Moleskine’s new flat pencil. Comes with cap and sharpener. There is also a black or silver pen option and a clip case to attach these rectangular writing instruments to the cover of your favorite notebook. (via Hypebeast)

Our friends over at Pencil Talk have a wonderfully detailed feature on the A. W. Faber Polygrade Lead Pencil set. What a gorgeous set and a wonderful bit of history. The Pencil, A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski, has many references to this pencil. Two chapters in particular are relevant. Chapter 6,…

Oh, I think I’ve found my new paycheck-eating web site. Poppin creates clean, simple, brightly colored office supplies at reasonable prices. 12 pens for $6 in an array of colors, 10 legal pads for $16 and they are white with pale grey lines (no damned yellow pads, yippee!) They’ve got staplers, laptop sleeves, file folders…