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, ...

“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.

Faber-Castell is a 255-year-old company that makes pencils. How does an established company like this think about innovation, particularly if and when to adopt a new technology?... Listen and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Count Anton Wolfgang Lothar Andreas von Faber-Castell once flung 144 pencils from the top of his castle to prove their quality - and none broke. Interview by Rob Davies. The Americans spent millions ...

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 ...

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 ...