How: Founder Chad Schumacher and his wife had been working at a tech company that closed down, when Schumacher’s father crafted him a handmade pen out of wood. Schumacher says he thought there might ...

The question is whether you view design as a necessity or a luxury. If you view good design as a luxury, you will take the nouveau riche approach to life, by which I mean that you will flaunt branded ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. British pens represent a small but compelling slice of the luxury market. Unlike the ubiquitous German and Italian models found in ...

The increasing intrusion of all things digital into our lives could well be killing off many old crafts and objects that once were considered vital. Yet, it is the increased connectivity and ...

The art of putting pen to paper has undeniably dwindled in the past few decades, but for a small number of dedicated enthusiasts, nothing beats traditional fountain pens. Elegant tools for creative ...

CHENNAI: The dawn of a new millennium marked the dusk for fountain pens — only almost. Fountain pens are now regaining their lost glory and the ink is back in trend, thanks to a bunch of youngsters ...

New York-based novelist Amitav Ghosh recently ordered a fountain pen from an artisanal maker in India. "The last time I looked at his online list, it said my order would be ready in 95 weeks," the ...