In response to our post “Show us where you buy your Rhodia,” Father Matthew Thurman’s wife spotted some Rhodia notebooks & pads in Borders Books while on a recent vacation in Sandusky, OH.
Will you show us where you buy your Rhodia?
We recently received an email from someone who wanted to know if it was true that we made Rhodia paper in other weights besides 80 g. 
It was an interesting question, because even though we do and I’m quite aware of it, I always think of Rhodia as 80 g. I guess there is a need for some things in life to be simple and reliable.
All of the classic Rhodia notepads and notebooks staplebound or spiral are made with 80 g paper.
The large Weekly Notebooks are 90 g. Webnotebooks, or Webbies, are 90 g, too. Rhodia in France decided to make this the uniform weight thoroughout the world, so all Webnotebooks in 2010 will be made with Clairefontaine paper and 90 g.
The ePure books are 100 g. The pocket Weekly Notebooks are 64 g.
The two new Rhodia products coming this year – Le Carre and dotPads, are both 80 g.
Photo from Freshness Magazine.
One day when I was searching Flickr for “Rhodia” I came across the following images.
Turns out that Sandy Chidester, a bookbinding hobbiest, created this book using Rhodia paper. Continue reading »
In our retailer spotlight position for the month of March, is Fahrney’s Pens of Washington, DC. Fahrney’s carries Exaclair products from Clairefontaine, G Lalo, Rhodia, and Exacompta.
The History of Fahrney’s Pens
“The year was 1929, the stock market had crashed and America had fallen into the Great Depression. But one man, determined to beat the odds, decided to start a business despite the lackluster economy of the time. This was the year Earl Fahrney founded Fahrney’s Pens as a fountain pen repair shop in Washington, DC. With discretionary spending in a lull, Mr. Fahrney’s repair business thrived. He slowly expanded and ultimately decided to sell new writing instruments, including the “revolutionary” ballpoint pen. Continue reading »
The other day while Karen was reading the New York Times, she came across the following ad for The Container Store, Continue reading »
Target? Dick Blick? Borders? Art Brown? We want you to show us where you buy your Rhodia... The next time you are out and about, snap us a picture of where you buy your Rhodia products so we can assemble an online gallery of local retailers. To... Read on »
Season 5 (Bravo Network) Top Chef Hosea Rosenberg, originally from Taos, New Mexico, was always good at math. After graduating 3rd in his class at Taos High School, he moved to Boulder, CO to study at the University of Colorado. His dream... Read on »
In our retailer spotlight position for the month of March, is Fahrney's Pens of Washington, DC. Fahrney's carries Exaclair products from Clairefontaine, G Lalo, Rhodia, and Exacompta. The History of Fahrney’s Pens "The year was 1929,... Read on »
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Rhodia Drive attracts creative people passionate about their Rhodia. Designers and artists, writers and pen collectors, thinkers and free spirits—anyone who loves notebooks—come together on Rhodia Drive.
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