Der Bleistift
Die Gute Mine und ihre Geschichten
Caroline Weaver(Author)
gestalten(Editor)
Die Gestalten Verlag
1st Edition
Published in 2017
Book
Hardback
128 pages
978-3-89955-914-9 (ISBN)
Description
Intimate and individual, pencil and paper are a personal touch in a digital age. The pencil is our direct connection between mind and page. We tell the story of an overlooked cultural icon with anecdotes, unexpected facts, and hand-drawn pencil-and-paper illustrations.
This book features profiles of pencil crafters, anecdotes about famous writers and their favorite pencils, and essays about the surprising role of pencils in world history and culture. The Pencil Perfect explores the culture, heritage, manufacture, and meaning of the pencil.
The humble instrument is now more relevant and romanticized than ever because it reconnects us with a simpler time. More and more of us are putting down the smartphone?-and picking up a pencil. This small, every day object brings us back to the simple and the tangible.
This book features profiles of pencil crafters, anecdotes about famous writers and their favorite pencils, and essays about the surprising role of pencils in world history and culture. The Pencil Perfect explores the culture, heritage, manufacture, and meaning of the pencil.
The humble instrument is now more relevant and romanticized than ever because it reconnects us with a simpler time. More and more of us are putting down the smartphone?-and picking up a pencil. This small, every day object brings us back to the simple and the tangible.
More details
Language
German
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 24 cm
Width: 17 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-89955-914-9 (9783899559149)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Author
Caroline Weaver opened CE Pencil Enterprise, a shop in New York's Lower East Side that is dedicated to the pencil and the coordinating accessories. For the obsessively passionate pencil collector, there is nothing better than the smell of wood and the ritual of sharpening.
Editor