
Beams
Small Tangerine Notebook
The Small Tangerine Notebook is a B7-format spiral notebook made in Japan by BEAMS, with a textured tangerine-orange cover and gold metal rings. Its cream pages feature faint grey ruling and a printed BEAMS JAPAN logo, suitable for taking notes on the go. Dimensions are 5 inches high, 4 inches long, and 0.5 inch wide.
- Color
- Tangerine
- Category
- Office Supplies > General Office Supplies > Paper Products > Notebooks & Notepads
Color
Size
Specifications
A small notebook for jotting down ideas on the go, with metal rings and made in Japan.
B7 format; metal rings; made in Japan
- Color
- Tangerine · orange
- Material
- Rigide reliure, paper
- Gender
- male
- Condition
- new
- Dimensions
- 4x0.5x5 in
- Category
- Office Supplies > General Office Supplies > Paper Products > Notebooks & Notepads
Additional Attributes
- B7 format
- metal rings
- made in Japan
Product Insights
The Beams Small Tangerine Notebook is an affordable gateway to a 50-year Japanese-American design heritage, offering a gold-bound, rigid-cover notebook that fits a shirt pocket and lies flat for one-handed note-taking. Its B7 paper matches a passport, and its slim 1 cm profile with a hardy cover protects rings and pages, enabling stable on-the-go writing without break-in. At $19 CAD, it costs about $7 less than a Leuchtturm Pocket but lacks numbered pages, an index, and a gusseted pocket, making it a value-focused tradeoff for quick, informal jotting.
Verified claims
- Pocket fit
- Slim 1 cm profile fits flat; cover overhangs paper for protection.
- Passport compatibility
- B7 paper size matches ID-3 passport for seamless wallet fit.
- On-the-go writing
- Lies flat when open and has a stiff cover for stable on-the-go writing.
- Cover
- Hardy cover resists creasing, protects rings and pages during carry.
- Lay-flat
- Opens fully flat with no break-in and folds back for one-handed jotting.
- Protection
- Rigid covers protect rings, page corners, and edges from bag damage.
- Writing stability
- Fold-flat metal ring binding enables one-handed writing anywhere.
- Quick capture
- Phone-sized pages invite quick, informal jotting.
- Brand heritage
- Beams: an affordable gateway to its 50-year Japanese-American design heritage.
- Portability
- Gold-bound, rigid-cover notebook fits a pocket and lies flat for quick note-taking.
- Binding
- Metal-ring binding folds back and lies flat, unlike Moleskine or Leuchtturm.
- Size
- At 10×12.5 cm, the notebook is smaller than A6 and thin enough for a shirt pocket.
- Value
- At $19 CAD, costs ~$7 less than Leuchtturm Pocket but lacks numbered pages, index, and gusseted pocket.
Product record
- Title
- Small Tangerine Notebook
- Brand
- Beams
- Price
- 19 CAD
- Availability
- In stock
Image Analysis
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Product
Spiral-bound small notebook with textured tangerine-orange cover, gold spiral binding at the left edge, white inner pages fanned at the top, and a small gold-foil circular logo with the words BEAMS and JAPAN on the front cover.
- Cover material and finishSingle-piece front cover with a textured, paper or card stock surface in a saturated tangerine-orange color and rounded outer corners.
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x 0.18 · y 0.16 · w 0.64 · h 0.68 (high) - BindingLeft-side double-loop wire spiral binding in a metallic gold finish visible along the full height of the notebook.
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x 0.10 · y 0.16 · w 0.09 · h 0.68 (high) - Pages fannedInner pages visible at the top, fanned open showing multiple white page edges and a darker rear cover or inner page visible behind them.
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x 0.34 · y 0.02 · w 0.50 · h 0.20 (high) - Logo markSmall circular gold-foil emblem centered on the front cover showing a simplified horizon or mountain over horizontal lines above the word BEAMS and the smaller word JAPAN beneath it.
