Streetscapes: Los Angeles + Chicago

On the inside covers, you’ll find fun facts about each city, and inspiration for your drawings.Bound inside by three black staples, you’ll find 48 plain pages of Mohawk Superfine “Ultra White” 70#T, a premium paper that’s ideal for sketching and artwork using a variety of media.

You’ll love Steve’s intricate illustrations, they’re plenty attractive left alone in simple black and white, but you’ll want to add your personal touch of color. Coloring them is a joy. We can’t wait to see what they look like when you get done with them.

SPECIFICATIONS:

01. Illustrations by Steve McDonald: @stevedmcdonald, sdmcdonald.com

02. Proudly printed and bound by the good people of Active Graphics, Cicero, Ill.

03. Cover: Mohawk Superfine “Ultra White” 100#C with a thick, brute force, 1-color application of “Dachshund Nose Black” soy-based Saphira ink.

04. Innards: Mohawk Superfine “Ultra White” 70#T Eggshell.

05. Cover and innards printed on a Komori Lithrone S40 40" 6-color offset printing press.

06. Bound with a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 270 5-pocket saddle stitcher with appreciation to Samuel Slocum, George W. McGill, and William J. Brown, the “Founding Fathers of the Staple.”

07. Corners rounded to 1/2" (12.7mm) by a Challenge double-round-corner machine.

08. Pages left blank, ready to accommodate whatever you've got to throw at them.

09. Note book dimensions are 4-3/4" × 7-1/2" (121mm × 191mm).

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

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