{"id":13618,"date":"2010-01-30T08:10:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T15:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=13618"},"modified":"2012-04-18T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T17:04:46","slug":"the-field-notes-story-draplin-explains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=13618","title":{"rendered":"The Field Notes Story: Draplin Explains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" id=\"viddler_boardistan_20\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.viddler.com\/player\/e9d40288\/\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.viddler.com\/player\/e9d40288\/\"  wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"437\" height=\"370\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" name=\"viddler_boardistan_20\" \/><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionbindingcompany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Binding<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/coalheadwear.com\/coal\" target=\"_blank\">Coal Headwear<\/a><\/strong><strong>, <\/strong>and<strong> <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowboard-mag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snowboard Magazine<\/a><\/strong> graphic designer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.draplindustries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Draplin<\/a><\/strong> has become one of the most influential designers working today. Last year, when the Obama administration wanted a graphic that would communicate their economic stimulus plans they turned to Aaron to create the logo. The president eventually <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=6036\" target=\"_blank\">presented Aaron&#8217;s work to the nation himself<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hero-1.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hero-1.jpg','popup','width=320,height=320,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hero-1-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Hero-1\" \/><\/a>Recently Aaron has been on the national speaking circuit with the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiga.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AIGA<\/a><\/strong> sharing his story with design students and professionals. But the reason more and more people are becoming Draplin fans is through his <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fieldnotesbrand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Field Notes Brand Notebooks<\/a><\/strong>. The simple, &#8220;paper, folded and stapled books made in America&#8221; is replacing the <strong>Moleskine<\/strong> as the world&#8217;s hippest analog note taking device. We saw Mr. Draplin near the Coal booth and asked him to tell us the Field Notes story.<br \/>\n<strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.draplindustries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Draplin Design Co<\/a><\/strong><strong>. and <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fieldnotesbrand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Field Notes Brand<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Binding, Coal Headwear, and Snowboard Magazine graphic designer Aaron Draplin has become one of the most influential designers working today. Last year, when the Obama administration wanted a graphic that would communicate their economic stimulus plans they turned to Aaron to create the logo. The president eventually presented Aaron&#8217;s work to the nation himself. 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