Crown, Leg, Tooth

All of these have stories to tell.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29139536

The stories behind five stationery icons We take them for granted, but how did the paperclip, and other essential items of stationery, come about?

So, looking around, it would appear that in German "stapler" is the word for "forklift."

Who knew?

A visual compendium of typewriters. What a wonderful thing. And so skillfully done.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/aaronc13/this-beautiful-illustration-shows-the-evolution-of-the-typew?sub=3073649_2585111

This Beautiful Illustration Shows The Evolution Of The Typewriter Pop Chart Lab explores the history of the typewriter in its latest graphic, from "the first Hammond in 1870 to the Re*****on Rands and Smith Coronas of the 20th century."

In which the remarkable Zeo Cohen once again, upon being met with a writing tool challenge, not only looks, but truly SEES.

http://catchingwine.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/on-concealing-awesome-design-with-catastrophically-not-awesome-design/

On concealing awesome design with catastrophically not awesome design This post is brought to you by the 2013 First Annual Colored Pencil Audit, so before relevant ado, the results are: Total colored pencils retained: 25 Breakdown by general color: 5 green 5 brown (i...