British design brand Minimalux has updated the classic ballpoint pen with a set of four precious-metal editions - with a price tag of £185 for gold and rhodium versions. Ballpoint pen in black rhodium ...

The Biro brothers fled Nazi persecution in Hungary and landed in Argentina in 1940, to begin manufacturing their miraculous pen capable of writing a line 2km long. Colin Bisset tells the story of the ...

Sir Paul Smith brings his inimitable sense of colour to one of the prime progenitors of colour, Swiss manufacturer Caran d'Ache. This is the fourth collaboration between the British designer and the ...

German design firm Paperlux Studio has collaborated with stationery brand Leuchtturm1917 to develop a ballpoint pen made from milled aluminium and brass that evokes a design from the company’s past.

June 10 is National Ballpoint pen day. Why celebrate such a seemingly simple item? When it was invented, the ballpoint pen was revolutionary. The writing apparatus was invented by Hungarian painter ...

Nendo, a Tokyo-based design with a knack for making pretty much everything, designed a ballpoint pen. The Blen — made for the Japanese pen company Zebra — is a subtle, $2.50 upgrade on the everyday ...

The ballpoint pen, which is used in homes, workplaces, schools, and other places where people write, is arguably the most common tool in our daily lives. Its invention transformed the way we write in ...