Sketchbooks & Notebooks 21 Items

Flora was the Roman goddess of flowers, the fertility of the land, and the coming of spring. Field Notes borrowed her name for their 62nd Quarterly Edition. Three original designs (A, B, and C) by Chicago artist, muralist, and designer Emmy Star Brown grace the covers of these bright, joyful Memo Books.

It‘s been some time since Field Notes offered anything this colorful. These vibrant colors and shapes, printed on high-quality 100#C McCoy cover stock from Sappi, are precisely what we all need to break out of the bleak winter and into the hopeful spring. The artwork is enhanced by the subtle application of contrasting glossy and dull varnishes. Inside you’ll find three distinct page styles: one ruled, one dot graph and one plain, featuring subtle grey ink on excellent Domtar Lynx 60#T paper. Glossy red staples tie it all together, figuratively and literally.

Field Notes Flora - Specifications:

• Cover artwork by Emmy Star Brown, Chicago Ill.
• Proudly printed by The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill.
• Cover: Sappi McCoy 100#C Gloss “White,” with a 4-color application of process soy-based Superior inks with added soft touch and gloss varnishes.
• Innards: Domtar Lynx 60#T “White,” with a subtle, 1-color application of “Spring Mist Warm Gray” soy-based superior ink.
• Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster C 102S six-color printing press.
• Bound with 24-gauge WCJ Pilgrim “Red” stitching wire on a Muller Martini 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer.
• Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5 mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.
• Dot-graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7 mm × 4.7 mm). Ruled lines: 1/4" (6.4 mm). Third book is blank.
• Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89 mm × 140 mm).
• Field Notesuses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
• Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
• Limited Edition of 30,000 3-Packs

This season, Baracuta celebrates the long-standing friendship between Mr. Slowboy and the brand with some exclusive items: the Mr. Slowboy notebooks. Fei Wang, the world-renowned fashion illustrator behind the pseudonym Mr. Slowboy, has once again teamed up with the iconic British brand to add his distinctive touch to this special creation.

Take the Mr. Slowboy Holborn notebook with you wherever your journey takes you and immerse yourself in its pages, decorated with an exquisite illustration of classic Baracuta items drawn by Mr. Slowboy himself in his unmistakable style.

Baracuta Notebook -Features:

• notebook without lines
• elastic band
• Mr. Slowboy drawing on the cover
• dimensions: 14.8 x 21 cm (A5 format)

This season, Baracuta celebrates the long-standing friendship between Mr. Slowboy and the brand with some exclusive items: the Mr. Slowboy notebooks. Fei Wang, the world-renowned fashion illustrator behind the pseudonym Mr. Slowboy, has once again teamed up with the iconic British brand to add his distinctive touch to this special creation.

Take the Mr. Slowboy Holborn notebook with you wherever your journey takes you and immerse yourself in its pages, decorated with an exquisite illustration of classic Baracuta items drawn by Mr. Slowboy himself in his unmistakable style.

Baracuta Notebook -Features:

• notebook without lines
• elastic band
• Mr. Slowboy drawing on the cover
• dimensions: 14.8 x 21 cm (A5 format)

This season, Baracuta celebrates the long-standing friendship between Mr. Slowboy and the brand with some exclusive items: the Mr. Slowboy notebooks. Fei Wang, the world-renowned fashion illustrator behind the pseudonym Mr. Slowboy, has once again teamed up with the iconic British brand to add his distinctive touch to this special creation.

Take the Mr. Slowboy Holborn notebook with you wherever your journey takes you and immerse yourself in its pages, decorated with an exquisite illustration of classic Baracuta items drawn by Mr. Slowboy himself in his unmistakable style.

Baracuta Notebook -Features:

• notebook without lines
• elastic band
• Mr. Slowboy drawing on the cover
• dimensions: 14.8 x 21 cm (A5 format)

For the Carhartt Please Notebook Set, the Detroit company teams up with KARST, a Sydney-based brand specializing in premium notebooks made from stone paper, which is an alternative to traditional pulp paper that does not use trees, water, wastes, acids or bleaches. The Carhartt WIP x KARST Please Notebook Set consists of two A6 pocket journals. Finished with gold foil branding and graphic details embossed on front and back, the Carhartt WIP x KARST Please Notebook Set is flexible and equipped with a vegan leather cover, waterproof, tear-resistant pages, an expandable back pocket for storage as well as curved corners. Dimensions: approx. 10 x 14.8 cm; 50 pages, 120-micron (equivalent to 144 g/m²).

