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• Published on June 01, 2021

INTRODUCTION

Architecture travel story is an International architecture experience competition organized by ‘Sangaf’, a travel portal. Travel stories of architects, their observations, and experiences. Beyond the pandemic pause, let’s plan our journey after the pause, explore a little more. Let’s share our experiences and exchange travel journals and meet on the other side. The best experiences come from the best observer and so this competition aims at architects' experience of their travel stories with architecture, food, local culture, and every aspect that enriched their journey. Please visit your past and weave a tale with the bundle of experiences you’ve collected in the process of exploring our world.

SUBMISSION DETAILS: SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Write your experience in more than 900 words _ (Docx. Format) An itinerary of your journey (Means of transport | your stay | food) _ (Docx. Format) Images or videos of your experience _ minimum 6 images, maximum as many as you want. (Images in jpeg. | Videos in mp4 / .mov format) List of souvenirs from your journey. Sketches of your journey are also accepted _ not compulsory. A title to your journey

Submission Guidelines: A Docx. file of more than 900 words. Images, videos, sketches, or any other means of graphical representation. You may include short descriptive text. (Images in jpeg. | Videos in mp4 / .mov format) Submit a selfie(ratio:1:1) and brief introduction of yourself _ (authors details are required for publication)

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Travel journal examples and how to get the most out of a travel journal

A travel journal: your new best friend.

Travel journal examples can spark ideas for your own journal. This matters a great deal because a travel journal can be one of your most helpful travel — make that life — tools. It can serve myriad purposes from recording your thoughts, emotions (an important aspect many overlook) and experiences to being a repository of creative ideas and even artwork. You can use it as a scrapbook, planning tool, contact book, organizer, reference book (for vital information such as passport numbers, hotel addresses, places to visit, etc.) and even a place to hide certain valuables.

It’s simple enough to put information into your travel journal. The hard part is being able to find or extract that information easily later on. But don’t worry. I’ll show you travel journal examples, techniques, hacks and tips for that and more based on decades trying a wide variety of travel journals and approaches. You’ll find these useful whether you’re an old pro at journaling or even if you’ve never used a travel journal before. And be sure to read all the way through this article since the Additional Resources section at the end is loaded with inspiring and helpful travel journal examples and ideas.

Getting started

The first and most important thing to remember is that there is no one right way to set up your travel journal. In fact, I’ve found that the best approach is to just start with something and learn as you go. My first travel journal was basically a daily diary: “Today I did this, etc.” Now, however, I use it in a very different matter. But it all comes down to this: What is the purpose of your travel journal?

Two typical entries from my first travel journal on my first trip to Europe in high school. I have upped my travel journal game a bit since then, or so I hope.

This is such an important question because it will guide what kind of notebook/journal/sketchbook you use, how you organize it and how you interact with it. If you’re just starting out, you may not even know your purpose other than to record your experiences. That’s fine. Start there. Then refine over time.

For me, I see my travel journal as a collection tool for travel drawing and notes where I gather ideas, sketches, some to-do’s, trip details and anything else that interests me. But the main difference between this and most journals is that as a tool, I want to use my journal after I return. Not just for nostalgic reminisces on my trip, but to glean from it what I’ve learned, gained and become. I’ll explain this more momentarily.

Picking the right journal

Again, I’m not sure there is a universal “right” travel journal. Your goal is to find what works for you. You can start by determining if you want a blank notebook or a travel journal that comes with prompts, quotes, organizing categories, etc. Here’s a helpful list of 17 travel journals to give you a sense of travel journal examples and possibilities. Mostly, consider if you want to do travel drawing or even painting in your travel journal. If so, you’ll want thicker paper that won’t warp with the water or bleed through with ink. You likely will want blank pages, as opposed to lines, grids or dots.

Just as there’s no right or wrong size (just what works for you), so too is the orientation up to you. As you can see here, I sketched holding the journal in a portrait orientation (left page) but wrote (right page, partial) using a landscape orientation. Both work.

If you want to use it as a form of a scrapbook, get one with pockets or that is expandable enough for when you’ve doubled the thickness with all those tickets, stamps, samples of currency, bottle labels and other elements you’ve glued to the pages.

Buying a nice looking or feeling notebook or journal can be motivating. But getting too nice of a notebook to use can be intimidating: You’ll be afraid to do any travel drawing or mess it up. Thus, I suggest starting somewhere in the middle. Find a journal or notebook that will hold up well (hard covers help in this regard), but isn’t so expensive you’ll only want to use it on special occasions. 

Even fancy patterns on your pages can be fun. I tend to prefer blank pages, but sometimes I’ll try different patterns just to mix things up.

Your travel journal is more of a workhorse than a show pony (though sometimes a bit of that too later on). You’ll get far more out of one you use all the time, where you write, do travel drawing or urban sketching, doodle and record with the intent that only you will ever see it. If you choose to show it to others later, fine. But don’t make that your main goal, at least as a beginner, or you’ll never get the most out of your journal.

How will you use your travel journal?

Back to purpose, you can choose to have a general-use journal or one devoted only to your trips (or to a particular trip). I have done both, and there are pros and cons to each. A journal for all situations allows you to connect everything you do so that if a great work idea hits you on a trip, you can reference back to a meeting about that, etc. You can also find things easier in some ways since your whole life, trip or home/work, is laid out in a chronological fashion in one book.

