National Parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.— Wallace Stegner
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!
SERIES A 3-PACK
Includes Yosemite National Parkand Zion National Park, both by Dan McCarthy, and Acadia National Park by Telegramme Paper Co.
SERIES B 3-PACK
Grand Canyon National Park by DKNG Studios, Joshua Tree Nat’l Park by The Little Friends of Printmaking, Mount Rainier Nat’l Park by Glenn Thomas.
SERIES C 3-PACK
Rocky Mountain National Park by Rory Kurtz, Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Chris Turnham, Yellowstone National Park by Brave the Woods.
SERIES D 3-PACK
Grand Teton National Park by by Eric Nyffeler, Arches National Park by Nicolas Delort, Sequoia National 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
We anticipate infinite e-mails and social media posts asking about all the other parks… don’t think for a moment we don’t love ’em all, but we had to start somewhere!
THE ARTISTS:
Grand Teton by Eric Nyffeler
Arches by Nicolas Delort
Yosemite & Zion - Dan McCarthy
Acadia - Telegramme Paper Co.
Grand Canyon - DKNG Studios
Joshua Tree - The Little Friends of Printmaking
Mount Rainier + Sequoia - Glenn Thomas
Rocky Mountain - Rory Kurtz
Great Smoky Mountains - Chris Turnham
Yellowstone - Brave the Woods
SPECIFICATIONS:
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01. Proudly printed by the good people of eDOC Communications, Mount Prospect, Ill.
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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.
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03. Cover printed in two passes through a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 40" 6-color printing press.
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04. Innards: Finch Paper Opaque Smooth 60#T “Bright White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Green Earth” soy-based Toyo ink.
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05. Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher.
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06. Corners rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge round-corner machine.
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07. Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).
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08. Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm).
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09. FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927) in its materials.
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10. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.
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11. FNC-43a Yosemite, Acadia, Zion UPC: 858493003813
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12. FNC-43b Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Mount Rainier UPC: 858493003820
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13. FNC-43c Rocky Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains, Yellowstone UPC: 858493003837
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