An example of one themed Moleskine®, this one sponsored by Thompson Design Partners

We have teamed up with The Big Draw to undertake a travelling Moleskine® project beyond compare!

A number of these iconic sketch books have been unleashed into the world to return to us by the end of September. The project will culminate in a fabulous arty party and exhibition in October to help raise funds for the Campaign for Drawing (Registered Charity No: 1114811)

A Moleskine® has just landed in my hands? What do I do? How does this work?

• Individuals, groups and organisations expressed an interest in becoming involved in the project and were entrusted with a travelling Moleskine®
• All Moleskine® recipients are asked to register it upon receipt so that we can track its travels and then they do their stuff!
• Each Moleskine® has an individual theme located in the inner cover. The recipient is invited to make their creative interpretation of the theme within the pages – draw, doodle, sketch, stitch, prick pin holes, etch the cover, make pop ups, compose poetry, the possibilities are endless!
• Upon completion they pass the carefully packaged Moleskine® on to a trusted creative compadre by hand or give £1.24 to enable the Royal Mail to do it for them.
• The process continues  until the Moleskine® is resplendent in its completed glory.
• All Moleskines® must be returned to us by the end of September to take part in a very special exhibition which everyone involved gets invited to!

Follow the journeys of the Travelling Moleskines®

• Recipients may add a picture of what they have done to our Flickr Group
• They may tweet about it on Twitter to spread the #travellingmoleskine lurve
• They may be added to our Roll Call

So, what exactly is a Moleskine®?

A Moleskine® is an iconic black book, beloved by creative types (Picasso, Van Gogh, Hemmingway etc) It can be a notebook, diary, sketchbook, city guide or planner.

Eek! I need inspiration!

For inspiration on creative drawing projects and inventive things to do with a Moleskine®, please enjoy the following links, and feel free to use the comments box to let us know of any other ideas to pass on.

• Our Travelling Moleskines® on photo sharing site Flickr
• Hack your Moleskine® (Ouch that sounds painful, really it’s how Moleskine® geeks and lovers treat their books to some special treatments)
• Moleskines® on Flickr (The global community of Moleskine® lovers share their work with each other)
• Global Travelling Journals – you could say this is an inspiration for us
• 13 Twitterers share their Moleskine obsessions with Grace Jones
• Moleskine 2.0
• An early travelling moleskine project we have just discovered
  

I have a problem/question/want to know more

Then feel free to contact us and we’ll get back to you as soon as we possibly can!