Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Because they are erasable, pencils are often the first tool creative people use when sketching out a ...

The whole point of a mechanical pencil is to have perfect sharpness forever. Yet without precise engineering and build quality, the standard slender leads are doomed to constant breakages. This ...

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 ...

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The ancient city of Nuremberg, steeped in medieval and Nazi history, is home to a cluster of fiercely competitive pen and pencil manufacturers whose survival is driven by innovation. Staedtler and ...

As you advance in your chosen field, it’s important to work with the best tools of the trade. Rather surprisingly, there’s one particular tool that builders, designers and fine artists have in common ...

Architect David Adjaye, who has recently been named winner of a competition to create the UK's National Holocaust Memorial in London, exhibits his blue Rexel Cumberland pencil, sharpened in a ...