HBL Exhibitions: BIC celebrates 60 years

Daisy Vase by Jim Termeer

To mark the 60th anniversary of stationery brand BIC, London's Museum of Brands is to host an exhibition called Inkspiration: the story of BIC Cristal. Running 1 April to 1 May 2011, it will showcase the creative use of BIC products by artists and designers, including a recreation of Vermeer's masterpiece, A Girl With a Pearl Earring, drawn using a single BIC.

Object All Around by Herbert Hitteregger

A Girl With a Pearl Earring by James Mylne

Drawing Tops by Thomas Forsyte

Left: Pen Jacket by Maison Martin Margiela. Right: Volivik 347 by M. Lucas Muñoz

Crystal Cube by Herbert Hitteregger