It’s Autumn 2025, and we’re thrilled to present our 68th quarterly edition, “Fall Flowers,” celebrating three common late-season blooms that don’t get the hype they deserve. Spring flowers get all the press, but the purple coneflower, false foxglove, and common chicory are all still here for us when the days get shorter and colder. We asked Jennifer Farrell of Starshaped Press to draw the trio in the decorative style of early-20th-century “publishers’ bindings” and her charming illustrations couldn’t have pleased us more. Additionally, Laura Garcia of Paper Perennial is the artist responsible for the beautiful flower-making in the film that accompanies this release, Coneflower, Foxglove, and Chicory. What are Field Notes? Field Notes 48-page memo books are printed and manufactured in the United States using traditional printing press and book binding techniques. Inspired by the promotional memo books distributed to American farmers by seed, tractor and other agricultural companies over the last 100 years! Specifications: Proudly printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill. Cover: Mohawk Mosaic 100# C “Midnight Blue” in Burlap, with a thick, brute force application of “Coneflower Mauve” and “Deep Denim” soy-based Superior inks. Innards: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Autumn Sky” soy-based Superior ink. Cover and innards printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102S six-color printing press. 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.” Corners precisely rounded to a 3/8" (9.5mm) radius with a Challenge DCM double round-corner machine. Ruled lines: 1/4" (6.4mm). Memo book dimensions are 3-1/2" × 5-1/2" (89mm × 140mm). FIELD NOTES uses only the Futura typeface family (Paul Renner, 1927), in collaboration with Monotype. All FIELD NOTES memo books are printed and manufactured in the U.S.A. Limited Edition of 25,000 3-Packs.
