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The Secret Life of the Pencil

Great Creatives and Their Pencils

By (author) Alex Hammond, Mike Tinney
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co, United Kingdom
Imprint: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 30th Oct 2017
Dimensions: w 157mm h 217mm d 17mm
Weight: 416g
ISBN-10: 1786270838
ISBN-13: 9781786270832
Barcode No: 9781786270832
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Synopsis
Since software programs have come to dominate offices and studios, the pencil has become a symbol for creative freedom. In other words, the work you do on the computer is what you do for work, to pay the rent, whereas the stuff you do with your pencil is the stuff you do for fun. Apart from stimulating the world's most important creative minds, the pencil has become the modern creative's ultimate fetish. This book presents a unique collection of close-up pictures of pencils from some of our foremost artists, designers, writers, architects and musicians. What makes these pictures compelling is the fact that they somehow reflect the creative personalities of their owners: Philippe Starck's is a stylish black and red, Paul Smith's is a classic jewel-like thing worth GBP3,000 (a present from Jonathan Ive), William Boyd's is nicely aged and rusty, while Anish Kapoor's is sculpted into a mini ArcelorMittal Orbital tower. The pictures are complemented by material such as sketches, quotes and brief interviews, giving a further insight into the workings of these great creative minds.

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