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Dispatch 20: Inked Stories

So often, there is more to the ink than meets the eye. What began as a Tumblr page, much like this one, is now a published book ready to hit the shelves. In “Pen & Ink: An Illustrated Collecti...

Dispatch 19: Miller's Mysterious Universe

Dispatch 18: A Better World By Design

“Great places are great by design.” - AIA Foundation AllSwell notebooks held a seat at the launch of The American Institute of Architects’ new charitable foundation. On September 22, at a reception...

Dispatch 17: Whitman's Credo of Simplicity

“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate ...

Dispatch 16: AllSwell Detoxes with Lululemon and Bonberi

Sometimes a green juice just isn’t enough. New York Fashion Week is one of those times. Lululemon & Bonberi reached out to AllSwell to partner for a morning of destressing and detoxing. Led by ...

Dispatch 15: AllSwell & Sun Bum Host a Night of Reckless Scribbling

As AllSwell’s mission is to encourage innovative expression in all its forms, it’s only fitting that when on the search for a creative counterpart, our favorite sunscreen company Sun Bum asked us t...

Dispatch 14: Home Is Where You Park It

Ditching an uninspiring job and the New York City grind for life on the open road in a VW Vanagon, Foster Huntington is fulfilling wanderlust fantasties. Along the way, he found plenty of fellow mo...

Dispatch 13: Word Week

Last week we stumbled across Another Magazine’s Word Week - a 7-day extravaganza celebrating words, language and typography. In other words (see what we did there?!) right up AllSwell’s alley. Anot...

Dispatch 12: Floating Skateboarding Ramp

“Wake up, dream it, make it happen.” After skating on almost every surface imaginable, Cali pro-skater Bob Burquist was ready for something big. 300 man hours, 1,250 screws, and 7,300 lbs later, t...

Dispatch 11: Next Level Doodling by Jim Denevan

Surfer, chef and artist Jim Denevan has made it his mission to beautify the impermanent canvas. Armed with a only a rake, he creates these massive geometric sand sculptures that are as stunning as ...

Dispatch 10: AllSwell Creative X Brooklyn Beach

AllSwell Creative and Brooklyn Beachput their tawny heads together, launching a blank notebook and co-branded limited edition beach blanket set. Inspired by the half lined (WRITE) and half unlined ...

Dispatch 9: Love Letter from Johnny Cash to June Carter

The man in black shows his softer side. Who wouldn’t want the kind of love that’s “hotter than a pepper sprout” even after decades together? 

Dispatch 8: International Surfing Day 2014

In celebration of International Surfing Day on June 20th, AllSwell notebooks donating 50% of our online proceeds to The Surfrider Foundation NYC Chapter during the two weeks before and after #ISD14...

Dispatch 7: Writing Advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald made a habit of recording his stray thoughts and observations in notebooks. He organized the entries into categories like “Feelings and emotions,” “Conversations and things over...

Dispatch 6: Punk Rock Poet Henry Rollins on the Merits of Being Like the Moon

“The moon will never lie to anyone. Be like the moon. No one hates the moon or wants to kill it. The moon does not take antidepressants and never gets sent to prison. The moon never shot a guy in t...

Dispatch 5: Sketchbook Inspiration

Doodles from Faris Badwan of The Horrors (via Oystermag.com)

Dispatch 4: Correction Fluid

Fail better. 

Dispatch 3: Roadtrip

Journal inspiration: epic roadtrip documentation. Exercise your wanderlust. Go. 

Dispatch 2: Write in Bed

Mark Twain said, “With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and the wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation of integrity."  He also preferred to write ...

Dispatch 1: The Power of the Pink Pearl

Do not fear mistakes. Let the Pink Pearl liberate you.
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