The Orange Notebook from Don’t Look Up

Julian Mercer Julian Mercer / October 21, 2022 / 2 Min Read
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The Orange Notebook from Don’t Look Up

The first time I saw this movie, the red notebook that Leonardo DiCaprio is holding in his meeting with the president caught my eye.

It’s a red hardcover notebook with a really interesting grid line pattern layout.

At first I thought it was a simple moleskin with meeting note layouts bit it didn’t look exactly right. Further, on the back of it were five distinct lines from the brand logo.

 Next, I thought it was a Leuchtturm with custom grid lines that the movie prop team had drawn on the paper.

I put it up on the notebook subreddit asking for help and after two months user iainr3 came to the rescue!

I quickly found the notebook on Amazon for $12.95.

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The Notebook

The notebook is really interesting but it is a very niche-use-case notebook.  The gridlines are dark and force the user to only really use this for things like taking down data points in the field.

I get that this is the reason it was most likely made, but I was hoping I could work it into other uses like keeping it in my gym bag to track my lifting numbers.

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The Details

  • 160 pages

  • 4 5/8 wide  by 7 ¼ tall

  • Left Side 6 Vertical Columns

  • Right Side 8×4 to the inch

  • Waterproof cover

  • Archival paper quality

  • 8 ounces

There is a 15-page reference guide in the back that includes commonly used Trigonometry tables and relations.  This is primarly used in surveying land and also includes a measurement I haven’t heard of called links.  Links were invented in England for surveying land and are equivalent to 66ft for 100 links.

ELAN has a variety of notebooks and the one that stood out to me is the Weatherproof Spiral Notebook. This is also on Amazon and is $14.85.

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Julian Mercer is a Senior Editor covering the intersection of emerging technology, global markets, and digital culture. With over a decade of experience in financial journalism and digital publishing, he provides authoritative analysis on the trends shaping tomorrow's economy.

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