The BIC Cristal pen might be the most successful industrial design object of all time. Not because it was precious or clever, but because it was everywhere. Classrooms, offices, hospitals, ...

You’ve never seen a Bic Cristal like this before.

Bic, the company that has made a fortune out of things to be thrown away, has sold its 100 billionth disposable ballpoint - selling an average of 57 pens every second since it was launched in 1950.

French company Bic recently launched a marketing effort, 'One Bic, One Book, Two Classics', in which it combined the Bic Cristal pen and a robot to produce a Romeo and Juliet manuscript that mimics ...

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing an outsized, light-up version of the iconic Bic Cristal ball-point pen ...

Look around you. Chances are, there’s a BiC Cristal ballpoint pen among your odds and ends. Since 1950, it has far outsold the Rubik’s Cube and even the iPhone, and yet, it’s one of the most unsung ...

SHELTON, Conn. The BIC Cristal ball pen was first introduced to the American consumer in 1959 and cost 19 cents a pen. Despite an inflation rate of 622% since that time, the price of the pen has never ...

At BIC, we have long advocated for improving lives through education; it is part of BIC’s DNA as we work to improve the learning conditions of 250 million children worldwide by 2025. This year, in ...