Here’s a recent journal of mine that I use daily, as well as for trips. You can see the basic outline for this article here that I wrote on the plane on a business trip. How do I know it was on a trip? From the notation that the sketch was done from a photo in the airplane’s magazine somewhere between Baltimore (BWI) and Seattle (SEA)

A really popular approach these days to general journals is the Bullet Journal . Many people swear by this way of organizing their journal and their life. I love many of the ideas found in bullet journaling. But I choose not to follow that approach completely. Why? Bullet journaling is primarily intended as a productivity tool. I personally don’t find it helpful in that regard because, for example, tracking all my calendar events and moment-by-moment to-do’s in a journal slows me down.

Combine digital and analog

Instead, I use a combination of Outlook, Trello , Evernote and Scrivener (the latter two for organizing ideas and writing projects or content) on my phone and computer. The main reason for tracking tasks digitally is that they roll over automatically. I don’t have to constantly move them manually from one day, week or month to-do list to the next.

But the main reason I don’t use the bullet journal methodology for my travel journal is that when I travel, productivity is not my goal. Exploration and discovery are. I use my travel journal to capture what I learn as I explore the world around me and the world within me wherever I go.

On a trip, I’m less interested in productivity than in explaining why this sketch was hard to do well.

In the last few years, I’ve taken up sketching and even watercolors, so for me, I now maintain a separate travel journal for each major trip. I use one that has thicker watercolor paper, so on a three-week trip, I can pretty much fill up the whole book. But for shorter trips, I do use my day-to-day journal. And I’ve even done both: Used my day-to-day journal to record words and a smaller sketchbook for travel drawing or watercolors. Again, no right or wrong way to do this. Just start with an approach and build from there.

Organizing your travel journal

What follows is how I organize my travel journal. It’s the same way I do my day-to-day journal but with some additional pages in the end for travel-specific information. My purpose, remember, is to capture ideas, information and experiences and then to be able to use these later. For that reason, the most helpful part of my journal is the index. I’ll explain that in a moment along with travel journal examples, but here’s what else goes into my journal.

Starting with a brand new empty journal

The first thing I do with a new journal is to put my name, cell phone number and email address on the inside cover.

Next, if the journal doesn’t have a rear pocket, I make one or glue/tape in a small envelope that fits on the inside of the rear cover.

If you glue in your own, consider hiding a few large denomination bills, both dollars and the local currency, behind the envelope or anything else you tape or glue inside the covers. It’s a great place for hiding back-up money. It works because once you start using your travel journal regularly, you’ll find it is one of your most precious possessions. You’ll learn to guard it like your wallet, passport or phone.

These are just some of the many travel journals I’ve filled up over the years.

In addition to the pocket or envelope in your journal, consider bringing a quart or gallon-sized zip lock bag to hold all the small items you pick up along the way. I used to shove them into pockets in my carry-on bag, but having a single location now keeps them from getting lost or mangled. And it keeps my travel journal from looking like George Costanza’s wallet on Seinfeld . This same bag can hold a glue stick, paper clips or anything else you want for adding items to your journal.

Start in the front and work back

I track everything chronologically noting the date at the top of each day’s entry. If it spans multiple pages, I’ll write “(cont.)” after the date on later spreads so I know to keep looking for the start of that day when I review the entry later.

I work in this chronological fashion for recording most of my entries because I find it flows better to write the item down right away and then figure out how to classify it later. I set up indexes in the back for classifying and locating the entry. But that comes as a review step, not a creative or collecting function.

What to write

Starting at the front section of the travel journal, I may use the very first page as a title page if the journal is devoted to a single trip. Otherwise, I skip over that page and then start with the date of the start of the trip and then just keep going from there. Here are the types of content I write/draw along with some of my travel journal examples:

Sometimes, I’ll devote a whole page or spread to nothing but sketches.

• General thoughts . These make up the majority of my journal and are what you’d expect in any journal.
• Sketches . I’m still just a beginner, but I’ve committed to one sketch per day, at home or on a trip. Sometimes they are involved. Others (most of the time), are just a quick gesture. But the discipline helps improve my skill.
• A daily log . At the end of each day, I do a very quick list of summary activities, where I went, who I met, what I did. I actually note it like this: “(Log 11/27/19 – Wed.):” so that I can see at a glance what were log entries versus other ideas. For logs, the shorter the better. Here’s where bullet journal techniques can help: Record a few words as a bullet rather than full sentences. At the end of every daily log, I also record two specific items in addition log entries themselves, gratitude points and what I’ve read or watched.
• Gratitude points : I jot down what I call a Goodness Journal (abbreviated as GJ) entry. This is the highlight of my day for which I am most grateful. On trips, this can often end up being multiple points.
• Read/Watched : The second additional component is what I call Read/Watched (R/W) where I list any books I’ve read that day or any movies, programs, concerts, etc. that I watched. It can include podcasts and anything else you want to track. Before I started doing this, I’d get to the end of the year and couldn’t recall all the books I’d read. Now I can just by referring back to these entries.
• Insights and Ideas . Most of my journal at home is filled with these. On trips, these happen more on plane, train or bus rides than every single day. But they could happen any time which is why I keep a pocket-sized travel journal with me or at least a note card or my phone so I can write the idea down immediately.
• Quotes . These can be formal written ones I encounter or snippets of conversations I overhear. As a writer, I want to always be gathering dialog examples or clever turns of phrases.
• To-dos. Yes, I said I record these digitally for the daily tasks. But sometimes on trips, you have opportunities for dreaming and planning. I mark all to-do’s with a checkbox I can fill in later. I like the bullet journal way they do this as well (a dot instead of a box).

