Remember the eraser collection? Well, Bob Truby has a wonderfully organized site for his pencil collection. They’re beautiful. via Meggiecat
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Remember the eraser collection? Well, Bob Truby has a wonderfully organized site for his pencil collection. They’re beautiful. via Meggiecat
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And if you liked that,you must read The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski.
Oh, I love Petroski! I’ve always wanted to read that one.
Yeah, his work has had a huge influence on me. Anybody who’s written books on the “technology and culture” of the pencil and the toothpick is okay by me.
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