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 ...

(Fiskars' orange-handled scissors are the most iconic on Earth.Harry How/Getty Images) You probably have a pair lying around the house and don't even know it. Orange-handled Fiskars scissors, the ...

You probably recognize designer Olof B-ckstr-m'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 ...

Orange-handled Fiskars scissors, the iconic tool celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2017, are the some of the most iconic scissors in existence. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

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 ...

Olof Bäckström, the Finnish industrial designer who created Fiskars's famous orange-handled scissors. | Courtesy of Fiskars. This changed in the 1960s, as plastic was just starting to become a ...

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 ...

(Fiskars' orange-handled scissors are the most iconic on Earth.Harry How/Getty Images) You probably have a pair lying around the house and don't even know it. Orange-handled Fiskars scissors, the ...

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 ...