I had a gentleman in China demonstrate his woodblock stamps by stamping some examples in my journal. You can paste in stamps, tickets, receipts, postcards or any other artifacts from your trip onto your journal pages as you go (if you remember to bring some glue or paste).

• Descriptions . These are either quick notes on what I’m seeing, hearing, tasting or tasting, or longer ways to capture the details of a place. See Look Closely for details on how to do this as a way to learn to see details better or to write better based on your travels. I also make sure to write down the names of places, people, food, local expressions and anything else I want to write about later. Don’t assume you’ll remember it or can look it up later. Write it down.
• Miscellaneous . I’ve had artists draw in my journal, had people stamp it (see photo above), record different colors of beverages spilled or intentionally dripped on it and a wealth of other things added. Be open to how you can use your journal. Or for fun, try this exercise: Come up with as many ways as you can think of to use your travel journal on your next trip.

The back of the journal

The front of the journal is used for a chronological input of information each day (or whenever you choose). The goal there is to record the idea, insight, drawing or information just like in a diary. The back of the journal is where you’ll organize it all for later retrieval.

Working from the last page backwards, I set up a series of index or topic pages (see the list below) where I record anything related to that topic either verbatim (if I have the time and forethought to write it down there such as contact info or a quote I came across) or as a page number reference and summary line from the front of the journal (hence the reason these back-of-the-journal pages are called Index Pages).

For me, I find that most index sections only require one page (e.g. for Contacts or Travel Details) but I leave two pages for Ideas or Vocabulary since they tend to have more entries. I write small (some would say ridiculously small), so if you don’t, you may want to leave more room.

Review your entries and record them for easier retrieval

I don’t assign page numbers as I write in the front of the journal. Instead, I jot down a page number later, maybe daily, maybe weekly, as I review my journal. Writing down the page number during the review phase shows me which pages have been indexed. No page number indicates it still needs to be indexed. As I review each page, I also code the entries themselves on the journal pages by highlighting the topic or assigning a word or letter to let me know what it is. For example, if there’s a quote, I will write “Quote” and circle it right before the quote. For blog ideas, I’ll write “blog” and circle that, etc. If  an idea that has distinct merit, I’ll draw a star next to it. Particular project ideas get a corresponding code, e.g. if it’s about  my book on Hidden Travel,   I’ll write “HT” and circle that. The whole point is to make it easier to spot the entry when you’re reviewing the page later.

Here you can (hopefully) see how I’ve written and circled page numbers at the top and put a box around the word “Quote” on the left page and “Visual appeal article” on the right page. Then, on the Quotes index page, I’ll write “108” and circle it with a quick notation like, “E.B. White on saving/savoring the world.” On the Ideas index page, I’ll write “109” and circle it with the notation, “Visual Appeal article questions.”

In case you’re wondering why the index/topic pages go in the back and not in the front like a table of contents, it’s because I often add topics as I progress through the journal. Working from the back gives me room to add new pages whereas if I’d started from the front and I didn’t guess correctly, I’d be out of room before running into my journal entries.

Travel journal examples of Pre-Trip Items

Some of my index/topic pages get filled in (or at least started) before my trip either as planning or to load my travel journal with important information to have on my trip. Here are some travel journal examples of the key sections.

Here’s a travel journal example of a shot list from my China trip journal. I tend to write pretty small in the back section of a journal! The whited out area was my passport number in code. Writing key information on pages with other entries makes it even less obvious this is something valuable.

• Vocabulary. On trips to countries where I’m learning the language, I’ll add new vocabulary words here usually starting long before the trip. These are key words to practice, as well as new ones I pick up as I travel.
• Shot list . When planning my trip, as a photographer, I make a list of specific places, scenes, techniques I want to try or even times of day I want to shoot. Check out my Beginner’s Guide to Making Awesome Travel Photos for more on this and other travel photo techniques. In addition, as I review guidebooks or articles, I’ll add interesting places to this list. Even if you’re not a photographer, you can make a list of “must see” places or “must do” experiences or activities. Writing them down really helps because it makes it so easy to find all these in one place rather than hunting through a guidebook or other pages on your trip.
• Themes and Moments . This is yet another pre-trip fill-in page. I try to come up with a theme or quest for each trip. Writing down ideas about that or defining it really adds to the anticipation of the trip. On this page, I’ll also jot down ideas for creating magic or defining moments for others on the trip. This includes ideas for the activities or contact info for places or people that will be part of the activity.

Travel journal examples of elements to add as you travel

Here are some typical index/topic pages in the back of my travel journal that get filled in as I go:

• Contact information . I keep a separate page to record the names, email addresses, etc. of people I meet along the way. If, in a hurry, I just write down a name and email address in the front-of-the-book journaling section. I’ll later record the page number and contact name on the page here so all I can find all my contacts in one place later.
• Ideas . This becomes a catchall for any creative ideas I’ve had. I normally start with the page number(s) followed by a brief summary such as “27 – 29: Dining room chair design” or “73: Article on architecture styles in Morocco.”

Here’s a specific travel journal example, the Ideas Index Page from my China trip journal. I had started the page on the left as a vocabulary list but made room from more ideas when I ran out of space on the page on the right.

