About this project
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Esington Note among best inventions!
Last December, we introduced the Esington Glass to the world. Thanks to the Kickstarter community, we raised nearly $200,000 and more than 10,000 glasses have been distributed around the world!
We're now proud to introduce our 2nd product, The Esington Note.
"WOW! All of a sudden all other notebooks seem pretty useless." --Gareth H.
"I like the notebook, it seems to be very high quality and would last a long time. The fold flat design really appeals to me since while in art school sketchbooks curving in towards the spine was always a major annoyance. I'm happy with my Esington Glass and very interested to see where this goes." --Arland W.
"The best part of this concept is that it keeps me in the present. This notebook will help me further minimize the clutter in my life and will organize my mind so I'm not constantly forgetting what I just thought during my hectic day. Chunk my time with the Esington Glass and now, have my own personal assistant at my fingertips. A very nice rendition of the more complex systems out there now. I'd back this project in a heartbeat. I'm there!" --Anna A.
You now have the coolest notebook in the room
A lifetime notebook
About the contruction
The steel core production is very expensive and unusual for any notebook. The lining, stitching and prep work involved in creating a piece like this is only matched by one other manufacturer we know of (Mont Blanc). You can see the outer quality in the pictures, but what you can't see is the work that goes into preparing the core. It requires a special wood fiber wrap, special stitching and tight tolerances.
We hired one of the best in the business to come up with the manufacturing process and design. The result is the sturdiest, highest quality notebook you can buy anywhere at any price.
About microfiber leather
The leather used in the Esington Note is "microfiber leather". It is a synthetic leather that is used in many high-end purses and wallets because it has superior qualities to animal leather. It also generally costs more than genuine leather.
- The look and feel are comparable to fine calfskin
- Tear resistance, abrasion resistance, tensile strength, cold-resistance, water resistance, acid resistance, alkali resistance and fade resistance are all superior to most animals leathers.
- made from tosea-island nano-fine fiber bundles and top grade polyurethane resins.
- Vegan
- Eco friendly
- Lasts a lifetime (or more)
Why a regular notebook slows you down
“It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.” ― Jiddu Krishnamurti
The Esington Note features tear-out pages. As soon as you finish with one page, simply tear it out and now you have a pristine, unmarked notebook.
The Note is designed to keep you in the present moment . To keep you mindful of what's important now. A regular notebook chains you to the chaos of your disorganized, cluttered past. Break through with a perpetually neat and clean Esington Note.
Have important thoughts you need to keep? You don't want to clutter up your notebook, just file the tear-out pages or digitally archive it.
You have 70,000 thoughts every single day
How many of them are brilliant ideas that are slipping away? How many times have you thought "I'll write that down later" or "I'd better not forget that!"? The fact it, we've trained ourselves to simply let these thoughts pass by; to be forgotten forever.
It's too hard to get ideas out of your head.
If you try to use your phone, you have to unlock your phone, find an app, chose the type of input, then tap away at the screen. Every thinking step you take changes your thought - sometimes to the point you can completely forget it!
If you have a notebook, you have to look for a pen. Even if you have a pen with you, you have to fish for it, unbuckle it, orient it in your hand. Then you have to fumble through the notebook to find the right page! That's a lot of thinking steps to go through just to jot down a quick thought. Many times we just try keeping the thought in our head. This robs us of valuable energy and by the end of the day we're exhausted.
Idea creation and writing habits
The more you use the Esington Note, the better you'll become at idea generation. You are training your brain to put ideas into this world instead of letting them slip by or holding them in your head. After using it for a couple of weeks, you'll notice a huge increase in the number of ideas that you are constantly generating. Your brain literally rewires itself and you will become an idea machine.
You'll also get into the habit of writing. If you've ever wanted to be a better writer or reader, this is the perfect first step. The hardest part is getting started. The Esington Note makes it as easy!
The Journey
While I was immersed in the Esington Glass project, I found myself having spontaneous thoughts I really wanted to keep. Sometimes I would try to hold the thought until I could type it out on my phone or computer, but I soon realized that holding thoughts like this is a great way to kill your creativity and zap your energy.
Soon I found myself carrying around a small note pad, but half time time I didn't have a pen with me. I awkwardly stuck a pencil into the spiral notebook. After drawing blood while trying to fish my pencil out of the spiral, I realized I needed to invent something new.
I fashioned an early prototype of the Note with a modified (cardboard core) notebook and small magnets. It worked pretty well, but fell apart after about a week of use. I knew that having a reliable notepad around was critical, and I wanted one I could use forever. I began the search for a leatherworker with experience doing this sort of thing. I found one of the leaders in leatherwork manufacturing and we went back and forth with design choices for more than three months.
After three more months of testing this final design, I believe it's ready for production. I couldn't be happier with how the Esington Note turned out. I take it everywhere I go. I'm 10x more creative and energetic than I was without it.
We need your help
We need your help to bring the Esington Note to life! Please pledge now and be the first to get your hands on the world's most innovative notebook!
Risks and challenges
We have the prototypes completed after 6 months of refinements. The manufacturer has been selected and we are ready to begin production. The complete fulfillment channel has been ramped up and tested. We are ready!
There are always potential issues that can cause delays, but with the experience of two large kickstarter projects under our belts, we are very well equipped to handle them.
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Funding period
- (45 days)