12-05-2011 DESIGN Beautiful Scientific Field Notes Show Why Hand Drawing Is Still Necessary Working scientists have all manner of high-tech gizmos to gather field data.

Field Notes creator Jim Coudal with the company's new notebook featuring the Great Lakes, at the Field Notes office in Chicago on July 11, 2022.

Among his many qualities, the pioneering wildlife ecologist Aldo Leopold was a meticulous taker of field notes.