Edition #43 Notes
Playground was designed by artist Hugo Moura who lives in Portugal and goes by the studio moniker Xesta. Hugo's work centers around typography, textures, and lots of sketches big and small. A peek into Hugo's sketchbook is an absolute delight, and designing this edition with him allowed me many peeks and to experience quite a bit of that delight. To make sure Hugo's prolific doodling came through in the final design, we decided to add an EXTRA endsheet into the notebooks with some of his initial sketches.
The cover of Playground was screen printed my me onto a textured corduroy fabric using pearlescent white ink. It's a cover that is fun to look at – the contrast changes as the light shifts – and feel too. Inside you'll find a yellow lokta endsheet with an inky pattern Hugo illustrated, which I screen printed as well.
This edition was without a doubt the most ambitious production yet, and for the both of us it felt like a playground of craft and design. We hope this edition inspires you to find the playground within.
Fray level: High
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Playground specs
- Design
- Playground
- Artist
- Hugo Moura
- Online at
- xestastudio.com
- Cover Material
- Corduroy
- Material Fray
- High
- Cover Ink
- Pearlescent white
- Bookcloth
- Eggplant
- Endsheet Material
- Handmade lokta
- Cover & Endsheet
- Screen printed
- Sketch Sheet
- 17lb Neenah UV transparent
- Paper
- 70lb dot grid smooth white
- Thread
- Eggplant
- Notebook Size
- 3½ × 5½ inches
- Created
- February 2023
Playground
Textures everywhere
Process of play
Explore the process of making Playground with any of Hugo's sketches for the cover's design, printed onto a semi-translucent paper in what is the first Bookhead Club edition with a double decorative endsheet.
All in the details
Can you pinpoint what inspires you to write, to doodle, to journal your everyday? No matter the source, your Dapper Notes was made with extra care for all the little details, and is ready for you to capture life!
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How Playground was made
Every Dapper Notes notebook is made by hand, from scratch using a variety of materials including: a fabric cover that's bound to bookcloth, a decorative end-sheet, all sewn with waxed thread. Watch this video to see how they're made, step by step.
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Dapper Notes are the best quality pocket sized notebooks you can get. The textile cover and thread binding means the books will hold up through time. I love the thick paper as well; good for fountain pens.
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RoseAnn
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Gia
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