You probably recognize designer Olof Bäckström’s classic orange-handled scissors. The company that makes them, Fiskars, claims to have sold over a billion worldwide, so there’s a good chance you have ...
Finland is home to brands like Marimekko and Artek, and has produced architects and designers like Alvar Aalto and Eero Saarinen. But you don’t need to go shopping or visit Saarinen’s Gateway Arch in ...
Fiskars has been making new kinds of orange-handled scissors since 1967, and after thousands of variations, it’s not out of ideas yet. “This is the holy grail,” says Colin Roberts, an industrial ...