Hey Massdrop,
there is one fatal flaw with this drop which would have made me pass on it even if I wanted lined / seyes paper. Namely, some people have already come to some definite conclusions about their preferences; in my case, is that I don't care for wirebound notebooks no matter how good the paper or low the price. I'd love to get a couple of clothbound Clairefontaines in A5, but I wouldn't join this drop because half of what I'd acquire (the two wirebound notebooks) would be a pointless waste of money and would mean I'd need to find someone to give them away to.
I havea suggestion for a more conceptual drop in the page-type that is my preference—blank; but Clairefontaines "Metric" collection page (http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/) could make for such drops also in graph or ruled.
Namely:
- A5 size
http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/cloth-bound-notebook-14-8x21cm-96sh-plain-9540C/
- A5+ size (somewhat bigger, at a price of "+$xx.yy")
http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/cloth-bound-notebook-17x22cm-96sh-plain-9740C/
-A6+ size (bigger than usual pocket Moleskines/Rhodia-Webnotebooks and the like, but smaller than A5 or Moleskines/Rhodia's "medium" size; at a price of "-$xx.yy")
http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/cloth-bound-notebook-11x17cm-96sh-plain-69600C/
(this notebook is exactly half the size of the A5+, so it would be easy to ship in another drop idea—2 of the A5+ and two of the A6+, which would stack ideally for convenient shipping and look like three A5+)
With some accompanying leather covers for the respective sizes, this would be a killer product in terms of price/utility; people could pick the size suitable to their pagesize needs and regularly buy these as refills.
I would love to see such a drop; not a nonsensical combination that tries to appeal to a wider public but probably ends up restricting the target audience because people don't like either wirebound or clothbound.
there is one fatal flaw with this drop which would have made me pass on it even if I wanted lined / seyes paper. Namely, some people have already come to some definite conclusions about their preferences; in my case, is that I don't care for wirebound notebooks no matter how good the paper or low the price. I'd love to get a couple of clothbound Clairefontaines in A5, but I wouldn't join this drop because half of what I'd acquire (the two wirebound notebooks) would be a pointless waste of money and would mean I'd need to find someone to give them away to.
I havea suggestion for a more conceptual drop in the page-type that is my preference—blank; but Clairefontaines "Metric" collection page (http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/) could make for such drops also in graph or ruled.
Namely: - A5 size http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/cloth-bound-notebook-14-8x21cm-96sh-plain-9540C/
- A5+ size (somewhat bigger, at a price of "+$xx.yy") http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/cloth-bound-notebook-17x22cm-96sh-plain-9740C/
-A6+ size (bigger than usual pocket Moleskines/Rhodia-Webnotebooks and the like, but smaller than A5 or Moleskines/Rhodia's "medium" size; at a price of "-$xx.yy") http://www.clairefontaine.com/EN/products-page/clairefontaine-metric-n2/cloth-bound-notebook-11x17cm-96sh-plain-69600C/ (this notebook is exactly half the size of the A5+, so it would be easy to ship in another drop idea—2 of the A5+ and two of the A6+, which would stack ideally for convenient shipping and look like three A5+)
With some accompanying leather covers for the respective sizes, this would be a killer product in terms of price/utility; people could pick the size suitable to their pagesize needs and regularly buy these as refills.
I would love to see such a drop; not a nonsensical combination that tries to appeal to a wider public but probably ends up restricting the target audience because people don't like either wirebound or clothbound.