Gekkoso's sketchbooks come in six types of paper (light, light dot, hot, extra hot, color book, and postcard book), seven sizes, and six cover colors. There are actually over 200 different types!
You can change the paper quality and cover color depending on the purpose and drawing method. It's a magical sketchbook that will give you an exciting boost in your creativity.
Among them, the thin dot sketchbook with 1cm-spaced dots is a masterpiece created at the request of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. It won the Good Design Award in 2008.
The design of this Gekkoso original sketchbook was developed in collaboration with the Western-style painter Genichiro Inokuma. The binding design, which is designed so that the rings do not protrude outwards and the coils do not get caught on each other, was also shaped through discussions with Inokuma.
More than 1,000 Gekkoso Sketchbooks are sent to customers every month, and it is truly an astonishing amount of human effort and steps that go into completing one book.
<Manufacturing process>
① Trimming the cover and text: Cut the paper according to size. ② Number of text sheets: Count the number of sheets by paper type. ③ Scoring the cover: Insert each cover into the machine and score it so that the cover folds neatly. ④ Folding the cover: Fold each scored cover by hand using a bottle. ⑤ Punching holes in the cover and text: Punch holes in the machine one by one for the covers, and a small number of pages for the text. ⑥ Collating the cover and text: Combine the cover and text paper. ⑦ Ring threading: Put each book together into the machine and thread the rings. Adjust by hand. ⑧ Packaging: Stack the books in a staggered pattern to prevent ring marks, and wrap them neatly to the specified size.
