Field Notes cofounders Aaron Draplin and Jim Coudal have convened to ostensibly talk about their cult-fave memo book brand. But Draplin—the gregarious, hilarious Portland proprietor of Draplin Design ...

Field Notes design its new limited edition Index Collection to make taking notes about your passions and hobbies easier. Unlike the standard lined blank pages found in most Field Notes notebooks, a ...

Sometime in the later years of the previous decade, I entered a contest from a local company, Coudal Partners, and won. The contest was something like "what's the weirdest cover of a hip-hop song." My ...

About four years ago, I stocked up on so many of those tiny notebooks that I vowed “never again.” A notebook is useful, sure, but my limited-edition books from the boutique company Field Notes just ...

Jim Coudal was very happy as an ad man, his Coudal Partners advertising agency working with such high profile clients as Lettuce Entertain You, the Blackhawks, White Sox (“Good Guys Wear Black”) and ...

Observing without intention and without a grid arouses interest and curiosity, but rarely contributes to developing learning. For centuries, scientists have taken notes of their observations, in ...

Field Notes notebooks consistently find their way into our EDC with good design and real-world durability. Just the look of a Field Notes notebook is enough reason to keep one handy all the time, and ...

Most new products are designed to fill a need, create a new market or just make something better. Aaron Draplin's product is none of these things. It's three staples, paper and cardboard with a simple ...

If you have a career in design, you’ve certainly seen Draplin’s work. You might even know him by name. But even if you don’t know him directly, it’s likely that you’ve heard of Field Notes. Draplin, ...

For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above. This collection consists primarily of field notebooks, journals, logs, and catalogs concerning mollusk specimens. Many of the ...