British designer Duncan Shotton‘s Rainbow Pencils keep dashes of color alive and well. Made from recycled paper, the pencils have a six-layer core that brightens up with the colors of a rainbow. The finish is either black or white, but the fun is all about creating a rainbow when you sharpen your pencil. That alone should make you love this one. It has had a successful funding run on Kickstarter, and you can still pre-order.
Nothing has deterred us from chewing off pencils and pens, but it isn’t really a good habit. Nonetheless, it is not something we can help. Hopefully, it will all get better with Matitizia pencils by Cecilia Felli. The idea is simple, people can’t stop chewing pencils, so why not give them a pencil where there is no harm in chewing.
We thought having a little eraser bud at the end of the pencil was good enough, but the eraser pencil changes that notion with its good looks, and a body made entirely out of eraser. Duk1106 is produced via injection molding to reduce costs, and the pencil does away with the traditional wooden structure in favor of a body made out of an eraser. The pencil is shaped somewhat like a cross and can still be sharpened. Sharp, you’d always want it to be, or you’ll be erasing faster than what you are writing.
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This video came quite as a surprise. I had never actually given a serious thought to how pencils were made. And as is wont to happen with such simple things, the process is an eye opener, and almost fascinating. The video shows pencils moving in a German Staedtler factory, going through an automated process and explains the different processes that go into making a pencil.
Via Wired Gadgetlab
Apparently nothing encourages kicking the cigarette habit like a pack of cigarette-like pencils that have the words “No Smoking” written on them. They look pretty darn good, but I have no idea how they are expected to help smokers quit, other than giving them cravings.
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German ad agency Kolle Rebbe for food cooperative The Deli Garage made a limited run of delicious cheese pencils. These oversized pencils had their “lead” in three different flavors of truffles, pesto and chilli.
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Having a single pencil write in numerous colors sounds kind of cool, even though it won’t be quite an artists’ thing, writing a single line seamlessly in multiple colors ought to be worth it all. Costs $5.
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The line of intricate carvings from Augusto Moreno dos Anjos and Ragna ReuschKlinkenberg has been titled “Politics Directly From the Source,” and shows some of the best known political figures of the day. The carvings show Barack Obama, Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy, and were made for the launch of political magazine, Cicero. We wouldn’t know about the magazine, but craft like this is bound to attract attention anywhere.
With a wee bit of mechanical ingenuity, Kuru Toga pencil makes use of gears inside the body to keep its tip sharp. The pencil lead rotates as you write, leading to an ever-sharp tip. Costs $6.50.
Via: TheAwesomer
