebook is a common place for those observations, we wanted to make sure that our notebook would be kept close at hand.Generally speaking there is no feathering or bleed-through: the only pens that might do so are certain markers. The longer stickers can be used to label the spine, and a bookplate can be used to add details like who the notebook belongs to. Ever since Midori made MD PAPER in the 1960’s, they have applied the Japanese ‘Kaizen’ principle, meaning they are continuously looking for ways to improve its quality.

Grab a page, scribble down what you need and keep it safe in your MD Notebook if you need to—it'll look like part of the notebook. Writing, diagrams and pictures are all ways that people immortalize the things they notice during their day-to-day life. This translates to a decent contrast in the shading with a fairly sudden gradient but it is still rather infrequent. These are affordable products from an established Japanese brand that have a certain minimalist-like aesthetic about them.

The corner on the unglued side is cut out, so it is easy to tell which side to pull from when it is time to remove a sheet. With eight sections in a two-page spread, there are sections for each day of the week plus one blank section.