The golden ratio is a mathematical proportion often found in nature, art, and design. It lends the world around us a composition and symmetry that, for reasons we don't fully understand, we find beautiful. It appears in the spiral of a seashell, the unfolding of a fern, and many other natural structures. When applied to the arts, it becomes a tool for creating balanced and organic works.
The golden ratio can be heard in the arrangements of Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach. It can be felt in the syllabic patterns of Sanskrit poetry. It can be seen in the works of artists and architects from Salvador Dalí to Frank Lloyd Wright. It can even be applied in your everyday life by framing a portrait using the "Rule of Thirds" in photography.
The Blackwing 55 celebrates the golden ratio. It's a reminder to slow down and savor the beauty that surrounds us.
Each pencil contains its balanced graphite and features a design inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, a series of numbers that approximate the golden ratio.
The width of each color block is the sum of the widths of the two preceding color blocks: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and 55. They were designed in millimeters and then scaled down. The ratio is 1:1.175 to fit the pencil's surface. A simple formula with a magnificent result.
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