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Pencil

Pencils are the most basic instrument we have for making marks on paper--or walls and white wooden fences, to name just two more suitable places. Above image from Wikipedia.




Lots of people love them. The above are from Pencil Talk, one of many blogsites devoted to pencils and pens. And while these humble, wireless tools might seem to be disappearing from designers' offices, they are still there, somewhere. Because nothing else can do what a pencil can do, especially in the hand of someone who loves it and knows what to do with it.


Eero Saarinen sketch for an ice arena at Yale University.


Sol LeWitt colored pencil drawing: ”Wall Drawing #85”, June 1971,
The drawing is appearing in Sweden until June 6, 2010--reproduced on a wall, drawn by others according to his instructions.


Robert “Bob” McKimson, Sr. (American, 1910 - 1976), “Bugs Bunny as Little Red Riding Hood”, c. 1950