NATIONAL PARKS
Since the early days of Field Notes we have been searching for just the right way create an edition celebrating Americas National Parks. When we saw the work of the artists of The Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series, we knew exactly what to do. Were proud to present this collaboration and invite you to check out three 3-Packs and 52 million acres of American treasure. Were donating five percent of retail and wholesale purchases to the National Parks Service, to help preserve and expand on our nations best idea.
Gorgeous illustrations of nine iconic National Parks are featured on the covers of nine Memo Books, which are grouped into the three 3-Packs that make up the National Parks Series. Choose your favorite 3-Pack, or collect them all.
SERIES B 3-PACK
Grand Canyon National Park by DKNG Studios, Joshua Tree Natl Park by The Little Friends of Printmaking, Mount Rainier Natl Park by Glenn Thomas.
A STEP BACKWARDS
The covers are printed on a variety of colored 100-lb. cover stocks from the French Paper Company of Niles, Michigan, using a custom, five-color process that started with under-printing white ink. This allowed us to incorporate the color of the paper into the artwork. The illustrative styles, the printing process, and the copper staples recall the heritage, and archival promotional materials and publications, of the National Park System.
Each book features a brief history of the park on its inside back cover, a spot for the official National Park Passport Stamp on the inside front cover, and 48 pages of Finch Opaque 60#T marked with a 3/16" graph to record your plans, routes, notes, and memories.
NATIONAL TREASURE
These Field Notes are a tribute to places in the U.S.A. that can only truly be appreciated in person. Please visit, enjoy, and support our National Parks. We hope when you visit your favorite national park, youll bring along your new favorite memo book, get it stamped, and tag us in your photos.
THE ARTISTS:
Yosemite & Zion - Dan McCarthy
Acadia - Telegramme Paper Co.
Grand Canyon - DKNG Studios
Joshua Tree - The Little Friends of Printmaking
Mount Rainier - Glenn Thomas
Rocky Mountain - Rory Kurtz
Great Smoky Mountains - Chris Turnham
Yellowstone - Brave the Woods
SPECIFICATIONS:
01. Proudly printed by the good people of eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill.
02. 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.
03. Cover printed in two passes through a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40" 6-color printing press.
04. Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T Bright White, with a fine, 1-color application of Green Earth soy-based Toyo ink.
05. Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher.
06. Corners rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge round-corner machine.
07. Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
08. Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
09. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
10. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
11. FNC-43a Yosemite, Acadia, Zion UPC: 858493003813
12. FNC-43b Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Mount Rainier UPC: 858493003820
13. FNC-43c Rocky Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone UPC: 85849300383