Arts + Design
Quiz: How much do you really know about the pencil?
You’ve probably used and discarded hundreds of pencils in your life so far. Put your knowledge to the test -- and learn some cocktail party trivia in the process.
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Caroline Weaver owns CW Pencil Enterprise, a wood-cased pencil specialty shop in New York City.
Why you should listen
Grown from a lifelong interest and opened in 2015, Caroline Weaver's shop has garnered the attention of the New York Times, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and many other publications for its faithful dedication single object and its playful design. Weaver is also the author of The Pencil Perfect: the Untold Story of a Cultural Icon, a book on pencil history published by Gestalten in 2017.