Wild boar, talk of war and a reawakened interest in pencils
One evening many years ago I had dinner with Count Faber-Castell, the pencil magnate, at his hunting lodge outside Nuremberg in Bavaria. In a pot on my desk I still have the brushed aluminium ballpoint pen engraved with my name that was given me to mark the occasion. It was part of a lavish soft sell of Faber-Castell pencils and drawing pens; boxed presentation sets of the latter - the then new model TG1 - were showered upon me also.
Subscribe to the AJ from £3 per week
For less than the cost of a pint you can have the magazine, iPad edition, full access to TheAJ.co.uk and the amazing AJBuildingsLibrary.co.uk. Subscribe now and experience architecture from a British perspective. The AJ - it's your journal.
Architects' Journal Subscribers:
If you are an AJ subscriber please sign in with your email address and click submit:
Not an AJ subscriber?
Subscribe today for immediate access at a special introductory rate
Need help? Call 0844 848 8859 and our customer service team will be happy to assist.
Access over 100 years of projects
