One person's "boring" is another's "logical representation of prioritized tasks".

GlennA

Saw this a while ago...what happens if one of the higher lists gets long and has to overrun one of the lower lists? Also it depends on being able to assign a time to everything. I really like the design but I think it might break a bit when you try to actually use it...

monster79

@Bing: it's the right brain ;)
it's really different to see those pics with Japanese in them (instead of the "usual" English). Makes it even more interesting...

inainai

It seems to use more paper and use more space up than a to do list. Not efficient for me. Sorry. Even if its award winning.

Lazarus

I don't live anywhere near NYC. How can I get one?

jaywin

Very cool and different...would love to get my hands on one

Ashley927

Remade in photoshop in .9 minutes.

cde

Interesting. Might be good for those left brain (or is it right brain?) types who like things a bit more graphical.

Bing

interesting concept for people who don't have oversized, hideous handwriting or long to do lists. also, notebooks with this type of binding can be hard to manage when you get towards the center. i can't imagine trying to write small lists of info on what has to be a carefully planned page while battling the binding.

muji's a cool place in concept. the un-branded, purely functional products and all, but their prices, even for a manhattan based store with goods imported from japan, are ridiculous considering the they're typically nothing special and easy enough to find elsewhere for a significant markdown.

Claystil

I see this being more in use for people who are less "List it and go down in an orderly fashion" and more focused along half hour to 15 minute intervals.

Macro versus Micro noting.
Excellent!

Too bad I can't write Kanji. So much more in such a little space than English.
Guess I'd better brush up on my old "you can take one sheet of notes to the test" writing style.

:P

DWeaver

This notebook looks great. I would love to get my hands on it.

wwilsonxp

This reminds me of some paper collapsible MP3 speakers that won a Muji design award some years ago, and were also hailed by MOMA. So I bought some, and they were great for falling asleep to, but you sure couldn't throw a party with them!

archjr

I love Muji & bought a small notebook 11 cm x 15.5 cm with 12 or so monthly calendars in the front and the remaining pages had a weekly calendar on the left side and graph paper on the right side. Been dying to find something similar to that in the states. Maybe I'll just have to go back to Japan to get it. =)

onesourlemon

Thanks for the post. Gina, compliments for this blog, it's fantastic. :)

Lukychan from Geekissimo.com

Lukychan

a digital version would be nice too.

fasta6

Unless the attraction is the nice finish and the sexy ribbon this is just a simple mind map.
I use mind maps a lot for project managing and brainstorming,and although I dont use them for to-do I can see why you would want too.
For those who are not familiar (and I was not till a year ago )Try Mind Map on a google search...its mind blowing.

And yes I'm a visual thinker...do I have to draw a picture !

rtipping

This is a great idea, and something I'm going to start implementing into my unlined Moleskin notebooks!

Vhalkyrie

Very cool, although I'm too linear to like it... I like my lists! but definitely a cool, useful concept for rightbrainers.

lacrimaeveneris

Uh, isn't that what I learned to do in 3rd grade (really)?

Idea webs, concept mapping...

@fasta6: See freemind at [freemind.sf.net]

ffm

That makes a lot of sense, actually, as you can see your entire morning or evening in a way that makes sense....did I say sense?

Even better, you could make certain more important events are larger type or something.

njudahchronicles

Yikes, I didn't know they turned "Mujirushi" (Mujirushi Youhin) into "Muji" in America. Sounds like "Uji" (Maggots). Kinda nasty.

Sometimes branding is dumb.

Diamond_Sutra

@Diamond_Sutra: they're branding to americans, so it doesn't seem all that dumb to me.

Claystil

@Diamond_Sutra: Er, I think it's called "Muji" everywhere outside Japan (except China).

jamar0303

How long until there is a PDF up? It's an open source world and this doesn't serve me and my Circa books. But, a nice PDF version, open source, and the $58 hole punch, and we're in business.

PotKettleBlack

To all those naysayers, discipline yourself, learn to write small, in short-hand, with symbols. Create your own code. To the fans, what's wrong with just getting a cheap notebook and drawing a circle and lines on it?

xenobyte72

@cde: lol, exactly what most of us were probably thinking of doing. Want to post an image? haha.

AKthe47

@xenobyte72: it's not about discipline at all. this sort of binding doesn't work as well as other types, some people have large hands, some people would rather write things out than use short hand (some have no choice) and some people just have sloppy handwriting.

@PotKettleBlack: $58 hole punch? those things are a racket.

Claystil

no gripes here. after all, folks, there are plenty of planners and organizational devices sold out there that could easily be remade in photoshop, or as a PDF, or diy-style with a pen and paper. my question is: why is this thing rectangular?

myrrh

I thought this was awesome, so I've made a full-page PDF version of this for my circa notebook. You can find it here: [www.jdharper.com]

It's shifted slightly to the right to allow for the Circa rings.

If you want to play with it, you can edit the OpenOffice Draw file, located at [www.jdharper.com]

J. D. Harper (aka Blog Jones)

Does anybody know where in can buy this and the cost?

HacklvrSum