Introducing Blackwing Vol. 57 – Jean-Michel Basquiat Pencils

The Blackwing 57 is a tribute to Jean-Michel Basquiat and his boundary-pushing art. The number 57 is a reference to 57 Great Jones Street in New York City, where Basquiat created some of his best-known works.
IBD Pencils & Box

Blackwing x Independent Bookstore Day 2023 Retailer Locator

Celebrate independent bookstores across the country with the limited-edition Independent Bookstore pencils! This year, the celebration goes beyond Independent Bookstore Day and honors these stores every day. These pencils are available exclusively…
Vol 20 Pencils with box

Introducing Blackwing Vol. 20

Lore Master: The History of Tabletop Gaming – Part 1

Though tabletop games may seem like a modern pastime with popular choices like Scrabble and Settlers of Catan, their origins stretch back before written history. The first known examples of gaming and game pieces were crude dice found in archaeological…
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Blackwing Vol. 20: Tabletop Gaming – Behind the Design

The Blackwing Volume 20 pencil celebrates tabletop gaming and the cherished moments they create. The design for this special edition takes inspiration from the polyhedron 20-sided dice used in popular tabletop roleplaying games such as Dungeons…

5 Ways to Unplug for the Global Day of Unplugging

Why unplug? What began as an awareness campaign initiated by non-profit group Reboot about the mental health benefits of long-term smartphone use in 2009 has grown into a worldwide phenomenon known as the Global Day of Unplugging (formerly…

Visit Greenpoint, Brooklyn with Blackwing

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Take a trip with us to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Tucked away in this brick landscape is the cozy Yoseka Stationery shop, where East meets West. “We started Yoseka Stationery as a way of introducing Asian stationery here in the U.S.” says Daisy, who co-owns Yoseka with her husband, Neil, whose parents started the first Yoseka in Taiwan in 1981.

Blackwing Vol. 192 – Behind the Design

The Color Prism/Venn Diagram design depicted on the Blackwing Vol. 192 is a visual representation of these two disparate, but interdependent voices and how they come together to create something beautiful. It was noted during their collaborative years, that Lennon and McCartney held each other as both rivals and inspirations, pushing one another to be better and continue to innovate.

Introducing Vol. 192 – The Lennon & McCartney Pencils

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Blackwing 192 is a tribute to Lennon and McCartney and the estimated 192 songs they wrote together. The color prism design depicts the convergence of two powerful creative forces. A different Lennon-McCartney lyric is foil stamped on each pencil, for a total of twelve different lyrics in the set.
Zoetrope illustration

The Evolution of Animation – Blackwing Vol. 7

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Blackwing Volume 7 celebrates the history of animation. Vol. 7's unique design features 6 different interlaced patterns that form a 7-frame animation when seen through a viewfinder. The viewfinder uses a process known as "picket fence animation"…