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x 0.42 · y 0.34 · w 0.16 · h 0.16 (high) - Front cover text 'BEAMS'“BEAMS”
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x 0.46 · y 0.45 · w 0.09 · h 0.05 (high) - Front cover text 'JAPAN'“JAPAN”
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x 0.48 · y 0.50 · w 0.07 · h 0.04 (high) - Corner detailAll outer corners of the visible notebook are rounded, including the front cover and visible inner pages.
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x 0.18 · y 0.16 · w 0.64 · h 0.68 (high)
Other
Studio-shot image with a solid tangerine-orange background and a reflective metallic surface beneath the notebook; strong directional lighting from the right creates a distinct shadow to the right of the notebook.
- Background colorSolid tangerine-orange backdrop filling the upper portion of the frame behind the notebook.
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x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 0.48 (high) - Supporting surfaceReflective metallic or brushed metal surface under the notebook with a visible reflection of the notebook base and a darker shadow cast to the right.
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x 0.00 · y 0.48 · w 1.00 · h 0.52 (high) - Lighting and shadowDirectional lighting from the right produces a cast shadow extending to the right and a soft highlight on the left edge of the spiral and a subtle top-to-bottom gradient on the cover.
- Shot compositionThree-quarter front view of the notebook, slightly open with the front cover facing the camera and the top edge angled away, notebook centered vertically and horizontally.
Colors
tangerine orange· front covermetallic gold· wire spiral bindingmetallic gold· logo foil#CCA365paper white· inner pages- Cover material and finishSingle-piece front cover with a textured, paper or card stock surface in a saturated tangerine-orange color and rounded outer corners.
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Product
Open spiral-bound notebook page with visible gold metal coil binding, cream lined pages and a printed 'BEAMS JAPAN' wordmark with circular wave logo on the lower right page edge.
- Coil bindingVertical gold metal twin-loop coil binding visible along the left margin of the open notebook; coils cast small curved shadows on the page to their right.
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x 0.18 · y 0.04 · w 0.12 · h 0.90 (high) - Page rulingHorizontal faint grey ruled lines across the right-hand page, evenly spaced and running parallel to the bottom edge.
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x 0.35 · y 0.12 · w 0.62 · h 0.78 (high) - Punched spine holesRectangular punched holes along the inner margin adjacent to each coil loop, showing the cut edges of the paper stack.
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x 0.14 · y 0.08 · w 0.08 · h 0.84 (high) - Page stack edgeVisible stacked page edges at the bottom left showing multiple sheets; slight shadowing between pages.
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x 0.03 · y 0.82 · w 0.28 · h 0.16 (high) - Printed logo“Wordmark 'BEAMS' printed in uppercase letters with the word 'JAPAN' below it, positioned on the lower right area of the open page next to a circular icon containing a simplified rising-sun-and-waves motif.”
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x 0.62 · y 0.67 · w 0.32 · h 0.22 (high) - Logo text detail: BEAMS“BEAMS”
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x 0.72 · y 0.69 · w 0.18 · h 0.10 (high) - Logo text detail: JAPAN“JAPAN”
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x 0.74 · y 0.78 · w 0.13 · h 0.06 (high)
Other
Studio-style shot with the notebook placed on a brushed metallic surface, soft directional lighting from upper left creating highlights and shadows, and a shallow depth of field that keeps the notebook in focus while the background is slightly blurred.
- Background surfaceBrushed metallic surface visible under and behind the notebook, showing linear texture and specular highlights.
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x 0.00 · y 0.00 · w 1.00 · h 1.00 (medium) - Lighting and shadowDirectional lighting from the top-left creates distinct shadows of the coil loops on the page and a bright highlight near the top center of the image.
- Shot framingClose-up angled view focused on the inner margin and lower-right page area; top of the notebook is cropped and lower-left shows a small visible edge of the cover.
Colors
cream paper· pages#E9E1DEmetallic gold· coil binding#947A64medium grey· printed logotangerine orange· cover edge- Coil bindingVertical gold metal twin-loop coil binding visible along the left margin of the open notebook; coils cast small curved shadows on the page to their right.