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A digital notebook that allows you to showcase your creative talents or next big idea

There are a myriad of creative applications for sharing videos, links and music, but few allow you to extend personal projects or ideas. Clibe—a digital sketchbook app that has just soft-launched—allows you to create on an iPad just as you would with paper and pen, and then share the book with friends or add it to Clibe’s public gallery space. Your entire notebook (which can also be kept completely private) lives in the cloud, so you are also able to access it from any computer. When someone shares a book with you all of their changes are reflected in your copy as well making it a living document.

I’ve been using a beta of Clibe for over a month, and I am impressed with the set of tools it offers. You can paint, draw, use text or import photos from an iPad camera, photo library or social networks. There are different paper and pen types as well, allowing for a great creative range. The app can be used for anything from personal doodles to scrapbooking to presentation planning, such as the sketches I created below as part of the preparations for my talk at Future Trends in Miami next month.

One of the benefits of its digital format is its wipe-board capability. I can use Clibe with a group of clients in order to diagram a new idea, and if we decide to modify that, I can erase a portion or start over easily. As developer Roberto Tagliabue points out, you even start a meeting by uploading a client’s UI screenshot, and draw and move things around from there.

The vast potential to share ideas and generate creative flow with Clibe is exciting. The newly-launched app is available for free in iTunes for a limited time.

Handy notebooks from everyone’s favorite crowd-sourced company

Another clever idea from the minds behind the crowd-sourced t-shirt phenomenon, Threadless has teamed up with Scout Books to create a run of handcrafted notebooks made from 100% recycled paper and printed with vegetable ink in Portland, OR. The notebooks, operating under a similar model that brought so much love to Threadless in the first place, will feature a selection of themed designs from their community-voted favorites, each artfully printed on a pocket-sized notebook just for you.

Just like their modestly-priced t-shirts, Threadless’ answer to Field Notes won’t break the bank at just $9 for a pack of three notebooks once 11 August 2011 rolls around. Keep an eye online for more sneak peeks.

Hand-bound notebooks with beautifully one-of-a-kind cork covers

We recently came across the meticulously constructed Landmade Cork Journal by Michael Roger Press,
and not only does the material give way to a beautiful pattern, but the half-century-old stationer uses the traditional Smyth sewn binding technique. Hand-sewing the pages together (instead of gluing) gives the notebook’s binding extra strength and allows it to open flat—two important features for anyone who uses a notebook regularly.

Made with acid-free paper, each piece is proudly crafted in limited runs at their New Jersey factory. By producing notebooks and paper goods in small batches, they retain the flexibility to innovate and implement new ideas into their line. They also offer the option to personalize nearly all their products with a custom die-cast stamp.

Each journal is completely unique by nature’s design, made with natural, sustainably-harvested cork. Sold in two sizes ($10-17) and lined or unlined, Michael Roger Press products sell online and at specialty stationers.

I just wanted to draw everyones attention to the contest we’re holding, featured on our side bar. The top three entries each win a limited edition notebook made from billboard materials and post-consumer waste. All you have to do is leave us a comment with an environmental design link in it. Entries are already well underway, so get yours in soon! DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS POST. PLEASE USE THE LINK ON THE MAIN DP PAGE UNDER ‘AMOEBACORP NEWS’ FOR YOUR CONTEST SUBMISSIONS. THANKS.