Field Notebook · Vol. I

A small card.
A whole world to find it.

Duck & Compass Society is a hand-painted travel card you hide, find, and follow around the globe.

— a note from Robert & Mike —

What is the Duck & Compass Society?

It's a little duck you can hold in your hand — painted by hand, named with care, and meant to travel.

Hide one on a cruise ship. Tuck one under a coffee cup. Leave one at a trailhead.

Someone finds it. They scan the card. The journey begins — and you can follow it forever.

Duck & CompassEst. 2024
Duck & CompassNo App Needed
Duck & CompassMade by Hand

— the journey, sketched —

How It Works

01Collect
02Scan
03Discover
04Follow
05Share
06Repeat

collect a card → hide it somewhere → someone scans the QR → its journey shows on the world map → you follow along → repeat.

Open explorer's field notebook with taped photos, duck card, passport stamps and compass
the society notebook — kept since the first drop.

— found in the wild —

Real Explorers

every photo here is a page from someone's journey.

Two men holding a framed Duck & Compass Society card collection, making shaka signs
Robert & Mike — the makers.
Man holding a duck card at the Mt. Fuji 5th Station Postal Agency
5th Station — Mt. Fuji.
Duck card on a window ledge with Big Thunder Mountain theme park behind
Spotted at Big Thunder — Disney.
Duck art piece mounted in a dark theatrical environment
After dark — on stage.
Tradition duck card tucked into the pocket of a tactical vest
Tradition — tucked into a vest.
Man holding a duck card in front of Stonehenge
Carried to Stonehenge.
Duck card tucked into the rope around a Stonehenge stone
Left in the ropes — Stonehenge.
Duck card tucked into a thatched roof
Hidden in a thatched roof.
Knight duck card on a mini easel beside an English breakfast
Knight duck — breakfast in London.
Hand-carved woodblock stamp of the Duck & Compass Society logo
The society seal — hand-carved.

Mt. Fuji · Stonehenge · Disney · London · thatched roofs & tactical vests — the ducks go where people go.