It has always been our hope that this project would encourage the use of pencils. SecretPencils has been viewed my many thousand people either in person or online, so we are happy to presume it has. When we received an email from John Ruiz, we loved…
Firstly, if a project about pencils, Children in Crisis and the Congo seem disconnected to you – read a little first here.
If you are lucky enough live in an urban warehouse environment, then you’ll need suitable ‘stuff’ to populate your home. Thankfully you need look no further than the magazine Warehouse Home. They decided a huge print of your favourite creative’s…
It has admittedly taken a while, but we are finally very pleased to unveil THE BIG PENCIL – The over-night install went smoothly and we woke to find this (see below) slap-bang in the middle of T5 Check-in area.
Peter Sylveire came to see our show at The BargeHouse and wanted to take our images and create a collage, although apparently, the technique is actually called marquetry – See more of Peter’s work here psylveire.blogspot.com
We were delighted to display our exhibition as part of the London Design Festival 2015 hosted by the DESIGNERSBLOCK team. Following on from our launch with Paul Smith, we’ve swapped the pristine line and finish of the Mayfair gallery for the…
We’ve know about this for a while, but wanted to keep it under out hats until now. There will be a large pencil sculpture in the check-in area of Heathrow T5 from the 13th October -30th November 2015. On the pencil will be images and information…
We decided very late in the day that SecretPencils should be part of London Design Festival…
We’ve had many responses to the Secret Pencil project, all positive so far! We think this is a positive response.. Although to be sure, we don’t know anything about it (emailed to us with no explanation). Whatever the case, we love it, so thanks…
Some amazing coverage over the last few day leading up to the Secret Pencil launch event! Click here for a link to the individual articles…. Link
No-one at SecretPencils HQ speaks Italian, but we are guessing the people at FrizziFrizzi.it like the project. If you speak Italian, do let us know what they are saying…
Creative Review, the latest design blog to pick us up. Click the image to read the article
Flattered to be given the quintessential once-over. Click the image for the full article.
Thanks to the people at Vanity Fair this weekend, we took pride of place on the front page of their emailer! A great piece and a great chance to attend the private view launch on the 19th May…
Great to have the support of UK Fundraising promoting our project in support of Children in Crisis
The man that designs bridges, buildings, buses and flaming cauldrons has kindly offered to be part of our project. The pencil (and pencil holder) was beautiful and a very treasure possession, so we borrowed it for just a day, photographed it at…
Not so celebrated here in the UK, but it does exist and here is why… (thanks to National Day Calendar)
Tools were downed today in the Secret Pencil studio as a special package arrived from none other than Anish Kapoor. After much tea and discussion, the conclusion was simple, Marsyas by Anish Kapoor is still the best exhibit in the Tate Modern…
We are delighted to announce that Secret Pencils will be working very closely with Paul Smith in the coming weeks. We can’t quite say in what capacity yet, but as soon as things are confirmed news will be posted here…
The lovely people at METRO printing have agreed to be our ‘Print Partners’ for the project. For us to have a personalised and direct relationship to London’s best print shop means the world! They are supporting us with a variety of special printing…
Kept very much under wraps until after the event, SecretPencils was invited back in the summer to do a TEDx talk at the TEDxClapham. Now that the day happened without major mishap or forgotten lines, we can talk about it and use it to spread the…
Everyone knows of Christie’s, Bonhams & Sotherby’s, the worlds most famous auction houses, but what is the fine art world doing to keep at pace with the demand for online services? Paddle8 is your answer, and here, in the their words… “Paddle8 is…
Children in Crisis is a UK-based charity, helping children who are suffering the effects of conflict & civil war. They work to ensure that these children are educated, protected and that the most vulnerable amongst them do not suffer discrimination.…