• Books and Movies . This too is a catchall for any form of entertainment I want to read. I constantly get book and movie (and even song or podcast) recommendations as I travel that I add here with an open check box. I also record books I’ve finished to this list noting those with a checked box.
• Quotes . As noted above, these may be written quotes I come across or snippets of dialog I pick up. I either write the quote here directly or reference the journal page where I wrote the quote with a reminder such as “53-quote from Leipzig waitress on timing.”

You can do a trip highlights page on the flight home, but sometimes it helps to record a summary of details in the midst of your trip of things that stand out to you.

• To-do’s. I said I like to keep my travel journal free from productivity and time management, but I always have big-picture to-do activities that arise on a trip. I’ll record these as I go in the journal section, but for longer-term ones I don’t want to lose track of, I sometimes add a to-do index as well in the back of the journal. This can also be a great place to record future planning ideas for things you want to accomplish after your trip.
• Trip highlights . I’ll normally note the big moments in the journal section as they occur. But often on the flight home, I like to review these and capture them all in one place with the page reference and a brief notation. I may also add in additional ones at this point because sometimes, you don’t realize how powerful or meaningful a moment was at the time.

When your journal is full

Eventually, you’ll fill up your journal with entries. You’ll then review and have every page numbered with key entries noted in your index pages. Then what?

I use Scrivener (for writing projects) and Evernote (for others) as software/apps to track ideas over time. Thus, when I finish a journal, I go copy the content from my index pages into one of these digital programs.

There are several reasons for this. First, it helps to have all your ideas over time in one place so you can view them easier. Second, with the online tools, I can tag content by subject making retrieval later much easier. Most of us focus our efforts on having ideas and maybe writing them down. But those ideas won’t serve you well if you can’t find them later. Finally, putting everything into one place helps me see patterns and related ideas which, in turn, sparks new ideas.

It all relates to the concept of Collect, Connect and Share. If all you’re doing is collecting, you’re missing out on the main value of your journal.

Make a copy

This may be overkill to some, but my journals are precious repositories of life. I would hate to lose them. I could dictate the contents and transcribe that, but I don’t have that kind of time. Instead, Evernote comes to the rescue.

The Evernote app has a photo function. I open the app and take pictures of every spread or page of my journal. I save the results as an Evernote file and can even tag it by date, country or other criteria. It then resides on the cloud (and I also do a back-up on a drive at home). That way, if the original gets lost, I know that all those memories are secure.

Let’s review

Here’s a summary of the key points:

• Know the purpose for your journal
• Choose the type of journal based on your intended purpose.
• Start with something that’s not too nice so that you’re not afraid to mark it up.
• Keep daily entries in the front and a list of index pages in the back of the journal.
• Periodically review your journal entries. As you do, number each page and record that page number and a brief reminder on the appropriate index page.
• At the end of each journal, photograph each page and save to a secure location. Then enter the index information into whatever tool you use for tracking all of your ideas over time.

Additional resources and travel journal examples

Here are other resources and travel journal examples to both inspire and help you get the most out of your travel journal:

• A helpful article with visuals of different travel journal examples
• Writer and artist Austin Kleon’s comments on notebooks 
• Travel journal examples (and notebooks) of author Robert MacFarlane 
• Some additional travel journal examples and notebook types
• The Sketchbook Projec t, one of my favorite places to visit in Brooklyn, NY and a great source of inspiration for sketchbooks. If you’re looking for a single place for travel journal examples, it is this one. Here are just a few screen shots of some random travel journal examples I looked up by Julia Yellow . There are thousands of such journals at this site.

• If you really enjoy the travel drawing aspect of a travel journal, you might want to connect with the whole Urban Sketchers movement and see travel journal examples that include urban sketching. Here’s an example of an urban sketch by Stephanie Bower . I took some of her architectural sketching courses online at Bluprint and they were excellent.

Parting thoughts

Finally, if you want even more travel journal examples and information, be sure to read Lavinia Spalding’s excellent book on the subject, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler. Here’s one of many great quotes from the book:

“If we’re committed to honest investigation, the travel journal can be a cornerstone of growth and a catalyst for great work, providing a safe container for astonishing discoveries and the life lessons we take away from them. We write words in an empty book, and an inanimate object is transformed into a living, breathing memoir. In turn, as we write, the journal transforms us. It allows us to instantly process impressions, which leads to a more examined layer of consciousness in both the present and the future. It’s a relationship, and let me tell you, it’s no cheap one-night stand.”

You might want to consider writing that quote down in your travel journal. Either in the daily entries or on the quotes index page. Or however you want to do it. It’s your travel journal and the possibilities are endless.

Thanks Steve! Informative and creative. Your sketching is lovely, too! Merry Christmas to you and the fam

Thanks, Alan. I was just editing a section in my upcoming book, “Hidden Travel,” on the subject of sketching and the advice I was given by Gabriel Campinario, founder of Urban Sketchers. He told me to never apologize or say, “Oh, I’m just a beginner” when someone compliments your sketching because no matter how bad you think it is, it is still better than that of the 99% of the population who never attempts to draw. So I will leave it at, “Thank you!”

