Bellingham, Washington (a.k.a. The 'Ham, a.k.a. Hamelot) is the City of Subdued Excitement. Literally, that's the town's official nickname, look it up. One of our designers, Rachel (a.k.a. RayRay, a.k.a. Hay Haaay Ray Raaay) grew up in The Ham and we'll be damned if her excite...

We've done a few installments of our Kickstarter 101 Field Notes series. Most of our articles have focused on the strategic side of running a crowdfunding campaign. Now it's time to get down to brass tacks.Kickstarter itself is a tool. It's a fundraising tool, a storytelling t...

Yeah, we're pretty freakin' stoked. If you have no idea what we're talking about, here's a quick background: a couple weeks ago we launched Give a Shot, a site connecting photographers & videographers with environmental nonprofits in need of visual storytelling content. Darren...

The last time we checked in with John Dunaway, he was captaining a 489-foot container ship through the Gulf of Mexico. This time he's driving a different kind of vessel, on a different kind of terrain, in a different part of the world. Other than that, same ol' same ol'.The re...

Liam Lonsdale. A great name for a Chevy dealership owner. Liam Lonsdale does not own a Chevy dealership. But if you met Liam, you can bet your ass you'd be ready to buy or lease a certified pre-owned 2015 Silverado Crew Cab (with the off-road package) from the guy after about ...

Avid readers of this Field Notes journal may recall us name-dropping Elizabeth and Jonathan Combs in a previous story about a grueling traverse of the "W" down in the depths of Chilean Patagonia. For the uninitiated, these two form two-thirds of a creative collective called Th...

If you read our previous Field Note, you'll know that we deeply believe in the protection of public lands. Our beliefs are so strong that we're willing to take action on them, action that might not even be supported by some of our most loyal customers.In this Field Note, we ce...

Patagonia did a big thing yesterday. They decided to boycott Outdoor Retailer, the most important event in the outdoor industry.They did this in response to the Bears Ears land conservation issue, the long and short of which is this: the state of Utah has been trying to protec...

For the most part, we're minimalists. Particularly when it comes to product design, company bureaucracy, and sleep. But there's one area where we have a serious collecting (if not hoarding) problem: friends. We freakin' love friends.We met Michelle Park (@trainsandplanes) thro...