the detour book by moleskine

the detour book by moleskine : notebook creations of renown artists, filmmakers, graphic designers and writers from across the globe

the detour book publisher: moleskineyear: november 2012 size: it contains a 352-pages, 19 x 25 cm / 9.8 x 7.2 x 1.1 inchesISBN-10: 8866130060ISBN-13: 978-8866130062

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a collection of more than 250 moleskine notebooks that have been decorated, hacked, sketched in and filled with notes, clippings and drawings by internationally renowned authors such as ron arad, yves béhar, martì guixé, ross lovegrove, karim rashid, zhang yuan and many more.a celebration of the moleskine exhibition which, since 2006, has traveled in various cities around the world.

detour in tokyoimage © designboom

designboom visited the tokyo exhibition in 2009, see our article here.

take a sneak peek into the the book that is printed in full colour on ivory coloured paper and clothbound with a black elastic band — the moleskine signature cover.

each work is accompanied by an interpretation from raffaella guidobono, detour curator and editor of the book, plus essays by the likes of opinion leaders such as lorin h. stein, editor of the paris review, hans-ulrich obrist, art curator and critic and maurizio ferraris, philosopher

the holiday season is traditionally a time for charity and solidarity feelings, but sometimes we need a little extra inspiration.all notebooks have been donated by their authors to the non-profit foundation lettera27, which supports the right to literacy, education, access to knowledge and information in developing countries.

kengo kuma and ma yansong

Moleskine Shanghai – Ma Yansong from Moleskine ® on Vimeo.

giulio iacchetti and marti guixe

Detour Exhibition – Giulio Iacchetti from Moleskine ® on Vimeo.

alberto meda and gwenael nicolas

Detour Exhibition – Gwenael Nicolas from Moleskine ® on Vimeo.

joel chu

han bing

most of those people who have been invited to participate don’t use moleskines as traditional sketchbooks at all.once blank, they are transformed using padlocks, threads, paint, photography, textiles, ink, graphite and even hair —only very few show sketches celebrating the gesture of hand drawing and hand writing. you may want to browse the detour online exhbition at moleskine.com/detour.

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