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 ...

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 ...

I can’t say I’ve ever had a problem with the current design of scissors which has served us well since the mid-1700s, but designer Spencer Nugent has seen fit to magic up these Comfort Grip scissors.

Anyone who has ever wrapped a Christmas present has dealt with the maddening problem of trying to cut a long sheet of paper in a perfectly straight line. Even if you’ve got a steady hand, you’ll ...