Field Notes “Workshop Companion” – Summer 2015 Colors Edition – Review

June 9, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

Field Notes Summer 2015 Colors Edition “Workshop Companion” Specs From Field Notes: “This 27th limited COLORS edition is a set of six books, boxed in a sturdy 60-pt custom slipcase with a sheet of crack-and-peel decals. Each of the books focuses on one DIY discipline — Wood Working, Automotive, Gardening, Painting, Plumbing, and Electrical — each containing tips, […]

Field Notes “Two Rivers” – Spring 2015 Colors Edition – Review

March 25, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Field Notes Two Rivers Colors Edition Pocket Notebook Review

Field Notes Spring 2015 Colors Edition “Two Rivers” Specs From Field Notes: “French Paper supplied four cover stocks for these books: Pop-Tone 100#C “Lemon Drop” and “Sno Cone,” Speckletone 100#C “True White,” and Dur-O-Tone 80#C “Packing Brown Wrap.” We hand-set several designs using Hamilton’s collection of vintage type and ornaments. Hamilton then printed our designs in two […]

Field Notes “Ambition” – Winter 2014 Colors Edition – Review

November 24, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

Field Notes Winter 2014 Colors Edition “Ambition” Specs From Field Notes: “Our old friends French Paper Co. of Niles, Michigan supplied “Olive,” “Wine,” and “Chocolate” 100# Speckletone for the covers, with production bouncing around the Midwest for the last few weeks. Printing started in Chicago’s suburbs at eDoc, then the covers were delivered to Nu Wave Diecutting […]

Field Notes Unexposed Fall 2014 Colors Edition – Review

October 3, 2014.Reading time 2 minutes.

Field Notes Fall 2014 Colors Edition “Unexposed” Specs From Field Notes: “Here’s what we can tell you: each “Unexposed” pack features three 5.5-inch x 3.5-inch 48-page memo books in an opaque black sleeve. The interior paper features our “reticle graph,” last seen in the “Night Sky” Edition from Summer 2013.” Notes: If you have yet […]

Field Notes Shelterwood Spring Colors Edition – Review

March 24, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

Field Notes Spring 2014 Colors Edition “Shelterwood” Specs From Field Notes: “The covers are left uncoated with text printed in a triple-hit of “Ghostflower White” which remains slightly opaque, the wood texture showing through like a faded whitewashed fence. Inside covers are mossy green text on kraft paper. The guts of the books are Finch Fine […]