Fifty Pack
4 x 12 + 2 = 50
The Field Notes Quarterly Edition for Spring 2021 commemorated the forty-nine preceding releases in their ongoing series that started with designing “Butcher Orange” way back in 2008. Field Notes went back to basics for the 3-Packs. Simple, beautiful, “Red Hot” French Paper Co. covers with silver metallic ink, surrounding 48 pages of silver Graph Grid. Metallic ink on a coloured cover first appeared in our 5th release in 2009, “Just Below Zero,” and has made an appearance here and there since then.
Field Notes have used a lot of French Paper over the years but surprisingly this is their first use of Pop-Tone “Red Hot” stock. The books also feature an almost-blank flyleaf, with a Futura “50” peeking through a die-cut circle.
In creating this set, Field Notes have been thinking a lot about all the editions that came before it, and what — if anything — they can conclude from this anniversary. Jim took a stab at it in his essay, “Counting to Fifty.”