The 60th Field Notes Quarterly Limited Edition, for Fall 2023, is Birch Bark. It’s assimple, elegant, and austere as its name-sake tree.The genus Betula is known for its white, papery bark, evoked here by speckled 110# Mohawk Loop “Snow” cover stock, heavily debossed with just a hint of warm gray.

Bright green birch leaves turn radiant yellow in the autumn. When the leaves are gone in the winter, with snow on the ground, a birch stand becomes colorless, a perfect subject for dreamy black-and-white photos. These three seasonal stages are echoed in the green, yellow, and black staples of the books in each 3-Pack, and also in the graph colors of the 60# Finch Opaque body paper. This is a simple, practical edition; a successor to centuries of notes, proclamations and lists inscribed on birch bark.

Field Notes Birch Bark 3-Pack - specifications:

• proudly printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill
• cover: Mohawk Loop 110#C “Snow,” debossed by MCD, Inc. Madison, Wisc., with a subtle kiss of “Cloud” soy-based Superior ink
• innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Arugula,” “Lemon,” or “Cloud” soy-based Superior inks
• cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102S six-color printing press
• bound with a Muller Martini 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
• corners precisely rounded to 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• graph grid: 4.7 × 4.7 mm
• memo book dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• printed and manufactured in the USA
• limited Edition of 24,000 3-Packs
• UPC: 850032279253

Field Notes' first limited release for 2022 is the “Signs of Spring” Edition. Despite the weather in Chicago, and, well, everything else, the guys at Field Notes are feeling a touch of optimism and anticipation at HQ lately.

They wanted to produce something bright and warm for this edition, and to do that they focused on the papers. It all started when Field Notes located a batch of Mohawk Via Vellum 80# “Yellow,” a stock they have always loved but never found the right project for, until now. In their estimation, the finish and structure of this paper was absolutely made for embossing and debossing. While they’ve experimented with that in the past, Field Notes really pushed the limits here.

The covers are heavily debossed all over, with three original graphic patterns based on flowers that are among the very first to appear in the North American Spring each year: the Ghost Flower (Mohavea confertiflora) in the Southwest, Quaker Ladies (Houstonia caerulea) in the East, and Contra Costa Goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens) in the San Francisco Bay area. Then the covers were hot-stamped with three luscious, reflective Kurz Luxor Foils.

The dot-graph insides are made from Strathmore’s Cambric 70# text, a truly superb paper. The subtle, linen-like texture gives it a ton of character and Field Notes think writers and artists are really going to love it.

Field Notes Signs Of Spring 3-Pack - Specifications:

• Proudly printed by the good people of Active Graphic, Cicero, Ill.
• Cover: Mohawk Via Vellum 80#C “Yellow,” debossed and hot-stamped with Kurz Luxor 361 foil on a Bobst SP102 BMA Foilmaster by LPI, New Berlin, Wisc.
• Innards: Strathmore Cambric 70#T “Ultimate White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Yellow Crocus” soy-based Saphira ink.
• Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone S40 40" 6-color offset printing press.
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer and Rima RS 10S in-line stacker, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”
• Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge SCM round-corner machine at Phoenix Binding, Itasca, Ill.
• Dot-Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7 mm × 4.7 mm).
• Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89 mm × 140 mm).
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.

It has been a while since Field Notes has implemented a new format for a Quarterly Release, and it has been a really long while since they first considered this one. Note: “Heavy Duty” has been so popular Field Notes added it to our regular line of products.

Introducing the Seasonal Release for the Summer of 2020, the Field Notes Heavy Duty edition. Each pack contains a pair of memo-sized Work Books, durable enough for your toughest assignments. The covers are made of extra-beefy Super Duty Chipboard and have been screen-printed with thick, opaque ink, one in DDC Orange and one in Blue Sky Blue. The flip books are bound from the top with sturdy Double-O Wiring, to make it easy to take notes with one hand while holding the book with the other. Each book contains 80 pages, Ruled on the front with a Double Graph Grid on the back, so you’ll have space for making lists and for sketching out plans too.

