You probably recognize designer Olof Bäckström’s classic orange-handled scissors. The company that makes them, Fiskars, claims to have sold over a billion worldwide, so there’s a good chance you have ...

Finland is home to brands like Marimekko and Artek, and has produced architects and designers like Alvar Aalto and Eero Saarinen. But you don’t need to go shopping or visit Saarinen’s Gateway Arch in ...

Picture a pair of scissors, and there’s a good chance they’re orange. But have you ever wondered why? It’s all thanks to the 368-year-old Finnish company Fiskars, whose ubiquitous orange scissors ...

For more than three centuries, thousands of workers from the Indian city of Meerut have dedicated their lives to the artistry of scissor-making. The city of Meerut, in the northwestern corner of India ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Shane Vermette believes he has come up with "the most important innovation in scissor design in 2,000 years," having designed Right Shears, a pair of L-shaped scissors ...