Caroline Weaver: Why the pencil is perfect
Caroline Weaver: Proč jsou tužky geniální?
Caroline Weaver owns CW Pencil Enterprise, a wood-cased pencil specialty shop in New York City. Full bio
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of the experience of using a pencil,
na požitku ze psaní obyčejnou tužkou,
audible scratchiness.
the Pencil]
with some layers of paint
pokrytá několika vrstvami barev,
clay and water.
hlíny a vody.
of people over centuries
několik století,
of collaboration
a very perfect object.
téměř perfektním předmětem.
starts with graphite.
really useful applications
možnosti použití
or sheepskin or paper
ovčí kůži či papíru,
by farmers and shepherds,
of grinding the graphite,
kdy rozdrcený grafit
a vytvořil tak grafitovou pastu.
and water to make a paste.
into a mold and fired in a kiln,
a vypálil v peci,
a really strong graphite core
velmi pevná grafitová tuha,
that was smooth, usable --
hladká a použitelná.
that existed at the time,
než co bylo tenkrát k mání.
that's still used in making pencils.
která se používá při výrobě tužek.
in Concord, Massachusetts,
v Concordu, Massachusetts,
who came up with the grading scale
kdo přišel se stupnicí
hardness for general use.
pro běžné používání.
the more graphite it had in it,
tím více grafitu obsahovala,
the line will be.
the more clay it had in it
tím více hlíny obsahovala,
they were made round.
who really mechanized the craft.
zmechanizovat jejich výrobu.
Josephu Dixonovi,
to start developing actual machines
cut grooves into the wood,
na vyřezávání žlábků do nich
it was easier and less wasteful
že je jednodušší a úspornější
že se dají vygumovat.
to scratch away pencil marks
se objevila v roce 1858,
Hymen Lipman patented the first pencil
nechal patentovat první tužku
was the KOH-I-NOOR 1500.
KOH-I-NOOR 1500.
with 14 coats of yellow paint
žluté barvy na tužku
ve 14karátovém zlatě.
for being used by a lot of writers,
že ji používala celá řada knižních autorů
and Vladimir Nabokov.
a Vladimír Nabokov.
the Dixon pencil company.
for the Dixon Ticonderoga.
when they think of a pencil
když se řekne tužka
when they think of school.
že tužka je opravdu něco.
a thing that, I think,
has never thought twice about,
nepozastavil nad tím,
the way it is,
nebo proč vypadá, tak jak vypadá.
that can be done
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Weaver - Author, pencil store ownerCaroline 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.
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