The coating means the surface doesn’t feel quite as soft as it would without it, but that’s a trade-off you make. The coating also adds UV protection, to limit fading, but as with any leather, you should expect color change and a patina to develop over time. Available only in one color, it’s a slightly dark tan, which has been given an oil and wax treatment to offer basic water resistance. It’s made from full-grain vegetable-tanned leather from New Zealand.
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There’s a small embossed Journal logo bottom-right of the front of the case, an embossed Twelve South logo bottom center on the rear, and the word ‘Journal’ embossed on the spine. Instead, you get a simple and beautiful tan leather color with neat, contrasting stitching. Leather on the outside, soft micro-suede lining on the inside, rigid inserts and reinforced corners for strength, double-zips for convenience.īut gone is the quirky hardcover book look. If you’re familiar with BookBook cases, the overall design is much the same. With the Twelve South Journal, the company has abandoned the third benefit in favor of a design which is much simpler, slimmer and arguably more stylish. It also made you less of a robbery target if walking down the street with a MacBook under your arm, passing for a book to anyone unfamiliar with the case. If you were leaving your MacBook at home, you could slip it into the case and put it amongst other books on your bookshelf and a thief would never know it was there. BookBook cases are lovely looking things. My laptop travels in my cabin bag, and you can sometimes get people shoving things on top of other people’s bags, so I really appreciate the peace of mind of greater crush protection.
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For that reason, it has long been my preferred case for travel. The one we looked at then was for the MacBook, but Twelve South offered them for all MacBook models – I even had one for my 17-inch MacBook Pro – before adding iPad and iPhone versions.įirst, it was a highly protective case, completely enveloping the machine, with rigid material offering substantial protection against impact damage and crushing. We first looked at the BookBook case back in 2011. The 13-inch is suitable for the MacBook Air or Pro, while the 15-inch is designed for the larger MacBook Pro.
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Both models are designed for the current MacBook range with USB-C ports. The Twelve South Journal for MacBook Air and Pro was launched earlier this week as a kind of updated version of the company’s much-loved BookBook case.