The Ballad of Lou Schmitt
Roberto Clemente is the central figure in Field Notes Brand Books first release, A Drive into the Gap.. The book’s author, Kevin Guilfoile, tells us why the real hero of the book is Pittsburgh father...
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“We Believe in the Youngsters”
Thanks to Lawrence Kids for a lovely shout-out on p28-29 of their Spring 2013 issue. They write “Our kids use them just as much as we do,” which is great, and certainly true on our end of the supply...
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What Has It Got in Its Pocketses?
“This had become an absolutely vital part of my Every Day Carry.” Adam Savage, of Mythbusters fame, empties his pockets on the latest episode of the Tested.com video podcast and describes what he...
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“America The Beautiful” Spring COLORS Edition Available Now!
Spring is here, and along with warmer weather comes the 18th limited edition FIELD NOTES COLORS notebooks. “America the Beautiful” features three full-color covers: “Spacious Skies,” “Amber Waves,”...
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FNC-18a Water Transfer Decal Instructions
If you ordered the new COLORS limited edition, you may want to watch this video about your “America the Beautiful” water transfer decal. It’s not difficult to apply, but it’s important to follow the...
View ArticleSummer Better Than Others
Our limited release for summer is justthisclose to going on press, we’re checking the proofs and planning some craziness to accompany the launch right now. If you want to be sure to see it first, join...
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For Pop
The typical way to unload Father’s Day merchandise is to speak to kids and wives and suggest something the old man would like. But we don’t have that kind of time or money, do we? Dads, we need to take...
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Scott Expedition Officially Announced
“My next expedition. I’m planning to set out to complete Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Antarctic expedition for the first time. At 1,800 miles and nearly four months long, it will be the...
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Dedicated to Your Father
Kevin Guilfoile, author of A Drive Into the Gap from Field Notes Brand Books will make a custom dedication to your Pop when you buy a Fathers’ Day Kit. He’s at FN HQ today working through a stack of...
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A Delivery from Outer Space
The handsome and versatile FIELD NOTES Space Pens in matte black and the iconic chrome are now back in stock! They go perfectly with our virtually indestructible EXPEDITION EDITION of memo books....
View ArticleWe Forget All Too Soon the Things We Thought We Could Never Forget
Excerpts from and comments on Joan Didion’s essay “On Keeping a Notebook”, by Maria Popova. Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to remember? How...
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An Obsessive’s Guide to Field Notes COLORS Editions
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Hoorn, Bodeee, Whls…
Bill Boudewyns of Minneapolis, MN sent us this lovely photo: My 6 y/o son took his chance to use your notebook for making a list of items needed to build a car. “No, Dad. A real car!” It surely says...
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The Stars and Their CoursesSummer: The NIGHT SKY Edition
For our nineteenth seasonal release, we’ve created a set of memo books that celebrates the summer starscape above North America. Each of the memo books in the 3-Pack features a slice of the sky...
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“It’s So Bright and Clear That it Feels Like You Can Practically Walk Out on...
When we were coming up with ideas for what to put together for a short film for the Night Sky Edition, we ran into a couple of issues: First, we’re in Chicago, which is a very large, well-lit city,...
View ArticleTwinkle, Twinkle, Bye, Bye
Just about a week after release, 3-Packs of “Night Sky” edition FIELD NOTES are now SOLD OUT. We still have a few packs set aside for subscriptions, so subscribe now to get “Night Sky” and be...
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Following Scott
We’ll have lots more to say about this as it gets closer, but here’s a great article at Sidetracked by Ben Saunders on how and why he’s mounting The Scott Expedition, an 1,800-mile polar journey on...
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A Cameo in London’s National Portrait Gallery
We just received a note from dedicated Field Note user John Pull. Last time we heard from John, he on a field project among native Mayans in Guatemala’s Ixil Triangle. This letter was a bit different....
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Hey Nineteen
Here’s a handy graphic of all nineteen of the the seasonal limited editions we’ve released so far. How many of them do you have? FIELD NOTES COLORS seasonal 3-Packs are sold in limited quantities and...
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