Fiskars’ classic orange scissors are so iconic that their 50th birthday is being celebrated with a special exhibition in Helsinki.

Lifestyles One billion and counting: Why the scissors in your kitchen are a work of genius You probably recognize designer Olof B-ckstr-m's classic orange-handled scissors.

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

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

A little strategy, a little luck and a whole lot of Rock, Paper, Scissors highlighted the last day of classes at Moreland Hills Elementary School before spring break in March.

Fiskars’ classic orange scissors are so iconic that their 50th birthday is being celebrated with a special exhibition in Helsinki.

(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 ...

Harry HowGetty ImagesFiskars orangehandled scissors are the most iconic on Earth. You probably have a pair lying around the house and dont even know it.