Update: My $300 Pantone book turned into a very expensive cat toy | Design And Print

Richard Black · 2026-03-11T13:26:11.157437+00:00

So I finally bit the bullet and bought the physical Pantone formula guide, the big fancy one. It was just over $300. I left it on my desk for maybe ten minutes while I went to grab a coffee. Came back to find my cat, Mochi, had knocked it off and was gleefully shredding the corner of the cover. The pages are fine, thankfully, but the cover looks like it went through a woodchipper. I guess I learned that 'studio safe' also means 'cat proof'. Anyone have a good, heavy bookend or case recommendation that can withstand a determined feline?

graymiller5mo ago

Honestly? That's on you for leaving it out.

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christopher3216mo ago

My old roommate's parrot once destroyed a signed first edition book worth about five hundred bucks... just peeled the spine off like a banana. We ended up having to keep anything important in a locked metal toolbox, which felt ridiculous. It's that weird mix of fury and total helplessness, because the animal has no idea what it just did. The stuff we care about the most just looks like a fun new toy to them.

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robinl906mo ago

That "studio safe" line really hits home. I've noticed expensive, specialized tools are often designed with human care in mind but completely ignore the chaos of pets or kids. My record weights are great for holding pages down, but my dog sees them as fancy hockey pucks. It's like the designers live in a perfectly sterile world.

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