[…] I mainly get inspiration from a Reddit group called Journaling, and also I get a few ideas on making travel journals. Despite it being fun to do having a physical notebook, at times it can be difficult to finish them […]

You’ve inspired me to resume creating tiny travel journals, with scrapbook like additions. I use photo double sided stickies, not glue. Someone asked what do I do with these? As if creating isn’t pleasurable. I often use them as primary sources to create photobooks. Along with my Bird lists.🐦😁.

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Architecture Travel Story | Winner Announced

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Architecture travel story is an International architecture experience competition organized by ‘Sangaf’, a travel portal. Travel stories of architects, their observations, and experiences. Beyond the pandemic pause, let’s plan our journey after the pause, explore a little more. Let’s share our experiences and exchange travel journals and meet on the other side.

The best experiences come from the best observer and so this competition aims at architects’ experience of their travel stories with architecture, food, local culture, and every aspect that enriched their journey. Travel story competition received 250 entries, Scroll down to read the finest of travel tales from participants from all over the world.

Explore the entire competition result on the competition WEBSITE.

Winners are as following:

Winner_1_ JORDAN – The Land of Ambience Vishali Srikanth

Vishali Srikanth Vishali is a student of the school of planning and architecture in Bhopal. She was born in Kuwait and raised there. She enjoys architecture, travel, writing, and photographing sunsets and long walks. Her current interest is architectural writing, and someday she hopes to be a journalist for an architectural journal.

Winner_2_ In Search Of Light in Spain: Pleasure Paradise on Earth Victoria Valenta

Victoria Valenta MA art hist. Victoria Valenta is an Art Historian with a certificate in Interior Design. She enjoys history, philosophy, and art. Architecture as a very specific form of ‘art’ expression is well worth observing and debating as it gives insights into the human collective and its development through history from which we can all learn and by that improve our human experience. She has been working at an architectural company for three years while getting her certificate in Interior Design.

Winner_3_ All Roads Lead To Kumano Nachi – Japan Sharanya Subramaniam

Sharanya Subramaniam A young Architect based in Bangalore, India. Loves trekking and reading books. Striving to become an Architectural Engineer and a mountaineering guide in the near future.

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How To Keep A Travel Art Journal (With Tips, Ideas, And Writing Prompts)

A travel art journal is a visual journal where you record your traveling experiences, events, feelings, new things you’ve learned, etc., while making art.

Here are a few benefits of having a travel art journal:

• Keeping a travel art journal gives you a more profound experience of your trips.
• Also, you become more mindful of everything you see, taste, or feel while you travel.
• Even if you make the journal after you’ve come home, it still enriches your experience and lets you relive it again.

I want to share a few ideas on how to make an easy travel journal, what to include in it, how to pack your art supplies, etc.

How to make a travel art journal?

What is the best travel journal? Well, I think it’s the one that’s practical and not too big.

Why? Because when you travel, you don’t want your travel journal to make the trip feel like you’re a camel carrying loads of things on your poor back. You want the journal to be small enough so it can fit any bag, and then you can take it everywhere with you.

Having this in mind, let’s talk about how to make a light one. And we know how satisfying a DIY process is.

So, here’s what you need for a DIY travel journal:

• Sheets of thicker paper the size you want. I cut mine around 8×8 inches (approximately 20×20 cm) so I could fit 10×15 photos in it.
• A bone folder or a butter knife
• Hole puncher (I use an ordinary office one with two holes)

Step 1 : measure approximately 0.7 in (2 cm) from the edge of the paper. Mark the 0.7 in (2 cm) with a pencil.

Step 2 : take the ruler, align it with the pencil marks and take the folder/knife to create a folding line.

Step 3 : put the ruler along the folding line and gently fold the paper on the inside.

Step 4 : Then, punch the holes on each sheet of paper. You’ll put the twine through these holes to tie the papers together.

BUT, you can also leave the binding part last until you put things on your pages and decorate them, so you can move the pages as you like. Do what seems more practical to you.

And voila: a brand new notebook for your travel art journal, ready to record your best trip.

How do you organize travel art journals?

First of all, you decide whether you want to take a journal with you on the trip, or you’ll create one after you come back. Below is one page in my travel journal I made after visiting Barcelona.

Prepare your travel journal in advance

On the other hand, if you want to experience the joy of creating art in an unknown inspirational place, then pack your travel art journal kit!

Also, prepare an envelope to collect ephemera on your trip, like tickets, flyers, etc.

You can plan what you’ll collect or write on your trip. Make a few sections in your art journal so you have them prepared and ready. Here are some ideas:

• Places you’ve seen
• People you’ve met
• What’s the most inspiring and beautiful place you’ve seen
• The best local dish
• Your personal stories from the trip (funny and awkward ones included)
• What you’ve learned about the people, places or culture

Later on, on your trip, you can take photos of each of these sections.

You can paint pages or write titles for your sections, and then fill all these up while you travel.

Make a travel art journal after your trip

If you feel that art journaling during your travels will get in your way, then leave the journal home. Bring only a small notebook and a pen.

This way, you can write down anything during the journey and use it later in your journal. On your trip, collect different ephemera and put them in an envelope or a small bag.

If you collect tickets and other paper ephemera, you can write on the back about the places, dates and your experience.

Just be careful about taking organic things like tea or flowers, because they might cause some issues with the security and customs.

I usually make my travel journal when I’m back home. This way, I somehow have extra experience after the journey is over. By creating afterward, I relive the trip and enjoy the reminiscence.

What to put in a travel journal?

