The Secret Life of the Pencil

The Secret Life of the Pencil

Authors ALEX HAMMOND and MIKE TINNEY produce beautiful visuals of the pencils used by creative personalities in this visual feast of a book

Asif Khan, architect

Sir Norman Foster, architect 

Left: Dave Eggers, author. Right: Henry Holland, designer 

Sophie Conran, interior designer

Stephen Wiltshire, architectural artist

Left: Philippe Starck, designer. Right: Kengo Kuma, architect

Left: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, architect. Right: Glenn Brown, artist

Since software programs have come to dominate offices and studios, the pencil has become a symbol for creative freedom. Apart from stimulating the world's most important creative minds, the pencil has become the modern creative's ultimate fetish.

The hardback book is available on Amazon Singapore at $25.73

About the authors

Mike Tinney is photographer whose work focusses on still life projects. His clients include Casio, Dior, Gucci, Haagen Dazs, Jameson, Luta, Condé Nast Traveler, Metro and The Telegraph Magazine.

Alex Hammond is a designer specialising in product and packaging. He also applies his art and engineering background to the wider design field, creating designs, images, moving images and objects.

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

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