Field Notes Heavy Duty Memo-Sized Work Book 2-Pack - Specifications:

• Proudly printed by the good people of Schneider Graphics, Inc., Bensenville, Ill.
• Covers: Newark Paperboard Mills 60 pt. “Super Duty Chipboard,” with a heavy 2-color application of “DDC Orange” or “Blue-Sky Imagineering” and black inks.
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 70#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “The Whole Sky is a Cloud” soy-based Toyo ink.
• Covers printed on an Advance Process Supply Cameo 34" × 50" flat bed screen press. Innards printed on a 20" × 29" Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 with perfector.
• Bound with bombproof Renz “Double-O” Ring Wire, with appreciation to U.S. Patent #2142816, filed in 1935 by W. Walter Grumbacher.
• Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius.
• Ruled lines: 1/4" (6.4mm). Double Graph grid: 1/8" × 1/8" (3.2mm × 3.2mm).
• Work Book dimensions: 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm) (excluding binding).
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
• all Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.

Sometimes you need a bigger notebook, one that’ll lie flat on your desk, ready for to-do lists and phone messages. Sometimes you need Field Notes The Steno.

The Field Notes Steno is 6" by 9" with a black “Double-O Wiring” spiral at the top so it lies flat, open or closed. Inside you’ll find 80 pages of 70# “Bright White” paper Gregg-Ruled with a fine, soy-based application of “Double Knee Duck Canvas” light brown ink. The covers are 60 pt. “Super Duty Chipboard,” with a screen-printed 1-color application of “Dictation Smudge” black ink.

The inside covers provide a range of useful information, from the history of stenography and an abbreviations guide, to temperature conversions, planetary distances from the sun, a hobo symbol quick reference guide and more.

Field Notes The Steno - specifications:

• Proudly printed by the good people of Schneider Graphics, Inc., Bensenville, Ill.
• Covers: Newark Paperboard Mills 60 pt. "Super Duty Chipboard," with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of "Dictation Smudge" black ink.
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 70# text "Bright White," with a fine, soy-based, 1-color application of "Double Knee Duck Canvas" light brown ink.
• Covers printed on an Advance Process Supply Cameo 34" × 50" flat bed screen press.
• Innards printed on a 20" × 29" Heidelberg Speedmaster 74 with perfector.
• Line spacing: approx ⅜" (8.5 mm)
• Bound with bombproof black metal Renz "Double-O" Ring Wire, with appreciation to U.S. Patent #2142816, filed in 1935 by W. Walter Grumbacher.
• Bottom corners precisely rounded to ⅜" (9.5mm) with a Challenge two-head round corner machine.
• Steno book dimensions are 6" × 9" (15 cm × 23 cm).
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.

