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Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most unsung ...

Whether you’re on the verge of signing your first professional sports contract after being drafted in the first round of the NBA draft, or simply someone who wants to send a personally handwritten ...

A sleek aluminum body, signature Paul Smith stripes, and a writing experience that feels as good as it looks.

The battery never runs out; you never have to worry about getting a bad signal; it can’t get hacked. When this new device was launched, crowds lined the streets, desperate to get their hands on it. “A ...

Libby Nelson was Vox’s editorial director, politics and policy, leading coverage of how government action and inaction shape American life. Libby has more than a decade of policy journalism experience ...

The evolution of writing implement technology is a continuous and subtle one. Lewis Waterman opened up the possibility of portable pens with his invention of a practical fountain pen in 1884. But ...

The pen is perhaps one of the most momentous discoveries ever. While there is no concrete evidence on when the first pen was discovered, history books point out that the first ever pen was a dip pen ...