Fieldnote

Editorial design and a website for people who write things down. A notebook brand that wanted its pages to feel as good on screen as they do in the hand.

Client
Fieldnote
Year
2024
What we did
Editorial design, website
Timeline
14 weeks, Dubai and London
Colourful notebooks laid out on a wooden desk

The problem

Cloudline had a formula salons loved and no brand at all. The shelf they wanted was a wall of lab coats and percentages.

The brief: sit next to prestige labels in a department store, still feel warm on Instagram, and fit on a pack small enough for a travel kit. No pressure.

The missing pixel

Nobody in the category was selling the feeling. So we did. One pink, one image, one rounded wordmark that looks like it’s exhaling.

Texture, not colour, separates the range, so the shelf reads as one calm block. We shot the campaign in a single day on a soft-sculpture set and cut it into a 20-second film for launch.

A stack of Fieldnote notebooks in six colours on a warm set
An open Fieldnote notebook with a red pencil, on yellow
Fieldnote issues standing in a row like books on a shelf, on green
The Fieldnote website in a browser window, laid out in issue colours

What happened next

Measured six months after launch.

  • sell-through against the category average
  • salons and stores in year one
  • views of a 20-second film about clouds

We came in with a formula and a feeling. They turned the feeling into a brand. People pick the bottle up just to find out what it feels like.

Ama OwusuFounder, Cloudline

Credits

  • Creative directionNaina Sethi
  • StrategyMarcus Bell
  • DesignLeila Haddad, Ana Sofía Reyes
  • WordsClara Whitfield
  • MotionKenji Park
  • ProductionMei Lin

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