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Breaking Pencils

Breaking News: Pencils vs. the iPhone 6

By now you're probably familiar with the mass panic caused by the reported fragility of the iPhone 6. While the folks at OtterBox must be dancing a jig right about now, owners of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are clearly struggling to deal with the…

The Pen(cil): Students Design Mechanical Pencils for NASA

Carlos Mencia has a joke about the U.S. spending billions of dollars to develop a pen capable of writing in space, while the Russians just used pencils. The truth is more of a middle ground - both Russia and the U.S. used pencils in space originally,…

Link Between Childhood Drawing and Intelligence

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Researchers at King's College London have found a correlation between childhood drawings at the age of 4 and intelligence. Using what they called the "Draw-a-Child Test," researchers studied 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins.…
Graphite Water Filtration

Graphite-Powered Water Filtration

One of our favorite pencil life hacks doubled as a great survival tip.  This alternative use for a pencil could help you start a fire with your car battery.  This week, we’re taking a look at another life-saving use for a pencil, courtesy…
Adventures in Stationery

James Ward’s Adventures in Stationery (& Other Boring Things)

One of my favorite things to do as a child was to go to the stationery store with my dad when he bought new pens. He was a lawyer clinging to the stone-age practice of writing every single thing by hand, and so was very particular about pens.…
Faber-Castell Print Ads

The Best Faber-Castell Advertisements

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Over the years, pencil manufacturer Faber-Castell has produced some genuinely inspiring print ads that blur the lines between ad and art.  One of our chosen best pencil print ads was from a Faber-Castell colored pencil campaign. Faber-Castell…

Pencils.com and the University of the Pacific Partner Up Once Again

Late last month, Pencils.com partnered with the University of the Pacific to launch the Los Tigres educational program. To date, the program has been an overwhelming success, reaching 10 different elementary schools and over 3000 students in…
Pencil Life Hacks

Our Favorite Pencil Life Hacks

Popular blog Lifehacker.com strives to make readers’ lives a little easier.  The blog posts great deals, encouraging video and literature, technological tidbits, and creative DIY projects and more to help readers ‘hack’ shortcuts into…
How Long Can You Balance a Pencil?

How Long Can You Balance a Pencil?

Pencils.com has a challenge for you! Grab a pencil, sharpen the tip to a perfect point, and try to balance it on a surface - your finger, a table, your morning bagel (if you need help achieving a perfect tip, check out this book by David Rees…
Pencil Street Art

Anonymous Artist Creates Pencil-Inspired Street Art

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An anonymous artist near Stroud, UK is drawing attention to a nearby field by painting its stakes into giant pencils.  This “Banksy-like” street art won the favor of the stakes’ owner, farmer Nick Dart, who had to install the posts upside-down…