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The amazing APAK printed four new greeting card styles with us recently, two of which feature the greatest little skiing santas! Find APAK at www.apakstudios.com
Mia Nolting is a Portland-based artist, illustrator and designer. She filled this Scout Book with page after page of illustration, collage, typography and musings. We're impressed.
The Scout Book cover was designed by Bwana Spoons, another Portland-based artist.
What do you fill your Scout Books with? Share the creative goodness that takes place in your 32-page pocket notebooks and add your images to our flickr pool: Show Us Your Scout Book Flickr Pool.
Stay tuned: we interviewed Mia for our soon-to-be-released Scout Books blog! Awesome!
Jeremy Dubow is a California-born artist who's formal training includes studies at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence Italy. He currently has a solo exhibit of his 11 x 14 oil on mylar paintings titled, Jeremy Dubow: Portraits at Hiromi Ogawa Architects Portland, OR location which will be open through July by appointment. The exhibit consists of 27 portraits each numbered according to the chronological order in which they were painted. Three of these paintings were selected and produced into Scout Books by Beadle Design. Kristin Beadle was so kind as to send us some great photos from the exhibit opening night reception and some great closeups of the Scout Books as well.
Noble Coffee Roasting brings fresh, organic and fair-trade coffee to Southern Oregon. Ashley Nunes is the designer responsible for this great looking brochure!
Fun, funky work from Amy Martino! Amy is a NYC based graphic designer and illustrator, and her bright, textured work has us swooning.
She dressed this Scout Book up in ways we've never seen! Hot pink and neon green paper? Yes, please.
Oh yes, and metallic gold. Don't forget about the metallic gold.
Find more at Yellow Bird Machine, Amy's online illustration portfolio.
From the creator of 33 Bottles of Beer and 33 Bottles of Wine comes 33 Cups of Coffee. And none too soon as the Winter months are in full swing! Nothing comes close to a piping hot cup of coffee when it's chilly out.
In true 33 Books fashion, this journal comes complete with a flavor wheel, demystifier, and of course, a little something in the ink! That’s right, a few drops of coffee were added to the ink during the printing of this book.
So head over to your favorite coffee shop or brew some up at home and start your coffee-tasting journey with 33 Cups of Coffee in hand!
Flyleaf Creative is a creative communication, branding and design company who works closely with arts and corporate clients. They recently printed two sets of Scout Books to be packaged together as a special New Year's gift and given to those they work with. One book features a fly while the other features leaves – a cute illustrative play on their company's name. What lucky folks to receive these books this New Year!
Springing from the mind of one of the most well-known authors of all time, Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Terror collects five of the writer’s finest stories in three pocket-sized volumes.
Includes:
“The Fall of the House of Usher” illustrated by Tom Neely
“William Wilson” illustrated by Levon Jihanian
“The Tell-Tale Heart” and Other Stories illustrated by Malachi Ward
Available now in the Scout Books Bookstore:
K&N needed a modular display that highlighted their product in an organized an eye-catching manner. SMS designed this lightweight, streamlined display that is easy to ship, assemble and move through out the store and commands great brand presence as well.
Luke Ramsey is awesome. He creates beautiful, intricate pieces of artwork that include zines, murals, paintings and prints. He also runs Islands Fold, an independent publisher and artist residency in B.C., Canada.
We ran into Luke last summer at the Portland Zine Symposium, and saw him sketching in a Scout Book! Quickly gave him another, and within weeks he had filled it up and sent us images. At long last, here is what the fantastic Luke Ramsey did with the 32 grid pages of a Scout Book.
Awesome! Thanks, Luke.
Tsilli Pines works in a creative whirlwind of exciting projects, and Alef Betty is her newest foray into the thoughtful amalgamation of rich cultural history and contemporary design aesthetics.
Alef Betty is a project that “reimagines expressions of Jewish identity…It pays tribute to where we come from, and aims to expand our cultural inheritance in its own small way.” Tsill has created a gorgeous website to serve as part historical archive, part family scrapbook, and part design shop. In the Stories section of the site, she explains the impetus for this poster project: a Hebrew alphabet poster that hung in her bedroom as a child.
I urge you to click over to the Alef Betty site and relish in the sleek, modern update of traditional Hebrew design, as well as the black-and-white vintage photographs of the women in Tsilli’s family. Dive into the stories behind the typefaces, and nab yourself a trio of chipboard posters: they come in red AND blue.
Just for fun! Concept, strategy, and writing done by me. view the final design at www.breezycreativedesign.com
Title: Physical Plant
Creator: Valdosta State University
Date: August 3, 2010
Description: Two women from Physical Plant Custodial Staff pose for the camera. One has a nametag that says T. Williams.
Source: Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections. Digital image from University Relations, Creative Design, 1998-2012.
Subject: African Americans; Universities and colleges—Employees; College buildings; School custodians;
Identifier: dr2012-ua06-06-09_people_1_faculty-staff-c-campus-worker-shots_9277
Format: image/jpeg
Tsilli Pines works in a creative whirlwind of exciting projects, and Alef Betty is her newest foray into the thoughtful amalgamation of rich cultural history and contemporary design aesthetics.
Alef Betty is a project that “reimagines expressions of Jewish identity…It pays tribute to where we come from, and aims to expand our cultural inheritance in its own small way.” Tsill has created a gorgeous website to serve as part historical archive, part family scrapbook, and part design shop. In the Stories section of the site, she explains the impetus for this poster project: a Hebrew alphabet poster that hung in her bedroom as a child.
I urge you to click over to the Alef Betty site and relish in the sleek, modern update of traditional Hebrew design, as well as the black-and-white vintage photographs of the women in Tsilli’s family. Dive into the stories behind the typefaces, and nab yourself a trio of chipboard posters: they come in red AND blue.
