Pinball Publishing
  • Pinball Publishing is a creative publishing company located in Portland, Oregon. We are fueled by a love for print, collaboration, and the manufacture of meaningful things. Pinball powers a growing web of interconnected projects, including Scout Books, Bangback, and Print Pinball.

    These projects all convene here. For more internets, follow us on Twitter & Instagram @scoutbooks or @printpinball.

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surplus-mag: Doane Paper Set A modern gentleman knows that no matter how far technology evolves, nothing surpasses the written word. Always be prepared to practice or exercise that skill with this arsenal of stationery products. One day you’ll be glad you did. Agreed. That’s why this Daily Arsenal Kit from Doane Paper is our Print Pinball prize for June! 
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Happy Wednesday! Pleased to announce that you can now Make Your Own Scout Books using our awesome Dot Grid interior page style. Clean, subtle, and perfect for crafters, project planners, and designers of all sorts. Can’t wait to see what you make!
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acehotel: The Sketchbook Project wandered hither and yon through Idaho and other ne’er (or rather rare) -tread paths before fluttering to a temporary stop on the table tops in The Cleaners at Ace Hotel Portland. The Ske-Pro, as we have never called it before, gathers artist sketchbooks from creatives around the nation, digitizes them for their online archive, shuttles them like a taxi mom all over hell and back, and stores them safe and sound in their Brooklyn storefront, the Art Library. If you’re curious to know more about them, look at the extremely short documentary below. The Sketchbook Project is incredible, and we are so honored to be a (small) part of it: the sketchbooks are mega-sized Scout Books made in our shop in Portland, OR! They’re taking 7,000+ sketchbooks on tour all year! You can find future dates and places here. 
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Pretty, pretty.
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Pleased to announce the release of our new DOT GRID interior, available in Three Packs and 50 Packs from the Scout Books Bookstore. Our dot grid provides a subtle guide for your notes and sketches, and is perfect for planning craft projects, web design, and more! Three packs of the new DIY Dot Grid Notebook (and all our DIY styles) are on sale for $5! Promotion ends May 16th.
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paperalligator: DONE!  Guys, I can’t tell you how satisfying and nervewracking it is to build a promo pack. But, here it is. 200 of these (printed with love!) will be trickling out to select publishers, animation studios, editorial, packaging, and design firms. The awesomest of the awesome. And I hope they (and you too) will want to work with me. It’s been a little slow on the illustration route (quality over quantity right now!), so let’s make some awesome things together, world. I’m ready! Check out this BEAUTIFUL illustration promo pack by the fabulous Meg Hunt! Includes a Show Card and a Post Card printed by Print Pinball, and lots of other juicy print goods too. Go Meg!
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styledtoat: Ambrose Presents“Put It On Paper”A Workshop featuring Lloyd Winter, Megabolt, and Scout Books for Friendtorship I’m very proud to announce this three-part workshop that began yesterday at Portland State University. Put It On Paper is a workshop inspired by the people of Ambrose, an after school art club in Holland, MI. Ambrose features weekly hands-on projects, guest artists, designers, and companies that help develop critical thinking, entrepreneurship, and creative problem solving skills. The Friendtorship course at Portland State has a similar goal. Last year, PSU senior Matti Johnson wanted to reach out to high schools to educate students about graphic design, both as a discipline and as a viable career option. A mentorship course was developed with Centennial Learning Center (CLC), where at-risk youth would visit PSU once a week. CLC students work together with PSU graphic design students on art literacy projects, developing skills within the concepts of social change, community, and design. Over a year later, the relationship between the two schools continues, and has developed into the “Friendtorship” program, where our bonds can be described as friends + mentors rather than just mentors. I was a part of this course during fall of 2011, and was inspired to help sustain the program because I too, was an at-risk youth during my high school years. If it weren’t for a few influential people in my life at the time, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Through design and art education, I want to be able to inspire someone else, to give them the opportunity to make a change for the better, to bring someone to happiness because of projects like these. After learning about Ambrose through my own Friendtor, Lloyd Winter, I was inspired to make a workshop with the Ambrose business model here in Portland. I see this as an amazing opportunity to bring the creative community together for a great cause, from organizations both inside and outside of our classroom. Since then, I’ve reached out to Ambrose, Lloyd, Megabolt, Scout Books, and Open Engagement to help make this workshop possible. Together, we’ve planned a two-day workshop that will result in custom Scout Books featuring a design by Lloyd Winter, with screen printing supplies generously provided by Megabolt. This workshop will educate the students about the creative process of putting ideas on paper, as well as the art of screen-printing. Each student will walk away from this workshop with their own notebook which they helped make. On Sunday, May 20th at 3PM, Put It On Paper will host a discussion at Open Engagement about the workshop, the importance of collaboration, and art education. We hope that you can join us! Special thanks to Ambrose, Lloyd Winter, Megabolt, Scout Books, Lis Charman, Conrad Schumacher, Kate Bingaman Burt, and Jason Sturgill in making this workshop possible.  These Scout Books will be available for sale shortly online, each signed with love from Lloyd and the student that helped make them. The proceeds will help benefit the Friendtorship program at Portland State. More information about this soon! Thank you kindly,Tina  All of the photos above were from Part 1 of the workshop, where students learned the basics of screen printing and created stencils to emulate that process. Can’t wait to see what you’re all making!
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Scout Books will have a booth at Unique LA next month! Unique LA is a two-day Made In The USA extravaganza—the largest independent design show of it’s kind in the country. There’s shopping, DIY workshops and crafts too! So fun! It’s the weekend of May 12th & 13th from 11AM to 6PM at the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles. Will we see you there?
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THIS IS BIG: Now through Friday, April 13th, we’re offering a special SUPER DEAL of $100 off any order of Make Your Own Scout Books! That’s right: Any order of custom Notebooks or Books, in any quantity, is $100 off for all of our fantastic clients and friends. Just share the promotion on Twitter (we’re @scoutbooks) or reblog this post for the $100 code! More details are on our website, here: www.scoutbooks.com/superdeal Note: If you want the code via reblogging, make sure you have some sort of contact info on your tumblr for us. Thanks!
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Here’s François is holding a “Twelve Dancing Princesses” press sheet, with illustrations by Eleanor Davis. Will be shipping out soon! (Taken with Instagram at Pinball Publishing) Check out Eleanor’s Sketchblog too.
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Design. Print. Win! Our prize from Print Pinball this month is a pair of Zebrawood Canby’s by Shwood, makers of fabulous wood eyewear right here in Portland, Oregon! Includes a matching wood hardcase. So sweet. Everyone who creates a print project with us this April has a chance to win. It’s our way of thanking you for purchasing high-quality, sustainable offset printing. Check out Shwood’s fantastic blog, Experiment With Nature, too. (Especially this post about making skateboard shades!)
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Scout Books Sold Here! We just printed up these lovely little signs for our wholesale clients. Available soon! Have a favorite shop you think should carry Scout Books?
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wierstewart: W/S STATIONERY Notebooks just arrived. Future home of my ramblings. Wier Stewart’s incredible stationery suite is featured on FPO today! It includes these Scout Books along with letterpress cards, stamps, AND a really lovely custom pint glass! Check it out.
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bluebed: Seventh (and last) illustration for the Purloined Letter, the only one I’m not too unhappy with. Drawn almost entirely one Sunday afternoon at Sigh Grass Cafe while conversing with a variety of dear Sophias, Jessebalmers and even an eventual Deforge. I probably shouldn’t post any more pictures, but you can see the other 5 illos in the bok. Thanks to François Vigneault for this exciting project!
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