A paradox that most of us discover early in our design careers/education is that designing simple things is freakin' hard. Re-designing simple things is even harder.

This aside, Design Sojourn's DT has decided to tackle a redesign of one of a creative person's most basic tools: The sketchbook. Dissatisfied with his Moleskine, DT went about setting new criteria:

I thought about all the problems I had with sketchbooks, and after that made a list of key points of what I thought my dream sketchbook would be like. And like a typical designer, I knew from that moment I could design one that was better. I hope!

1. A sketchbook that highlights the work and not itself 2. Well constructed and affordable 3. No spines getting in the way of cross page sketching 4. Just the right size but with enough space or room to play with 5. "Boundary-less" pages 6. Flexible enough to do what you will 7. Decent quality paper that takes all non-wet mediums like ink, pencil or markers. 8. Appeals to everyone, not just designers

His recently-begun project is still in progress. Check it out, and provide feedback, here.