The famed Blackwing pencil has a limited edition series called Volumes. Each quarter they release a new box of 12 pencils celebrating the people, places and events that have defined our creative culture. The Volumes series has become highly collectible.
Blackwing 71 is a tribute to Frank Lloyd Wright and his architectural ambition. Featuring a copper color ferrule and extra firm lead, each pencil features a silhouette of one of Wright’s iconic perforated boards printed in a muted, mid-century palette. The area around the board is unfilled, letting the natural wood of the pencil shine through. Box of 12 pencils, 3 each of 4 designs.
The Story: Few of the structures built by Frank Lloyd Wright during his historic career exemplify his never-ending pursuit of beauty better than his Usonian homes. Wright created the Usonian design philosophy to show that a practical and affordable home can still be a beautiful home. He brought best-in-class architecture to the middle-class when he built his first Usonian home at the age of 71.
Wright sought harmony between form and function, natural and artificial construction, and positive and negative space. The perforated boards that adorn the windows and laylights of these Usonian homes have become symbols of his unique design approach.
