Field Notes (brand)
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| Industry | Stationery, Office Supplies, Collectable |
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Aaron Draplin (Co-founder), Jim Coudal (Co-founder) |
| Products | Memo books, planners, stenos, pens, pencils and accessories |
| Website | fieldnotesbrand |
Field Notes (stylized as FIELD NOTES) is an American notebook brand headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that designs, prints and manufactures memo books and related accessories. Founded in 2007, the Field Notes brand is a joint venture between Portland, Oregon-based Draplin Design Company and Chicago-based design firm Coudal Partners.
Field Notes notebooks come with ruled, graph, or plain pages in their signature "kraft" brown color, but the brand has become known for their smaller runs of limited edition notebooks, which are released quarterly and available individually or as part of their year long subscription service. The limited edition releases have gained a devoted fan following, including an active Facebook group called "Field Nuts", and a website by the same name.
Field Notes are sold online and, across 1400 retail locations in the United States. The brand has also partnered with various companies including Levi's, Starbucks, Nixon, Loot Crate and J.Crew to sell exclusive release products, as well as collaborating with MythBusters' Adam Savage and reporter John Dickerson to create special editions. Field Notes promotes its products through films made by Coudal Partners in-house.
Butcher Orange was the first limited edition released. The edition was released in Winter 2008 before the company had a defined quarterly release plan. Butcher Orange had a print run of 500 packs. It was named after the cover paper, which featured a mottled, waxy appearance similar to wax "butcher paper".
Similar to Butcher Orange, Butcher Extra Blue was released before the company had a plan for a quarterly release schedule. The edition was released in Spring 2009, and had a print run of 500 packs. It is said to be the hardest to find of the limited editions.
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