I’ve always found day-timers to be a little too “pre-defined”. You have a certain amount of lines per day and only a certain amount of space per week. Some days are more active then others and most of the time the spaces provided are wasted.

At this years Muji Awards one of the winners of the 3422 entries was an agenda called the “Chronotebook”. Singaporean designer, Wong Kok Keong called it this simply because it was designed with “Time” as the central element. The exterior is much like a regular daily-planner and the cover is simple just like all of the other Muji products.

The interior is where the difference lies. Instead of preset lines and grid-like divisions you are presented with two analog clock graphics - a.m. on the left and p.m on the right. It is as simple as that, you plan your day around the clock and make your notes accordingly. You are not pigeon holed into squeezing all your activities between rulered lines and you’re free to use the space any way you wish. I am never one to stay in between the lines when I write. As well I doodle and make random notes all over my pages. The Chronotebook design gives me the freedom to plan my days and make my notes however I see fit.

Fortunately, I had a friend hook me up with these limited time offer Chronotebooks from one of the NYC locations. Over the next month, partlySunny will be giving away 5 of these Chronotebooks. Email me your FULL NAME, EMAIL ADDRESS and PHONE NUMBER for a chance to win! Prize draw will be done on December 1, 2008 and all entries need to be in by November 28th, 2008.

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Sunny Shum, Your Industry Insider

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