As in any art journal, it goes the same here: Whatever your journal can hold and whatever you want to put in it.

I love putting photos in my travel journals. I mean, photos of everything! Take photos of yourself and your company, buildings you love, streets, even people.

Also, look for interesting details like doors, doorknobs, windows, flowers, street signs, parts of statues, street name signs, street art, graffiti, food, window shops, etc.   

Tickets and other paper ephemera

Having these little details in your travel journal makes it more vivid and shows the overall feel of the trip.

I often take every ticket I buy and they usually have dates on them, so that’s pretty neat. Putting them in a tiny envelope on a page is also a fun idea. If you have a big ticket, make it part of the background.

For example, we always get a tourist guide booklet or a map on our travels, right? These are large so use them as backgrounds or cut them out in smaller pieces. You can strategically cut out the location of your hotel, or the most amazing place you’ve visited.

Also, you can make pockets out of these maps to save your smaller ephemera.

You can take flyers from museums, shops, or menus and also use them as backgrounds or embellishments.

For example, I’ve used the word wanderlust because of its meaning and because the word sounds amazing.

Postcards or postal stamps

Everywhere you go, you can buy a postcard of the place. And there are some pretty lovely and creative postcards.

If you get a bunch of them, you can make a small art journal if you bind them together. Then, how about journaling at the back of the postcards?

Also, you can glue postcards in your travel journal, especially if you couldn’t take a photo of that particular place.

If you learn new words in the local language and they kind of stick in your mind, why not use them in your travel journal?

Paper scraps or stickers

Use those small paper pieces lying around and include them next to your photos or write on them. They can add up to the overall atmosphere and colors of your journal if you use similar colors as in your photos, ephemera, etc.

And stickers ! They’re easy to use so they fit perfectly for a travel art journal.

What should you write in a travel art journal?

I like writing in small sections because it’s easier to skim those later. And it’s easier to organize my thoughts. Aaaand, small sections of text look great on the paper. Then you can doodle around them to frame them.

Here are some travel journal prompts for writing:

• I’ve visited….
• I like this place because…
• The most artistic part was…
• The people are…
• The new dish I’ve never tried before…
• The wonderful thing about the culture…
• The thing that surprised me the most…
• It was helpful to know…
• The most inspirational architecture…
• This is the most magical place…because…
• The most interesting words in the local language…
• What has inspired me most to create art?
• The most memorable experience on the trip…
• What was the weather like?
• What is the sunset like in that place?
• Have you fulfilled any of your life-long wishes on this journey?
• The weirdest and quirkiest thing about this place…

How to pack art supplies for travel?

You’d like to take a lot of supplies, right? But, it doesn’t sound very practical, I know.

So, to make this more practical, I would pack these:

• a small pouch to take your supplies
• a waterproof black pen
• a watercolor brush (they are practical for any trip because they hold water, so one thing less to worry about)
• watercolor pencils
• binder clips (so they can hold your pages while you work, let’s say, on a bench in Paris!)

I think this is not much to carry with you. Also, you can choose the pouch that can carry your travel notebook or your DIY journal, and all other supplies. Any bag or a rucksack can handle these, right? So, your back is safe.

Can I take art supplies on a plane?

With these supplies, you don’t have to worry about having any issues. On the other hand, if you decide to carry any liquids, pack them in your checked bag in heavy-duty zip-lock bags.

Or put all your supplies in your checked luggage, and then you’re safe.

This way, you’ll avoid any trouble with airport security.  

If you only have a carry-on, I still think you’ll have no trouble with these. However, you aren’t allowed to take liquids on a plane, or anything suspiciously sharp.

I’ve carried pens and pencils in my bag everywhere. They only took my tweezers once, which I’d give a lot easier than my art supplies.

Just to be sure, you can check the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) regulations site, where they have a search area called What Can I Bring? I’ve heard that TSA has an app, too, but I’ve never used it.

So, plan these things in advance if you don’t like awkward airport situations.

Travel journal idea: use quotes

Quotes are great. Love them. I use them all the time in my art journals. They can inspire us, trigger an emotion or leave us speechless.

I’ve collected some quotes about traveling that I think you might like and use in your travel journal.

A list of inspirational travel quotes

“If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal.” – Paulo Coelho

“We travel because distance and difference are the secret tonic of creativity. When we get home, home is still the same. But something inside our minds has changed, and that changes everything.” – Johan Lehrer

“Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

“People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

“Travel brings power and love back to your life.” – Rumi

“I’m in love with cities I’ve been to and people I’ve never met.” – John Green

“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same. You realize what’s changed is you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Make your new travel art journal today

Maybe you already have a ton of photos from your last trip. Or different tickets scattered around your home. This could be the perfect time to collect them and make your travel scrapbook.

Or are you planning a trip? Start planning your travel journal as well. Make the trip even more fun and be more mindful of it by journaling about it. Connect your travel experience with art-making. It’s a great way to grow and learn.

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Aerial View of Sagara Resort, Kovalam Beach Trivandrum, Kerala (Shot from the Light House)

To travel is to make a journey ; but what would a journey be, if the traveler doesn’t grow through it? Wouldn’t that equal just moving from one place to the other, without really gathering a thing? It certainly would. And when we are talking about traveling to explore architecture , it becomes imperative that an architecture student must learn that traveling becomes analogous to growing in their world. In the following few paragraphs, we would discuss more why it is necessary to travel if you are into architecture and how to make your travel count in the simplest of ways.

