This trio of pocket tools was developed in partnership with Ian Lynam, in hopes that type designers everywhere keep sketching! The set features one book for uppercase, one book for lowercase, and one book for numerals, punctuation and symbols. Each book comes with a brief but informative guide to the basics of type design that serve as gentle guides for beginners and helpful reminders for seasoned type designers.

Now that I’ve told you–no more excuses! Go check it out.

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!

This terrific review of the event from Mondette covers more of the why, how and what. These photographs come courtesy Belin Liu at Atelier Ace. See below for more!

We’re pleased to announce the first ever Scout Books Art Market, a participatory event taking place all weekend at our booth at the Renegade Craft Fair at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Pavilion. All day Saturday and Sunday, stop by our booth to meet and greet a fabulous line up of artists who will be customizing Scout Books! We’ve teamed up with Little Paper Planes to bring you the handiwork of some super skilled illustrators, designers and artists who will be creating original pieces of art directly onto the chipboard covers of Scout Books. Stop by to say hello, check out the live art-making, and get your hands on the sweet designs, all of which will be available for purchase.

Check out our full list of artists below. Get to know them a little. Drool over their work.

In addition to the Scout Books Art Market, we’ll have a full selection of Scout Book three-packs available for you: Classics, Composition, Friends, Illustrated and more! PLUS, we’ll be running giveaways and special deals all weekend! Come say hi. We’d love to meet you.

The fabulous artists participating in our Scout Books Art Market at the Renegade Craft Fair include:

Christine Kesler works at the intersection of drawing, painting, and sculpture.  The artist is interested in making, re-examining, and re-envisioning the creative process in every area of her work, home, and life.

Maggie Haas is interested in the moments where objects and built structures waver in a moment of transformation; when wood is a plank and part of a wall, when a drawing oscillates between object and surface. Haas lives and works in San Francisco, and holds an MFA from California College of the Arts.

Danny Espinoza is a San Francisco-based artist. He is one third of School Night Studios.

Mia Christopher is a multi-disciplinary artist based in San Francisco, California. She is currently a student at California College of the Arts and her work has been collected and exhibited internationally. Check out Mia’s Flickr and Etsy store.

Hilary Copeland-Glenn recently transplanted from Flagstaff, AZ to San Francisco to get some more artiness into her life.  So far, so good.  She loves printmaking, particularly etching, and also employs heavy doses of linocut, silkscreen, monotype, painting, scratching, drawing, collage and sometimes hair in her work.  She often uses celestial objects, animals, puns, feedback loops and Victorian and Japanese things.  Otherwise Hilary enjoys singing and playing ukulele, noticing women’s work, watching birds quarrel in the garden, knitting, the metaphysical, internet cat videos, armchair cosmology and honey.

Kelly Lynn Jones is an artist based in San Francisco.  She has shown across the US and has recently completed her MFA from the California College of the Arts.  Jones also runs the online shop Little Paper Planes.

Lisa Congdon is a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary artist and co-owner and curator of Rare Device. Lisa is a prolific collector of old and unusual things, including bits of nature, and surrounds herself with these things in her home and studio. She is currently chronicling all of her collections in her Collection A Day 2010 Project.

Catherine Ryan has exhibited across the U.S., Europe and Australia and her work has been published in the books 100 Artists of the West Coast, Downy Bird Art Kingdom, and the 2008 Pacific Coast Edition of New American Painting.

Treatzone is brought to you by Matthew and Sandy Lynn Davis, San Francisco-based partners-in-crime who love making something new out of something old, often repurposing vintage materials and imagery in our art and paper goods. We aim to make things that will be a little treat in your day-to-day. Check out Treatzone’s Etsy store!

Jessica Wassil was born in Florida, a haven of gators and delinquents and has made her way to San Francisco the mecca of everything insane and beautiful which is amazing because interesting characters are mainly what inspires her artwork. She loves working with watercolors and ink to bring her drawings to life. Making art that makes her happy and hopefully it can make you happy too!

Nathalie Roland is a San Francisco based artist and music enthusiast who has been printmaking since 1992.