Just for fun! Concept, strategy, and writing done by me. view the final design at www.breezycreativedesign.com
“These words shaped history. They belong to you. Know them.”
This Scout Book is the synthesis of many of the things we get very excited about: metallic inks, historical documents, recycled paper, democracy…the list goes on.
Scout Books is proud to introduce a pocket-sized edition of the Constitution of the United States of America. Containing the Preamble, the seven Articles and the twenty-seven Amendments, this tiny book packs the content into 32 pages and is wrapped in a two-color chipboard cover printed in black and metallic gold inks. Typeset in the oh-so-legible Gotham font by Hoefler & Frere-Jones, this little guy is a contemporary update on a crucial text that aims to make the supreme law of the land more accessible. The front cover boasts Museo Slab, designed by the talented Jos Buivenga.
My goodness, that's a good looking book.
Read more about the Scout Books edition of the U.S. Constitution here on Bangback.
Rod Hunting is a designer and illustrator with some seriously stunning work in his portfolio. His delicate drawings are at once sophisticated and crafty; they're slick yet ooze evidence of the artist's hand at work. Peep his portfolio and get lost in lovely illustration.
Also, while you're at it, check out his installation of vintage camera drawings. It makes the analog nerds around here quite happy.
Rod filled his Scout Book with space-y pencil illustrations. Rod! I mean, Rad!
Fun, funky work from Amy Martino! Amy is a NYC based graphic designer and illustrator, and her bright, textured work has us swooning.
She dressed this Scout Book up in ways we've never seen! Hot pink and neon green paper? Yes, please.
Oh yes, and metallic gold. Don't forget about the metallic gold.
Find more at Yellow Bird Machine, Amy's online illustration portfolio.
Item: Scout Book
Specs: 3.5″ x 5″, Saddle-stitch binding, 1/4″ rounded corners
Paper: Chipboard 20pt. Kraft (exterior), Quinault 70# Text White (interior)
Client: Maryland Institute College of Art
Designer: Whitney Sherman
Illustrator: Jen Mussari
Printer: Scout Books/Pinball Publishing
What’s a more appropriate promotional tool for illustrators than a pocket notebook? Maybe a pencil?
The fine folks at the Maryland Institute College of Art created these Scout Books to promote their new MFA in Illustration Practice to launch in Fall 2011. Whitney Sherman is spearheading the new program, and is responsible for the concepting and design of these books. Jen Mussari is a recent graduate of the Illustration Department at MICA and it’s her illustration work that graces the cover of these pocket notebooks.
As seen on www.bangback.com
Mia Christopher sent us three Scout Books brimming with juicy, colorful stuff. She brightened our week, and we hope that checking out this series of expertly experimental illustration has brightened yours. This Scout Book is the third in a series of three; be sure to see the first and second.
Itching to own Mia's work for yourself? Find it online at Arrow to Arrow, Renegade Handmade, and at Little Paper Planes. There are some original paintings in there that I'm eyeing...
Thank you to Mia for sharing the insides of her Scout Books with us!
Scrappers is a Portland-based multi-media artist. He is also the Art Director at the Portland Mercury. He recently distracted himself at work by filling up this Scout Book. But don't tell his boss.
I took the photographs myself and edited the layout on Photoshop. I created a whole series with varied images and colour schemes according to the month.
When Will Bryant and Mark Menjivar join forces, terrific things happen. Terrific chipboard things, to be specific.
Will and Mark worked together to create this identity system for the youth advocacy arm of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA). Mark works with TRLA to offer aid to youth experiencing homelessness. He got in touch with Will to help him create a series of print items that could be at once beautiful, useful and durable. From that collaboration came three print pieces: a business card, a pocket postcard, and a Scout Book with custom-printed interiors that acts as a Youth Rights Booklet. Will also did the lettering and design for the snazzy TRLA Youth website. Chipboard internet? We’re into it.
In addition to being a chance to create a set of fun printed pieces, Will looks at this collaboration as an opportunity to help out: ”Enabling youth [with] the opportunity to better their circumstances is huge! Most of the kids come from rough backgrounds, so having access to this knowledge empowers them and provides hope for the future,” he told us. “It’s a blessing to be involved with a project that does this.”
We took some Hacienda Esmerelda beans over to our friends at Cellar Door Roasters and they brewed it for us using their hand-crafted pour-over set up.
Nicolas then added a few drops of the coffee to the ink, just to make these books extra special.
From Dave Selden, the creator of 33 Bottles of Beer and 33 Bottles of Wine, with a little help from Chris Tacy and Brent Fortune, comes 33 Cups of Coffee. And none too soon as the Winter months are in full swing! Nothing comes close to a piping hot cup of coffee when it’s chilly out.
In true 33 Books fashion, this journal comes complete with a flavor wheel and list terms, demystified.
It has been two months in the making but today we finally took delivery of the first copies of the new Anabas corporate brochure. The brochure itself features information about what the makes the company unique within its sector.
Stitch Design Co. created these charming Scout Books as promotional tools for Pearl, a collection of Lexington, KY's finest wedding professionals. When managing plans and jotting down wedding inspiration, it only makes sense to have a Scout Book. See Pearl's little notebooks in action and the cute striped pencils they were paired with on the Stitch blog. Very cute.
Halle Cisco is a Portland-based graphic designer, illustrator and educator. She created this fantastic Scout Book full of illustrations of random folks. One of them is clutching a fish. Another wields a knife and a radish. One guy is singing karaoke with his eyes closed. Random.
Fifteen random folks sit opposite lined pages for note taking. These folks are just begging to be colored in and have their stories written!
These books are available on our site.