Bic

Marcel Bich’s company in Clichy; the Bic Cristal (1950) is one of the world’s best-selling pens. The name is Bich without the h.

Marcel Bich and Édouard Buffard bought a factory in Clichy and began making parts for fountain pens. Bich bought the rights to László Bíró's ballpoint and developed a pen that could be made cheaply in large numbers.

The Bic Cristal became a disposable object for the whole world. The same idea was carried over to lighters and razors, and the company became an example of industrial design on a large scale.

A hexagonal transparent barrel, a hole in the barrel and the Bic boy on packaging.

• Pens and writing
• Bic Cristal
• Bic Orange
• BIC 4 couleurs
• Marcel Bich