The Moleskine notebook is the heir and successor to the legendary notebook used by artists and thinkers over the past two centuries such as Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, and Bruce Chatwin.

The look and features of Moleskine notebooks are based on notebooks from the 19th and early 20th century which were handmade by small French bookbinders who supplied the stationery shops of Paris. These notebooks became a prominent creative tool for avant-garde artists who used them for drawing and writing, putting down impressions, painting street and café life, and capturing scenes, ideas, and emotions.

"Moleskine - The Legendary Notebook"