Moleskine

Moleskine S.p.A.
	The current Moleskine logo as of August 2016.
Company type	SRL a socio unico
Industry	Manufacturing; Product design; Papermaking;
Founded	1997
Founder	Maria Sebregondi, Co-Founder;
Headquarters	Viale Piceno 17, Milan, 20159, Italy
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Daniela Riccardi (CEO);
Products	Journal; Paper; Planners;
Number of employees	363 (2015)
Divisions	Moleskine America, Inc; Moleskine Asia Ltd.; Moleskine Germany GmbH;
Website	www.moleskine.com

Moleskine (Italian pronunciation: [moleˈskiːne]) is an Italian manufacturer, papermaker, and product designer founded in 1997 by Francesco Franceschi, based in Milan, Italy.^[2] It produces and designs luxury notebooks, as well as planners, sketchbooks, leather backpacks, holdalls, journals, wallets, various accessories, and stationery.

45°29′43.6″N 9°10′57.3″E / 45.495444°N 9.182583°E / 45.495444; 9.182583Moleskine's notebooks are stylised to follow the aesthetics of a 'traditional' black notebook with rounded corners and ivory-coloured paper. They are bound in cardboard with a sewn spine that allows the notebook to lie flat. An elastic band is used to seal, and a ribbon bookmark is included along with an expandable pocket inside the rear cover, which is packed in a paper banderole.

Bruce Chatwin's name is used to sell Moleskine notebooks.^[3] Chatwin wrote in The Songlines of little black oilskin-covered notebooks that he bought in Paris and called "moleskines".^[4] The name Moleskine does not have an official pronunciation.^[5]

^ Martin, Claire (18 April 2015). "Moleskine Notebooks Adapt to the Digital World". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ Raphel, Adrienne (14 April 2014). "The Virtual Moleskine". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^ Shakespeare (1999). Bruce Chatwin. p. 564.
^ Chatwin (1987). The Songlines. New York, N.Y. Viking/Penguin. pp. 160–161.
^ Cave, James (27 July 2016). "So THAT'S How You Pronounce 'Moleskine'". HuffPost. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[cofounder-1] Martin, Claire (18 April 2015). "Moleskine Notebooks Adapt to the Digital World". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[AdrienneRaphelNewYorker-2] Raphel, Adrienne (14 April 2014). "The Virtual Moleskine". The New Yorker. Retrieved 20 April 2015.

[3] Shakespeare (1999). Bruce Chatwin. p. 564.

[auto7-4] Chatwin (1987). The Songlines. New York, N.Y. Viking/Penguin. pp. 160–161.

[5] Cave, James (27 July 2016). "So THAT'S How You Pronounce 'Moleskine'". HuffPost. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

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