Located in the mighty Pacific Northwest, Aaron Draplin of the Draplin Design Co. proudly rolls up his sleeves on a number of projects related to the Print, Identity and Illustration categories. He makes stuff for Chris Stapleton, Coal Headwear, Union Binding Co., Richmond Fontaine, Esquire, Nike, Wired, Dinosaur Jr, Timberline, Chunklet, Eaux Claires Music Festival, Tenacious D, Incase, Sub Pop Records, Fender Guitars, Marc Maron, Cobra Dogs, Jack White, Old 97s, Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell, Nixon Watches, Bernie Sanders, Patagonia, Target, Adobe, NASA/JPL, John Hodgman, Timex, Ford Motor Company, Rumpl, Smith Optics and even the Obama Administration, if you can believe that. He’s traveled the world telling his story, with over 475 speaking fiascos under his belt and counting! He co-created Field Notes with his older brother Jim Coudal, and their memo books are sold in over 2,500 stores worldwide, with limited-edition special editions shipped quarterly to a booming subscriber list. His eight Skillshare classes are raging along, teaching kids all over the world. His first book titled Pretty Much Everything came out on May 17, 2016 on Abrams Books, which incredibly, is in its 14th printing! The roster of DDC Merch is up to 400-ish products and growing! You’ll see those goodies at DDC merch tables from the world over, or in his online shop at draplin.com! He pride himself on a high level of craftsmanship and quality that keeps him up late into the wet Portland night. He owes it all to his parents. Really.