{"id":677246,"date":"2025-06-25T22:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T22:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T19:40:19","slug":"mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind-bending \u2018Hollow Pencil\u2019 reduces wood and waste by almost 85%"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e08239edfa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4e08239edfa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-560748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/06\/auto-draft\/hollow_pencil_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"961\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/06\/25\/mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Mind-bending \u2018Hollow Pencil\u2019 reduces wood and waste by almost 85%\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/06\/auto-draft\/hollow_pencil_1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>By replacing wood with honeycombed paper, the Hollow Pencil presents an absolutely audacious redesign of perhaps one of the most \u2018classically perfect\u2019 inventions of all time. Pencils haven\u2019t changed much in hundreds of years. They still come wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in wood with a graphite lead running along the center. The preferred cross-section is usually hexagonal, but cylindrical, triangular, and even flat or square-ish pencils exist\u2026 but for the most part, the traditional pencil\u2019s \u2018construction\u2019 hasn\u2019t changed.<\/p>\n<p>What Kambara\u2019s concept proposes feels ridiculous at first, but it has enough merit along with its madness. Ditch the wood for something similar \u2013 stiff paper hexagons, arranged in a honeycomb structure. Sure, the result isn\u2019t as stiff or sturdy as wood, but hey, when did a pencil need to be this stiff? All it needs to be is grippable\u2026 and the honeycomb structure fulfills that requirement, while also providing enough \u2018flex\u2019 to work as cushioning while you hold the pencil.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barakan.jp\/works_pencil.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hideo Kambara<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-560749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/06\/auto-draft\/hollow_pencil_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/06\/25\/mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Mind-bending \u2018Hollow Pencil\u2019 reduces wood and waste by almost 85%\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/06\/auto-draft\/hollow_pencil_2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-560749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/06\/auto-draft\/hollow_pencil_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2025\/06\/25\/mind-bending-hollow-pencil-reduces-wood-and-waste-by-almost-85\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"Mind-bending \u2018Hollow Pencil\u2019 reduces wood and waste by almost 85%\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2025\/06\/auto-draft\/hollow_pencil_2.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" type=\"b4936c0ff2f4ff5a47e005a6-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"b4936c0ff2f4ff5a47e005a6-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kambara created this concept a few years ago, but the internet is such a vast treasure trove that I only fully discovered it now. The hexagonal honeycomb pencil comes with 7 segments \u2013 6 hollow elements and one graphite lead in between. Just this unique format cuts the amount of material used by over 80%, and also presents a more sustainable way forward in the fact that you can opt for recycled paper over virgin wood.<\/p>\n<p>Using the pencil is still exactly the same. Hold it the way you would (the paper succumbs ever so slightly to your grip for added comfort) and write away. To sharpen the pencil, just use a regular blade or knife. No sharpeners required here since the paper slices easily. The only real concern is ensuring the lead inside (which tends to be super fragile) doesn\u2019t break. If you opt for the standard HB lead, that should be the perfect balance between hardness and blackness (that\u2019s what the H and B stand for, btw!)<\/p>\n<p>Can such a concept exist? The more rationally leaning folk will laugh this off as \u2018yet another concept with zero feasibility\u2019, but I\u2019m a little more optimistic. Sure, a standard-size pencil is better made from wood, but smaller pencils could easily opt for this unique material-saving format, albeit with thorough material exploration first. 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