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The Wilderness’ Wild Scout Book

By Lindsay Arth | Published: September 2, 2010

The wild, so close.

If you’ve never heard of The Wilderness, gather round.

It all began in 2004 with two people named Gabe Imlay and Juliet Rios. They decided to start a design company specializing in motion graphics, animation, live action and blowing minds. Now it’s 2010, they’re still going strong and they’ve just made themselves a Scout Book. What next?

Item: Scout Book
Printer: Pinball Publishing
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft (exterior), Quinault 70# Text White (interior)
Inks: Pantone soy-based inks
Binding: Saddle-stitch

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Southland’s 608 and Scout Books

By Lindsay Arth | Published: August 27, 2010

So blue.

These Scout Books were created for Southland Christian Church, located in Central Kentucky. Southland holds a special worship service at 6:08 (hence the name) for College agers and 20-somethings. These books served as an invite to this year’s 608 afterparty that welcomed students back into the area after summer vay-cay. Why the Vs.? They are also incorporating a “large tournament” this year and since 608 averages over 2000 students every week I can imagine that “large” is, indeed, fairly large.

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Book
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Inks: Pantone soy-based inks
Designer: Kyle Key

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Three-pack of Custom Scout Books

By Lindsay Arth | Published: August 25, 2010

Three-pack of awesome.

You may not realize it yet, but that belly band holds a world of wonders. The Industrial Design Society of America went all out with a three-pack of custom interior Scout Books, complete with a pull out section!  They were created by Ziba for an IDSA “cross-craft” discussion about DIY design held right here in Portland, Oregon. The three-pack consists of one part sweet Portland city guide, one part informative conference/symposium particulars, and one part handy, blank sketchbook. I highly suggest you check out the other photos of this gem right after the jump!

Item: Scout Book three-pack w/ belly band
Printer: Pinball Publishing
Design: Ziba
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft (exterior), Quinault 70# Text White (interior)
Inks: Pantone soy-based inks
Binding: Saddle-stitch
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Diagrams on Scout Books

By Lindsay Arth | Published: August 23, 2010

Brain-y brains and typewriters.

Girls Can Tell is a small screen printing shop in Philadelphia. Their Etsy shop is chock-full of useful items, including these Scout Books illustrated with informative and beautiful diagrams by Sara Selepouchin. I think my favorite is the brain. I like that idea–perfect for a pocket notebook! I only wish I could write directly into my brain. The quest for more memory continues.

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Book
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Inks: Pantone soy-based black
Illustrator: Sara Selepouchin

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Then and Now: T-Rex Scout Books

By Lindsay Arth | Published: August 18, 2010

Skin and bones.

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Book
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Inks: Pantone soy-based inks
Illustrator: Reid Psaltis

I love T-Rex and I love flipping these books back and forth to see the dinosaur turn into a skeleton. These books were illustrated by comic book artist and oil painter, Reid Psaltis. He’s a former graduate of Western Washington University’s Fine Art program and currently lives and works in Portland, OR.

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Ox and Rabbit make a Scout Book

By Lindsay Arth | Published: August 9, 2010

Bow-ties mean business.

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Book
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Inks: Pantone soy-based inks

I want to do this! I want to open up a former drug-store and serve sodas and milkshakes as people shop for cute things… and then I will make a Scout Book! If I can’t have my own shop, maybe someday I can visit theirs in Durham, NC. I don’t know if I can wait, though. I’ve got a real hankering for a chocolate truffle shake right about now. (Yes, they make those!)

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Scout Books for MICA

By Nicole Lavelle | Published: August 6, 2010

"You're Next."

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.

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MHCCIM (phew!) and Custom Interiors!

By Lindsay Arth | Published: July 19, 2010

Portfolio Show Scout Books

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Books
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Inks: Pantone soy-based black
Art Director: David Maier
Copywriter: Austin Howe
Graphic Design: Mark Graybill
Photography: Todd Stephan

Mt. Hood Community College’s Integrated Media Program recently had it’s yearly Portfolio Show featuring the work of 18 graphic design students and 12 digital photography students of the class of 2010. They handed these Scout Books out to more than 500 attendees of the show and encouraged them all to vote on their favorite portfolio. The book was also used to take notes on each participant and served as a great take-away. You can see more photos of the show and see some of the students work here.

We love that they customized the interior of their notebooks making them that much more tailored to their event. Great use of a Scout Book, folks!

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Jeremy Dubow: Artist Scout Books

By Lindsay Arth | Published: July 12, 2010

Artist Scout Books

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Books
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Inks: Pantone soy-based ink
Design: Beadle Design

Jeremy Dubow 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.

Jeremy Dubow is a former Californian, born in San Francisco with his formal education including studies at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence Italy. His love for classical art and contemporary realism are at the heart of his work and quite apparent in this current exhibit. This three-hour head study series is Dubow’s first as a meditation on the form and essence of the subject with an emphasis on decisive brush strokes.

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Scout Books for Want Magazine

By Lindsay Arth | Published: July 9, 2010

Scout Book in red

Printer: Pinball Publishing
Item: Scout Book
Paper: Chipboard 20pt Kraft
Ink: Pantone soy-based inks

And here we have a Scout Book created by Want Magazine and distributed to all the attendees at User Experience Lisbon to celebrate Want’s premiere launch in May (Where did the time go? I’m obviously sharing this notebook a tad late). I heard from a very reliable source that these books were quite well received by all and quite the perfect size to take notes on all the lectures at the conference!

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