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Staple Day 34

July 23, 2026 by Jim

Short Version: Delish, Jep, Purloined, Inspo, Subs, One Job, Incidents, Accident, Flows, F Dox.

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Superfast Gift Guide

Three quick gift ideas that are sure to make someone happy. BTW: All three of these items ship free in the USA. – Dec. 9th, 2020

When Jim Coudal messaged me to say he had a crazy idea for the Field Notes Winter edition, wondering if it was possible to make 99,999 unique snowflakes, I immediately said yes. The truth was, I wasn’t sure, but the challenge was too enticing to pass up. – Dec. 2nd, 2020

Partners

Forensic Design

Becca Quon chatted with Bryan Bedell for the Northern Illinois University Council on Library and Information Resources about where we find inspiration and reference material... – Nov. 25th, 2020

Products

15 Million Acres in a Box

For gift-givers and completists, we’ve put together a special set including all six 3-Packs –18 National Parks in total– plus two of our “Official National Park Exploration Vehicle” Water-Transfer Decals. – Nov. 20th, 2020

Duly Noted

Miles of Adventures

Here’s a fun compilation film we put together for the online version of our favorite trade show, Shoppe Object. We’re psyched to be able to feature the song “Miles and Miles” by our new friends from Texas, The Vandoliers. Thanks to Bloodshot Records for the introduction. – Oct. 20th, 2020

Field News / Products

“What Font is That?”

As we were on press with Field Notes’ National Parks Series E, Jim had the idea to make a water-transfer decal based on park signage, typesetting “America’s Best Idea”—paraphrasing a Wallace Stegner quote — in the rustic script typeface found on such signs. – Aug. 27th, 2020

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