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faber castell celebrates its 100th birthday

a historical exhibition of faber castell and the ‘castell 9000’
pencil 22-26th november 2005 at de padova show-room, milan
http://www.faber-castell.de

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1905 - 2005
this exhibition illustrated the history of the pencil from its early
days until today. on show were historical pieces from the
faber castell museum in stein, germany, such as graphics,
packaging, ads and the smallest pencil in the world...
the first pencil from a.w.faber was created in 1761. only in 1898
the company got the current name faber-castell. the famous
‘castell 9000’ pencil was born in 1905, when the count alexander
von faber castell decided to give it the current hexagonal shape to
avoid that it could fall down when rolling on the desk. he also chose
the green colour, which became a company icon. the company is
still a family business to this day now eighth generation.


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pencil sculptures
also on show were pencil sculptures by german artist kerstin schulz.
these pieces are made exclusively for faber-castell, using
thousands of sharpened ‘castell 9000’ pencils as material.







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the ‘castell 9000’ pencil with green hexagonal trunk and golden logo’





faber castell catalogue, 1909



faber castell box, 1907



the oldest pencil
during renovation work this unusual pencil was discovered
between the roof joists of a german house dating back to the
17th century. evidently the carpenter had forgotten it there.
it is the oldest surviving example of a pencil.



pencil installation by german artist kerstin schulz



pencil table



pencil chair



pencil chair



detail of pencil chair



pencil suitcase



pencil lamp



a view on the historical part of the exhibition in the showroom
de padova in milan