Fast cars, shiny shoes, monster flat screen TVs ... all these things play a role as status symbols in our adult lives, but cast yourself back to your early school days when nothing said cool as much ...

“Even today in the digital age, the No. 2 pencil remains the required writing implement for students taking standardized tests in the U.S.,” said Ryan Raffaelli, professor at Harvard Business School.

It's an impossible endeavour (and a foolish one at that) to try and condense fashion designer/artist Karl Lagerfeld’s colossal career into a short and snappy introduction. In many ways, being such a ...

These days, living on lockdown has meant living online. That's not only the case for people working from home or for kids attending virtual class rooms, but for the rest of us using the web for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer, editor, publisher and fan of all things handwritten. So what do you get when you combine Karl Lagerfeld’s modern and ...

Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, who led the centuries-old German maker of the humble pencil used in classrooms around the world and added a line of jewel-encrusted pens, has died at the age of 74.

The proximity of Staedtler and Faber-Castell encourages innovation at both firms The ancient city of Nuremberg, steeped in medieval and Nazi history, is home to a cluster of fiercely competitive pen ...