Field Notes

1943 Two-Way

$ 15

We created the “1943” Memo Books to mimic the ASE’s horizontal orientation. While they’re our usual 5.5" x 3.5" Memo Book size, they’re the first with two staples on the short side instead of three on the long side. But while mocking up prototypes, we realized the short-edge binding also works great for a vertical notebook! So it’s up to you, there’s a horizontal cover on one side, and a vertical cover on the other. Whether you want to flip the top of your Field Notes open to take notes as you interview a witness, or spread the pages wide for a panoramic sketch of a crime scene, the 1943 “Two-Way” Edition is the right tool for your investigation.

You’ll find bright redyellow, and blue books in each 3-Pack. Covers are printed on sturdy Westrock Tango 12pt coated-one-side cover stock. The body of the book is 60# Domtar Cougar “Natural” (very popular in last winter‘s sold-out “Vintage” Edition), with an “Aged Newsprint” 3/16" graph grid.

SPECIFICATIONS:
  • 01.

    Proudly printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill.

  • 02.

    Cover: West Rock Tango 12pt C1S “White,” with a thick, brute force, 4-color application of “1943 Magazine Press Primaries” soy-based Superior inks.

  • 03.

    Innards: Domtar Cougar 60#T “Natural,” with a 1-color application of “Aged Newsprint” soy-based Superior ink.

  • 04.

    Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102S six-color printing press.

  • 05.

    Bound with a Muller Martini 6-pocket saddle stitcher with cover feeder/scorer, with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”

  • 06.

    Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine.

  • 07.

    Graph grid: 3/16" × 3/16" (4.7mm × 4.7mm).

  • 08.

    Memo book dimensions are 5-1/2" × 3-1/2" (140mm × 89mm).

  • 09.

    FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype.

  • 10.

    All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.

  • 11.

    Limited Edition of 25,000 3-Packs.

  • 12.

    SKUs & UPCs: 1943 3-Pack FNC-69 850032279437, 1943 Subscription FN-SUB69, The Maltese Falcon FNB-02 9780985831639

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