It is known that every architectural masterpiece has an innate essence and an aura, that a person can feel while standing in its chambers or while absorbing the magnificence, in person. For aspiring architects, it is necessary that they understand what it is to observe the intricacies of a work, which might easily get overlooked if we try and explore the same through a video or some photographs. Traveling, for them, is much more than just an experience; it is more like understanding the transition of spaces : how one space segues into the other. 

One of the fenestrations at the Jahaz Mahal Complex, Mandu, Madhya Pradesh

In the jargon, traveling corresponds to understanding the outlook of the building, be it any façade treatment that has been done, due to the orientation that has been taken for the particular building.

Further, Living in the diverse nation that we do, various architectural styles have come up, owing to the various cultures and one transitioning into the other; this has also led to the evolution of time period, which can be noticed in the works of art created long back. Needless to say, architecture goes way beyond aesthetics into comfort , which derives its nature from the climatic variations of a place leading to a unique façade treatment for a particular place.

During travel, it is innate to meet people native to a place. Who could be better to know a place, the virtues and the demerits of a place than the people who inhabit it?! There is a vast amount of knowledge that can be extracted from those people itself, about the comforts and discomforts that the place has been providing them with, over the years. They could also tell about the factors to be altered to provide them a better lifestyle, allowing expanding the horizons of what is present. It can also be summed up as celebrating past or tradition while keeping in mind the present needs and the technology now available, and how it can be used to make places even more appealing and comfortable for the benefactors. Talking about benefactors, who are the most affected parts of any deal, each one of them has a different activity pattern set for throughout the day which they find comfortable. Traveling gives, to the architects, an insight into the lifestyles of various people; and thus, observing that proves beneficial in making an artwork humane centric while giving a sense of direction to thoughts on how to vary the present design for a future one.

Traveling opens doors to timeless architecture . There are monuments and buildings that have stood past the vagaries of time, and they were conceived back in the day when technology was minimal. So, it becomes essential to observe how a sense of rhythm, harmony, and balance was achieved, despite the deficiency of equipment used for procuring building materials. Most of such structures display intricate carvings, which highlight skill, patience, and perseverance, which existed in the mindset then. We cannot exactly correlate with the people of those times, but what we can do is observe how skill was made use of with limited resources. Take for example the comfort that traditional buildings seem to provide: the air ventilation mechanisms are yet to be known. It is known that as an architect, the more that you know, the more you can experiment; and being well traveled would give that experience to you.

Extension of personalization is another aspect that traveling opens the doors to. Any building or structure has a personal touch of its own, and the moment we step outside and there is a need for a communal space or that of some public value, personalizing the area to make it comfortable to the populace becomes important. Here, comfort might refer to any sitting area, or a basic facility or amenity, or a small water cooler in the common area etc. All these acts as flairs that could serve the visitors or the inmates equally. The necessity of such amenities like the presence of water nearby can be derived from how the in the early days, civilizations like the Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Indus Valley, all settled meandering certain sources of water. Zigzag pathways and roads hadn’t been planned; only mutual shading was one of the factors of relief in the composite climate to cater to the extremities of climate. On the contrary, there are places just with reverse climatic conditions. All of this leads to us believing that we are unique in our own separate ways, with varied minds. And when we travel, we learn how every one of us is just as unique and hence, we could well understand the psyche of another person, which would further help us in designing with a tinge of personalization in our work. Additionally, this would not be a single entity, but in unison, when we understand and when we will do it.

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Role of Traveling in Architectural Education: Visual Impact and Experiential Learning

2022, American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Architecture and traveling always have a close and meaningful relationship. As architecture is a part of our ordinary environment it is difficult to overlook it, particularly assuming that it has recorded historical, social, cultural and artistic values. Traveling plays an important role in the architectural education. Early travelers appreciated marvels of their antiquated world, Grand Tour travelers ventured to the far corners of the planet to get well versed with architectural masterpieces. Recently traveling confronted with another peculiarity where traveling in education for the students is not only as a part of destination but also as a part of education. It helps to know about relation between environments, architecture, its principles and philosophies which will help in understanding that how traveling impacts the architecture student's experience. The aim of this paper is to study role that traveling has in architecture education and how educational excursions contribute to the growth of student's learning experience. In this paper, empirical data collected from four architectural institutions have been analyzed. The study proves that traveling has an important role in the architectural education and it should be considered as part of the architectural curriculum and professional experience, which can make a significant contribution to the visual learning of an architect's field exposure depending on the needs, expectations and preferences.

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Architectural Record is a scholarly publication that publishes architectural research. Architectural Record is America’s oldest continuously published architecture publication. It acquired competitors American Architect and Architecture in 1938. The only architecture journal that provides comprehensive market coverage of the most active architects creating and specifying for a wide range of building types is this. Architectural Record has engaged readers among architecture, engineering, and design professionals for 125 years with articles exhibiting notable architectural projects from throughout the world. The breadth of content is defined by divisions such as news, opinion, critique, and continuing education.

2. Architectural Science Review

Architectural Science Review, established in 1958 at the University of Sydney by Professor Henry Cowan to encourage ongoing professional growth, offers a well-rounded selection of papers on a variety of subjects. This architecture journal has been documenting the profession’s interest in environmental issues since its inaugural issue, which was published more than 50 years ago. It covers subjects including thermal comfort, lighting, and sustainable design, and it contributes to this vast field of knowledge by looking for papers from throughout the globe. The journal’s reputation has grown globally with individual and institutional subscribers and contributors from across the world. It is backed by an international editorial advisory board of the top international academics.