Filed Notes National Parks F 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: A variety of French 100#C papers, some with a few burly hits of opaque white under process cyan, magenta, yellow, and black soy-based Toyo inks
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Memo book dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes National Parks E 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: A variety of French 100#C papers, some with a few burly hits of opaque white under process cyan, magenta, yellow, and black soy-based Toyo inks
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Memo book dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes National Parks B 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: A variety of French 100#C papers, some with a few burly hits of opaque white under process cyan, magenta, yellow, and black soy-based Toyo inks
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Memo book dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes National Parks C 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: A variety of French 100#C papers, some with a few burly hits of opaque white under process cyan, magenta, yellow, and black soy-based Toyo inks
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Dot-Graph grid: 4.7 × 4.7 mm
• Memo book dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes National Parks C 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: A variety of French 100#C papers, some with a few burly hits of opaque white under process cyan, magenta, yellow, and black soy-based Toyo inks
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Dot-Graph grid: 4.7 × 4.7 mm
• Memo book dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes Pitch Black Ruled Memo Book 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: French Paper Co. Construction 118#C “Pitch Black Duplex” (“Blacktop” and “Packing Brown Wrap”) with a brute force application of “Stephanite” (outside) and “Dachshund Nose Black” (inside) soy-based Saphira ink
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Light Mist Gray” soy-based Saphira ink
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher r with cover feeder/scorer & Rima RS 10S in-line stacker
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Ruled lines: 6.4 mm
• Dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes Pitch Black Dot-Graph Memo Book 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: French Paper Co. Construction 118#C “Pitch Black Duplex” (“Blacktop” and “Packing Brown Wrap”) with a brute force application of “Stephanite” (outside) and “Dachshund Nose Black” (inside) soy-based Saphira ink
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Light Mist Gray” soy-based Saphira ink
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher r with cover feeder/scorer & Rima RS 10S in-line stacker
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Dot-Graph grid: 4.7 × 4.7 mm
• Dimensions: 89 × 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes Expedition Edition 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill
• Cover: waterproof/tearproof Yupo Synthetic 74#C, with thick, brute force applications of “Hi-Visibility Orange” and “Low-Visibility Black” soy-based Saphira inks and a tinted spot varnish
• Innards: waterproof/tearproof Yupo Synthetic 57#T with a 1-color application of “Cartographer’s Gray” soy-based Saphira ink. (Use pencil/ballpoint pen for best results)
• Cover printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40 inches 6-color printing press
• Bound by a Harris Bookbinder 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple”
• Corners precisely rounded to a 9.5 mm radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine
• Dot-Graph grid: 4.7 × 4.7 mm
• Memo book dimensions: 8.9 × 13.9 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes 56-Week Planner - features:
• Proudly printed by the good people of Schneider Graphics, Lake Zurich, Ill
• Cover printed on a General screen printing press, on 60 pt. "Super Duty Chipboard" with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of "Dachshund Nose" black Atlas ink
• Innards printed on a 19 × 25 inch Heidelberg MO offset printer, on Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 70#T "Bright White", with a fine, 1-color application of "Canvas Duck" soy-based ISC America ink
• Bound with bombproof black metal "Double-O" Ring Wire, with appreciation to U.S. Patent #2142816 "Binding Construction and Method," filed in 1935 by W. Walter Grumbacher
• Corners rounded 12.7 mm by a Challenge round-corner machine.
• Planner dimensions: 121 x 191 mm
• Planner rules: 5.78 mm (pretty random, but it worked best that way)
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes Original Kraft Plain Paper 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the good people of Service Graphics, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
• Cover: French Dur-O-Tone 80#C "Packing Brown Wrap," with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of "Dachshund Nose" black soy-based Toyo ink
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T "Bright White," with a fine, 1-color application of "Double Knee Duck Canvas" light brown soy-based Toyo ink
• Cover printed on a Mitsubishi Diamond Series 40 inch 6-color printing press
• Innards printed on a Miller TP104 28" × 40" 2-color printing press
• Bound by a Heidelberg ST350 "Stitchmaster" 8-pocket saddle stitcher, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the "Founding Fathers of the Staple"
• Corners precisely rounded to 9.5 mm by a CRC round-corner machine
• Crisp plain paper, 48 Pages
• Memo book dimensions: 89 x 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes Original Kraft Ruled Paper 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the good people of Service Graphics, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
• Cover: French Dur-O-Tone 80#C "Packing Brown Wrap," with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of "Dachshund Nose" black soy-based Toyo ink
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T "Bright White," with a fine, 1-color application of "Double Knee Duck Canvas" light brown soy-based Toyo ink
• Cover printed on a Mitsubishi Diamond Series 40 inch 6-color printing press
• Innards printed on a Miller TP104 28" × 40" 2-color printing press
• Bound by a Heidelberg ST350 "Stitchmaster" 8-pocket saddle stitcher, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the "Founding Fathers of the Staple"
• Corners precisely rounded to 9.5 mm by a CRC round-corner machine
• Ruled lines: 6.4 mm, 48 Pages
• Memo book dimensions: 89 x 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA

Filed Notes Original Kraft Graph Paper 3-Pack - features:
• Printed by the good people of Service Graphics, Inc., Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
• Cover: French Dur-O-Tone 80#C "Packing Brown Wrap," with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of "Dachshund Nose" black soy-based Toyo ink
• Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T "Bright White," with a fine, 1-color application of "Double Knee Duck Canvas" light brown soy-based Toyo ink
• Cover printed on a Mitsubishi Diamond Series 40 inch 6-color printing press
• Innards printed on a Miller TP104 28" × 40" 2-color printing press
• Bound by a Heidelberg ST350 "Stitchmaster" 8-pocket saddle stitcher, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the "Founding Fathers of the Staple"
• Corners precisely rounded to 9.5 mm by a CRC round-corner machine
• Graph grid: 4.7 × 4.7 mm; 48 Pages
• Memo book dimensions: 89 x 140 mm
• Field Notes uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials
• All Field Notes memo books are printed and manufactured in the USA