NOW IS A good time to revisit Leonard Read’s essay. In 1958, Read examined how a pencil is made — how it is miraculous that a pencil is made at all. The standard pencil begins when a cedar is cut down ...

Mitsubishi Pencil Company (TYO)’s benches outside its new offices in Tokyo are elegantly fitting. A Twitter user walking by the company’s next headquarters, which is under construction, noticed ...

Learn how to make 6-sided solid wood pencils using a clever jig invented by Andrew Klein. This woodworking technique transforms scrap wood into custom hexagon pencils with just a few basic tools.

“Yes of course,” and the lady at the counter hands me a cigarette. I awkwardly resist and say “I actually do need a pencil.” She judges me a bit and hands me one, probably wondering why an adult might ...

This is the tale of merger two companies with nearly identical names, nearly identical products and nearly identical business missions. No, not Office Depot and Staples. Earlier this spring, West Palm ...