Not surprisingly, Patrick Ng was among the first to get Kolo’s new Essex Travel Book. Several weeks before Kolo launched this product, he was given a prototype in the small pocket size to try out. It's a "hybrid" that can be used many ways -- as a day planner, journal, sketchbook etc... Patrick used it literally as a travel book, bringing it with him on a trip to Frankfurt. You can read his complete review at his blog, here.

Also not surprisingly, Patrick beautifully decorated the covers of the insert booklets (he chose soft white, but you can also get black-cover insert booklets) with photos in the cover windows, painted edges, postage stamps, and a postal cancellation stamp marking a “Frankfurt” destination.

If you’ve tried out the Kolo Essex yet, please share photos of yours and tell us us how you like to use it. Just click on Contact to email images to Ugo directly. Be sure to write "Essex" in the subject line of your email.

A Koloist blog post with more details about the Kolo Essex Travel Book can be seen here.