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 ...

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 ...

Designers and creatives looking for a fully equipped set of drawing materials might be interested in a new limited edition Karl Lagerfeld X Faber-Castell Drawing Set which will be produced in a ...

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 ...

“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.

NUREMBERG, Germany (Reuters) - If the digital revolution is going to consign anything to the dustbin of history, you might think the humble pencil would be a leading contender. However, with such ...

Harry Wallop meets Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell, whose company makes 2.4bn pencils every year, and has just made a £60,000 pen. Count Anton Wolfgang von Faber-Castell with the £60,000 'Pen ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...