Pinball Publishing is where we make Scout Books.

This lovely video depicts the people and the machines that make it all happen, following the production cycle for the BOOM! Scout Book design. We love what we do and hope you enjoy this peek behind the scenes of our Southeast Portland operation.

The footage was shot and edited by the talented Alin Dragulin, concepted and art directed by the marvelous Scrappers, and scored by Jared Mees & the Grown Children. They are all total PDX superstars (though Scrappers is now in Maui!), and are part of why we are so happy to live and work in this supportive creative community.

Credits:
Photography and Editing: Alin Dragulin
Art Directing: Justin Scrappers Morrison
Music: Shake by Jared Mees & The Grown Children
Scout Book Making: by Lindsay Arth, Dave Authier, Nicholas Graham, Andrea Raijer, François Vigneault, Austin Whipple, and Laura Whipple
Cat: Mimi Marcel

What grows in your Scout Book?

Insight, creativity, doodles, dreams, schemes, exciting plans, maybe even a giraffe or two.

With the immense help of Justin Scrappers Morrison, Alin Dragulin, Jessie Bazata, Chris Funk, and many more wonderful people; the Scout Books team embarked on a papercraft adventure to help illustrate all the Big Ideas within your Scout Book.

Justin Scrappers Morrison chose paper effects to show all the magic within a Scout Book (donut! Skateboard! iphone! giraffe! cloud! letters! numbers! yes!). Each component emerging from the Scout Books was hand-crafted with different colors of paper by Justin Scrappers Morrison, Jessie Bazata and their super talented team. Then, each paper sculpture was hung by fishing line and moved inch-by-inch during the photo shoot. The effect of all this incredible work? An animated explosion of fun! And a visual reminder to never underestimate the power of your ideas, or the power of developing them with a pocket-sized notebook.

Introduced in 2009, Scout Books are a unique brand of notebooks and books that help you express, develop and catalog your big ideas. They also allow you to share your big ideas and incredible stories with others in a hands-on format.

The pocket-sized Scout Book is durable, versatile and affordable. It is available with grid, lined, blank, and unique interiors. Made in Portland, Oregon (by the very models in this photoshoot!) with 100% recycled papers, and vegetable based inks, the format is easily customized to showcase your artwork and ideas. Your Scout Book can be a notebook, a book, a catalog, a city guide, and more. It can be anything you want it to be. The possibilities are endless.

That’s why we love to call them Little Books for Big Ideas.

Credits:

Photography and Editing by: Alin Dragulin
Concept and Art Directing by: Justin “Scrappers” Morrison
Music by: Chris Funk and Search Party West

Papercraft Crew:
Jessie Bazata
Whitney Phu
Rory Phillips
Sean Garrison
Justin “Scrappers” Morrison
François Vigneault

Photo Shoot Crew:
Alin Dragulin
Justin “Scrappers” Morrison
Julian Gese
Priscilla Phitsanoukane
Andrea Raijer

Models and other helping hands:
Laura Whipple
Nicole Lavelle
François Vigneault
Dave Authier
Austin Whipple