Field Notes
Field Notes Is a River Alive? Limited Edition Pack of Three
Field Notes Is a River Alive? Limited Edition Pack of Three
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The 67th Quarterly Edition Field Notes for the summer of 2025 coincides with the American publication of Is a River Alive?, a brilliant and important new book by author Robert Macfarlane. Recounting three epic journeys, Macfarlane surveys the state of Earth’s rivers and the people who are fighting for them. It’s an impossibly large story, interwoven with an extremely personal fourth river tale.
Macfarlane is a long-time Field Notes user and occasional co-conspirator.
“These notebooks were my constant companions during the years of writing Is A River Alive?; always there in pocket or pack. Into them I poured the glitter of primary encounter; image, dialogue, idea. They got dog-eared and foxed and soaked –– and filled with words. The closing of the circle which now sees a new ‘River’ edition of Field Notes flowing out of the finished book makes me very happy indeed.”
Also returning is Macfarlane’s frequent collaborator, legendary visual artist Stanley Donwood, best known for his artwork for Radiohead and The Smile.
Donwood’s starting point for the Is a River Alive? covers was his entrancing, hand-carved linocut titled “Meander.” Manipulation of the colours and textures of the resulting prints led to a series of works, two of which were chosen for the U.S.A. and U.K. editions of the book.
The highly textured and colorful covers are printed and embossed on Sappi McCoy 100#C Silk stock. Three gloss-white staples bind-in 48 Domtar Lynx 60#T pages featuring a “Cloud Forest Gray” graph grid.
Dimensions: 9cm x 14cm. Set of three books. Grid.
About Field Notes
Vintage and classic inspired notebooks with a cult following.
When Field Notes released their 14th seasonal limited edition, they decided it was about time to get back to their roots. Field Notes owe their existence to a tradition of promotional memo books distributed to American farmers over the last hundred years by seed, tractor, and other agricultural companies.
Field Notes co-founder Aaron Draplin has been collecting these for years, “rescuing them” from obscurity.
Field Notes is an American notebook brand headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It was Founded in 2007, the Field Notes brand is a joint venture between Portland Oregon based Draplin Design Company and Chicago-based design firm Coudal Partners.
