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Draplin Design Company

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American design firm led by graphic designer Aaron James Draplin, known for its own-brand merchandise and the Field Notes notebook line.

Last updated September 15, 2026

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Overview

Draplin Design Company (DDC) is an American design firm. Its official site presents it as "Draplin Design Co., North America" and sells DDC merchandise, including Field Notes editions and collaborations such as DDC × Tactile Turn Bolt Action Pens. The firm's ethos page sets out working principles such as "Work Hard, and Love This Stuff" and "Do Good Work, For Good People." Its history page profiles founder Aaron James Draplin, a graphic designer born in Detroit, Michigan on October 15, 1973, who studied visual communications and began his career with a snowboard graphic for Solid snowboards.

History

Draplin Design Company is described in Wikidata as an American design firm. Its official site operates as "Draplin Design Co., North America" and offers DDC merchandise, including Field Notes editions and the DDC × Tactile Turn Bolt Action Pens collaboration. The site's history page profiles founder Aaron James Draplin, a graphic designer born in Detroit, Michigan on October 15, 1973, who grew up in Northern Michigan, studied visual communications at Northwestern Michigan Community College, and whose career started with a snowboard graphic for Solid snowboards. The Field Notes history page recounts how the notebook line began from the idea of designers making their own products, and describes Draplin meeting Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners after Jim reached out around fall 2003.

Products and positioning

  • Field Notes notebooks

  • DDC × Tactile Turn Bolt Action Pens

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