260 years of Faber-Castell: Social media campaign celebrates creativity
The long-established company is celebrating its anniversary with fans all over the world – and is launching an interactive, global social media campaign to mark the occasion.
From Pine to Pencil - Made from timber, the drawing tools manufactured by Faber Castell are primarily sourced from the company’s own sustainable forests in Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil.
For almost four decades, the writing instruments specialist Faber-Castell has been operating its own tree plantations for pencil production In the southeast of Brazil, in the federal state of Minas Gerais. These forests are FSC-certified, thus managed in an ecologically and socially compatible fashion, while also hosting a habitat of native flora and fauna.
With pen and paper: How creative routines strengthen the psyche
Home office, video conferences, online tutorials: our working world is increasingly digitally dominated. Not only in times of crisis, but also in normal, demanding everyday life, analogue, creative activities provide mental balance.
Ink or keyboard?
Every year on 23 January, International Handwriting Day is celebrated worldwide. It was initiated in 1977 by the US Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association (WIMA) to highlight the influence of handwriting on our lives. Even if computer fans praise the advantages of the digital - neuroscientists warn: turning away from handwriting could impair reading and learning ability.
Sketchnotes say more than a thousand words. January 11th is "World Sketchnote Day". From the technology to the tools - all about these ingenious visual notes.
Sketchnotes, a composition of the English words for "sketch" and "notes", are visually prepared content – a mixture of text, symbols and structures. That it is indeed a "tangible thing" is proven just by looking at the meanwhile imposing, very communicative fan community...
75 years Press Camp: When history was written in the Faber-Castell Castle
The proceedings of the Nuremberg Trials before the International Military Tribunal (IMT) are exemplary for the prosecution of war crimes and to this day represent a unique media event that has attracted international attention. From 1945-1949, most of the media representatives found accommodation in the Faber-Castell Castle, which was converted into a press camp by the US Army and used as such.
Creative Calm - Drawing and painting prove comforting, especially in times of lockdown. Faber-Castell has registered an increase of more than 300% in downloads of painting patterns and drawing tutorials.
The Corona pandemic with all of its challenges has changed societal structures around the world. Fears and concerns about personal and familial health, as well as the long-term economic outlook are a massive mental burden on millions of people. Since the beginning of this “new reality”, many have increasingly turned to means of creative expression...
Changes to the Faber-Castell AG Board and Supervisory Board
Countess Mary von Faber-Castell leaves the Board to join the Supervisory Board. Supervisory Board members Dr Hans-Peter Binder and Professor Mark K. Binz depart. Gerhard Bruckmeier appointed to the Supervisory Board.
Creative trend upcycling: Designing unique items with textile markers
It's time again for a popular spring ritual: we create space in the wardrobe for the summer wardrobe. But what to do with all those former favourites that haven't been worn for a long time but are too good to dispose of? Upcycling is a creative and sustainable solution.
Small pen, big impact - Five facts about an all-rounder - in fashion, in Hollywood, in keeping records
At a length of 174 millimetres and a diameter of 7 millimetres, its standard dimensions are seemingly negligible and rather unremarkable. But what does standard mean anyway? After all, over its centuries-long career the pencil has not only evolved into one of the most important objects on desks around the world... An everyday hero: here are five surprising pencil anecdotes from around the globe.
