The Chicago Look Notebook Set

The Chicago Look Notebook Set

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Field Notes’ 66th Quarterly Limited Edition for Spring 2025, titled “The Chicago Look,” delves into a unique chapter of American design and typography, spotlighting a once-prominent but now-defunct company. The Beverly Sign Co. placed Chicago at the forefront of mid-century sign painting with its innovative “panelized” layouts, distinctive typographic styles, and striking color schemes. This approach became synonymous with “The Chicago Look.” The set features two covers designed by Chicago’s Heart & Bone Signs and Bob Behounek, inspired by Beverly’s original pencil sketches, complete with the characteristic diagonal “strike-thru” that indicated color choices to clients and sign painters.

  • Cover art by Heart & Bone Signs, Chicago, Ill. (chicagosignpainters.com) in collaboration with Bob Behounek.

  • Printed by the good people of The Graphic Arts Studio, LLC, Barrington, Ill.

Materials: Cover: Westrock Tango C1S 16pt “White,” with a thick, brute force 4-color application of process-color soy-based Superior inks. Inside: Domtar Lynx Opaque 60#T “White,” with a fine, 1-color application of “Non-Repro Blue” soy-based Superior ink.

Made: Printed and manufactured in the U.S.A

Size: 6" × 8"; 64 pages

Item 29628403

About the Brand

Field Notes

Rooted in the disappearing tradition of agricultural memo books, embellished pocket ledgers, and the modest elegance of a carefully composed grocery list, the Draplin Design Company of Portland, Oregon, partnered with Chicago’s Coudal Partners to create “FIELD NOTES.” Their intention is to deliver “An honest memo book, worth fillin’ up with good information.” Every FIELD NOTES memo book is produced and printed entirely in the United States.

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