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The rOtring 800 Series Could Change the Future of Paper

This weekend rOtring releases a new product that could influence the future of paper—the rOtring 800+ Mechanical Pencil + Premium Stylus Hybrid, a tool artists can use to draw on both paper and touch-screen surfaces.

As consumers have abandoned paper for computer screens, artists have debated the medium's future. This weekend rOtring releases a new product that could influence this debate—the rOtring 800+ Mechanical Pencil + Premium Stylus Hybrid, a tool artists can use to draw on both paper and touch-screen surfaces.

rOtring has produced drawing utensils for nearly 100 years, and their new 800 series could help carry drawing into the 21st century. To celebrate the release this weekend, they’re hosting the Future of Paper, a workshop at WantedDesign NYC exploring how the digital age has changed paper’s artistic uses.

For people who prefer to have intellectual discussions at home, they have also created the rOtring Institute, a video series where artists like Stefan Sagmeister, Robert Nightingale, and Alberto Mantilla speak about their creative process. In an exclusive rOtring Institute video for VICE, jewelry designer Jules Kim tells rOtring how watching her mother work as an architect influenced her work. If you’re in New York and like to leave your apartment, check out the WantedDesign NYC workshop at 269 11th Avenue this weekend.