Gallery: The Beloved Composition Notebook Gets a Slick Redesign
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Fay began collecting old composition notebooks. This one was made in 1893 in Massachusetts.
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Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures made this notebook in 1860.
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This blue and black speckled notebook was made in France in 1870.
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Another notebook from Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, made in 1887.
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A notebook from France, 1968.
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The pattern on this modern-day notebook hasn't changed much, but the printing is higher quality.
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A notebook from from the 1950s.
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