Perhaps we’re biased, but there’s a unique beauty to drawing pencils that isn’t matched by your everyday writing pencil. Usually painted in a pleasing color and embossed with their name and grade, ...

International design and art direction awards D&AD is set to replace its In Book and Nomination Awards with two newly designed Pencils as part of an Awards-wide refresh. Coming into effect from the ...

As low-tech as it may be, the pencil has managed to still keep itself relevant—despite the endless graphite-free ways we can communicate these days. That being said, it doesn’t mean it couldn’t use an ...

SAN DIEGO, July 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Before mechanical pencils, there was a time where all pencils were made of wood - taking a scantron test required a yellow #2 pencil to be used. There was ...

So when is the last time you picked up a pencil? These writing instruments, it often seems, have gone nearly extinct as a primary method of writing—a sad commentary, since their rich history is one of ...

If you had to name one thing that was emblematic of the back-to-school season, what would it be? Overloaded backpacks, crossing guards and 3-ring binders all have their places in the iconography, but ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Carpenters have this amazing ability to see the unrealized potential in a tool, a ...