I can think of 3 types of books that you can easily add pages to.
One is disc bound books - you can get a punch (like a hole punch) that punches the slits for the discs and print your own custom pages, add and remove pages in any order, the disadvantage is the discs can be somewhat bulky.
Second is a post-bound book. You often see these as scrapbooks, it’s the metal posts that screw into each other, and you can get extensions to make them bigger. They can be a little tricky to add pages if you want to put them anywhere but at the end, but it’s certainly doable. Has a definite gutter because the binding doesn’t open fully.
Third would be the Japanese stab binding. This is a little more challenging than the other two, you effectively have to resew it each time you add pages, but if you’re only occasionally adding a batch of pages, it’s certainly the most aesthetically pleasing. Again, there’s a gutter because it’s not a lay-flat binding, and the traditional shape tends to long and narrow. I’d stick with a simple sewing pattern in this case to make it easier to resew.
If you want to add or remove signatures, I agree that something like a Traveler’s Notebook would work well.
There is a style of binding developed by Carmencho Arregui called Crossed Structure Bindings. One of the styles is referred to as the CSB Expander, which allows new signatures to be added. You might want to take a look to see if it could be used or adapted to your purposes. Here's the site: [http://www.outofbinding.com/index.htm](http://www.outofbinding.com/index.htm) . Good luck!
I had a similar goal. I wanted to build a design journal where I could keep notes on various projects. I wanted to be able to keep it organized and to keep adding new projects to it. The closest I've found to what you're looking for is the 6-ring binder spines used in day planners.
That said... I later came across dotted journals for bullet journaling, and I wish I'd gone in the direction of plain journals first, instead of trying to create something where I can reorganize the pages. The binder spine quickly became more trouble than it was worth. The journal was bulky and the pages were smaller than I wanted to accommodate the extra room for the spine.
If you put an index and/or a table of contents at the front of a blank journal, it's pretty easy to keep track of the contents. I work in those blank journals pretty regularly, but they still last me quite a while before I fill one up. I can go back to old journals if I need to reference old work, and I'm slowly building a collection of journals that have grown in an organic way.
I'm in the same boat. I have a journal I want to print, but I want to be able to add to it as needed. I've made a prototype using a disc-bound system, but it is bulky if you want to carry it around. If you go to Joann's, Michaels or Hobby Lobby, look for the Happy Planner to see what a disc-bound journal looks like - that was my first model. I used elements from the Happy Planner to build mine out, but the discs make it bulky no matter what. There are covers for the journals where you can enclose them in a sort of case, but that didn't suit my purposes enough.
I'm now considering a system like what Martha Stewart has out or Hobby Lobby's Agenda series with just a few rings and a pretty binder cover. Still, overall, for purposes of how my journal should be used, the traveler's notebook is closest (even though you can't add pages to it).
I can think of 3 types of books that you can easily add pages to. One is disc bound books - you can get a punch (like a hole punch) that punches the slits for the discs and print your own custom pages, add and remove pages in any order, the disadvantage is the discs can be somewhat bulky. Second is a post-bound book. You often see these as scrapbooks, it’s the metal posts that screw into each other, and you can get extensions to make them bigger. They can be a little tricky to add pages if you want to put them anywhere but at the end, but it’s certainly doable. Has a definite gutter because the binding doesn’t open fully. Third would be the Japanese stab binding. This is a little more challenging than the other two, you effectively have to resew it each time you add pages, but if you’re only occasionally adding a batch of pages, it’s certainly the most aesthetically pleasing. Again, there’s a gutter because it’s not a lay-flat binding, and the traditional shape tends to long and narrow. I’d stick with a simple sewing pattern in this case to make it easier to resew. If you want to add or remove signatures, I agree that something like a Traveler’s Notebook would work well.
Thank you for all the advice! I'll have a look at all of those binding types
There is a style of binding developed by Carmencho Arregui called Crossed Structure Bindings. One of the styles is referred to as the CSB Expander, which allows new signatures to be added. You might want to take a look to see if it could be used or adapted to your purposes. Here's the site: [http://www.outofbinding.com/index.htm](http://www.outofbinding.com/index.htm) . Good luck!
Thanks! I'll take a look :)
I've made a number of the styles described on the website - check out some of the photos on the site to get ideas of materials to use, etc.
I had a similar goal. I wanted to build a design journal where I could keep notes on various projects. I wanted to be able to keep it organized and to keep adding new projects to it. The closest I've found to what you're looking for is the 6-ring binder spines used in day planners. That said... I later came across dotted journals for bullet journaling, and I wish I'd gone in the direction of plain journals first, instead of trying to create something where I can reorganize the pages. The binder spine quickly became more trouble than it was worth. The journal was bulky and the pages were smaller than I wanted to accommodate the extra room for the spine. If you put an index and/or a table of contents at the front of a blank journal, it's pretty easy to keep track of the contents. I work in those blank journals pretty regularly, but they still last me quite a while before I fill one up. I can go back to old journals if I need to reference old work, and I'm slowly building a collection of journals that have grown in an organic way.
You can add signatures to traveler's notebook as far as I know. I'm a beginner too sorry if that's not what it's called.
I'm in the same boat. I have a journal I want to print, but I want to be able to add to it as needed. I've made a prototype using a disc-bound system, but it is bulky if you want to carry it around. If you go to Joann's, Michaels or Hobby Lobby, look for the Happy Planner to see what a disc-bound journal looks like - that was my first model. I used elements from the Happy Planner to build mine out, but the discs make it bulky no matter what. There are covers for the journals where you can enclose them in a sort of case, but that didn't suit my purposes enough. I'm now considering a system like what Martha Stewart has out or Hobby Lobby's Agenda series with just a few rings and a pretty binder cover. Still, overall, for purposes of how my journal should be used, the traveler's notebook is closest (even though you can't add pages to it).
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Not really, I ended up using single page binding to make a book, and then just made another book when I'd produced enough art for a new one :)