On the occasion of the 50th anniversary, the Helsinki Design Museum dedicates an exhibition to the legendary scissors created by Olof Bäckström, the first with plastic handle, a masterpiece of Scandinavian design part of our daily scenario and present in the design collection of MoMa in New York.
The success orange color, now patented and become corporate color, was a fortuitous choice!

The history Fiskars steel mill, based in the homonymous village in Finland, started in 1649.

During the following centuries, it marked a constant evolutionary path; among many important steps, a fundamental one was in 1967 when the first scissors with plastic handle were created, this material was innovative and particularly ergonomic, too.

Fiskars Orange, a successful random choice.
Three colors were proposed for the handle (red carmine, black and green), but when the prototype was sent to production, in the machine remained the orange color of another product.
So, this bright color was added to those already selected and a democratic poll among the factory workers led to the final choice: 9 votes in favor and 7 dissenting.
Thanks to that choice, Fiskars Orange® has become a registered trademark and the corporate color of the company.

Design for all, ergonomics and constant innovation.
Today, Fiskars expands its design, engineering and production to a wide range of professional and amateur tools, for home and office, for tailoring and hairdressing.
The concept of design to all inspired scissors for left-handed users and scissors equipped with a patented effort reduction mechanism to assist users with reduced hands skills.

Thanks to the steering of Olavi Lindén, Chief Designer at Fiskars since 1984, innovation is constantly in progress; research, development and production cover nowadays a wide range of knives, kitchen tools and pots and gardening tools.
Design and ergonomics remain the main concepts and the focus for all production.