3. Harvard Design Magazine 

Former editors Nancy Levinson and William S. Saunders launched Harvard Design Magazine in 1997, and they shared editorial control of it up until 2001. In order to enlarge and diversify the present debate, this architecture journal looks outside the traditional design disciplines. Scholarly, poetic, and visually stunning, each offers fresh perspectives on design’s defining function in contemporary culture. The domains of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning are joined by eminent and surprising voices from other disciplines, including the arts, sciences, literature, and beyond. Harvard Design Magazine opens a gateway to the applied tool of design and the people, places, and politics it interacts. It is a place for discussion, speculation, and surprise.

4. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research (JAPR) 

In the disciplines of architecture and urban planning, The Journal of Architectural and Planning Research is exceptional. It creates a bridge between theory and practice for academics and working professionals by reporting both contemporary research findings and creative new practices. Articles are written by authors from every continent, giving research advancements genuine global coverage. The Environmental Design Research Association’s Achievement Award and the Successful Magazine Publishing Association’s First Place Award (Scholarly Journal) have both been given to JAPR. Both awards recognized this architecture journal’s unique content and contribution to the advancement of knowledge. Readers are kept up to date on the most recent concepts, designs, and advancements in these linked domains via original empirical research papers, theoretical and integrative review articles, book reviews, and high-quality position papers.

Domus is an Italian brand in architecture, design, and modern art with the highest international renown. Gio Ponti founded it in 1928. The magazine, which is published by Editoriale Domus and has its headquarters in Rozzano, Milan, is published 11 times a year on a monthly basis. It represents a special setting for learning and in-depth research for motivated, design-conscious readers. The global design and art communities of architects, designers, enthusiasts, and students can use this architecture journal as a source of inspiration and assistance as they develop their design cultures, as well as their scientific and artistic vision.

6. Places Journal 

Places Journal was created in 1983 at MIT and Berkeley. It has been accessible online and free since 2009. They have close relationships with some of the top design schools worldwide. This architecture journal’s pieces bridge the gap between academia, the workplace, and the general public by fusing serious journalism’s reach and urgency with scholarship’s accuracy and breadth. Places Journal is a vital and reliable source of information on the urban, architectural, and landscape trends of the future. This architecture journal uses the influence of open scholarship to advance just communities and robust landscapes.

7. The Architectural Review

International monthly publication about architecture called The Architectural Review. Since 1896, this architecture journal has been printed in London. Its articles address both the theory of these topics as well as the built environment, which encompasses architecture, urbanism, interior design, and landscape design.

The Architectural Review has been searching the world for challenging and inspirational buildings since 1896. The prisms through which arguments and larger narratives are produced are both old and new buildings. Independent critical voices investigate the influences that shape the homes, cities, and locations people occupy via their bold narrative.

8. Architectural Design

Architectural Design (AD), a famous and influential periodical, was first published in 1930. It blends the discipline and publishing standards of a book with the currentness and topicality of a newsstand journal. This architecture journal has a nearly unmatched reputation globally and continually leads the way in terms of cultural ideas and design. Every AD title is offered as a thematic book edited by an invited guest editor who is a recognized authority in their subject area. In addition to covering issues as varied as architectural theory and history, the environment, interior design, landscape architecture, and urban design, AD is renowned for being on the cutting edge of design and emerging technology.

9. The Journal of Architectural Education (JAE)

This esteemed academic journal examines the theoretical and pedagogical facets of architecture education. Submissions on a variety of subjects are welcomed, including design pedagogy, curriculum development, and multidisciplinary partnerships. This architecture journal promotes thorough investigation and incisive evaluation in the area of architectural education .

10. Journal of Architecture

This publication provides a forum for theoretical investigation and critical debate on the subject of architecture. This architecture journal solicits proposals that question accepted ideas about design and put forth fresh angles. The journal disseminates academic papers, essays, and design works that advance architectural theory and practice.

In conclusion, the contributions of architects, researchers, and scholars who disseminate their work and concepts through recognised architectural magazines benefit the discipline of architecture. The top 10 architecture journals included in this article offer useful venues for publication and recognition among architects.

Contemporary design, professional practice, architectural education, scientific aspects of architecture, societal implications of design, empirical research, critical discourse, and theoretical investigation are only a few of the topics covered by these magazines. Each publication caters to various interests and viewpoints within the subject with its own distinct focus and editorial strategy.

Achieving publication in these prestigious publications not only confirms the value and quality of one’s work but also presents chances for networking, cooperation, and exposure to a larger audience. It enables researchers and architects to develop the field of architecture, generate fresh concepts, and influence the direction of the industry.

It is crucial to remember that getting published in these journals can be a very difficult procedure. It necessitates close attention to research methods, in-depth analysis, concise writing, and conformity to the particular criteria and guidelines established by each journal. Requesting input from mentors, peers, and colleagues can significantly improve the quality of submissions and boost acceptance rates.

In addition to the journals mentioned in this article, there are many other credible periodicals that target particular branches of architecture and niche markets. The likelihood of a successful publication can be further increased by researching and selecting the journals that are most pertinent to one’s research interests.

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