If you aren't familiar with the House of Doolittle, they make everything from corporate calenders to this desk blotter.I bought this desk pad to fix problems of page curling that I was having with my Levenger blotter.This review is about the blank sheet format, which is excellent for "doodling," freethinking and the combination of drawing diagrams and ideas together.Cons:
Since this blotter is made mostly out of recycled content, the paper "leatherette" pad is the worst part of the package.It looks really fakey and is a mere simulacrum of an actual sewn pad (the purpose of having a top-oriented pad is to bank your pens/pencil--not actually provide a lift so you don't smudge the page).
The paper is flimsy...just a hair or two stronger than newsprint.The paper itself is too flimsy to archive or punch and fold to use in a notebook.You won't be carting this blotter around like a sketchpad unless you have a board to go underneath it.Refills are offered in blank and monthly schedule only.The appearance is worth about two stars.
Pros:
The two lower corners keep the paper from curling or being damaged.This deskpad, if you can stomach it's cheap fake fancy look, is compatible with Levenger Morgan Dreampads--excellent, heavyweight paper (in schedule, storyboard and window format)--but is, believe it or not, superior to all of the really expensive leather deskpads because of the corners.It's thus "vegan" and green.Who cares if it looks a little cheap when it does a better job of protecting Levenger paper than the $150-200 Levenger desk pads do?Functionality/value/company philosophy is five stars plus.
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Product Description:
House of Doolittle Deluxe Refillable Doodle Pad 25 white sheets per pad with a black padded holder.Other products from House of Doolittle includes desk pads, wall calendars, desk pad calendars, laminated wall calendars, blotter pads, monthly appointment planners and weekly appointment planners.Go GREEN with House of Doolittle products, we use 100% recycled paper containing 100% post-consumer waste with soy inks.All of our products are manufactured right here in the USA.Since 1989 House of Doolittle has donated 5% of its profits to organizations that are working to create a more sustainable environment.
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