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Teacher Appreciation Week – Our Writers Look Back

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, our writers share their memories of the teachers who impacted their lives. There’s still time to share your own stories for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate for [...]

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Quality Pencils in the Classroom: An Interview with Teacher William Maguire

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with William Maguire, a teacher from Rowley, Massachusetts who has a very special classroom program involving pencils. At the beginning of every school year, William gives [...]

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Win a $50 Pencils.com Gift Certificate for Teacher Appreciation Week!

Next week is Teacher Appreciation Week, a week set aside to recognize teachers and all of the motivation, inspiration and encouragement they give us. To celebrate, we’ve created a contest to honor and reward your favorite [...]

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Mother’s Day and Memory – Finding the Write Words

We’ve written a lot about the importance of a things that are hand-written over the last year, from thank-you notes to autographs, music lyrics and love-letters. It may sound hack-y when I say that I truly [...]

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How to Sell a Raisin: An Interview with Mark Keller

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak with Mark Keller, the Creative Director at Loudville Studios. In this interview, Mark gives an inside look into the advertising business, explains just how spot on [...]

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Blackwing Takes Manhattan

The Blackwing Experience and the Party for the Pencil hit New York City last week and, by all accounts, both were a hit. Over 1,000 artists, writers, musicians and other creatives graced the Art Directors Club [...]

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Create Your Own Blackwing Font

At last week’s Blackwing Experience at the Art Directors Club in New York, guests were able to create their own hand drawn font using a Palomino Blackwing pencil. The station was a huge hit, with hundreds [...]

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So Commercial: Our Favorite Advertising Campaigns, Part Three

Ann Mazzaferro, Writer Progressive Auto Insurance, “Goodnight” As I’ve mentioned before, I love an advertisement whose narrative touches on a universal experience in a short space of time.  I don’t know a much more universal experience [...]

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Christian Tamburr’s Blackwing Experience Set Preview

  On Tuesday, April 17th, Blackwing Featured Musician Christian Tamburr will perform a very special set at the Blackwing Experience in New York City. Today, Studio 602 is excited to present a guest post from Christian [...]

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So Commercial: Our Favorite Advertising Campaigns, Part Two

Ann Mazzaferro “Chanel No. 5 – A Bazmark Production” 2004 When it comes to lush romanticism and pure spectacle, is there any director better than Baz Luhrman? Fresh off of his success with “Moulin Rouge” and [...]