Apple’s Marc Newson is one of the best designers in the industry. His plane-inspired Lockheed Lounge chair was reflective, smooth and looked incredibly uncomfortable. And we’re still enjoying the look and feel of our Apple Watches, even if the other night a drunk girl at a bar made fun of me for wearing mine in public. And that was hurtful.
But Newson isn’t just about shiny devices and even shinier chairs. He’s recently teamed up with luxury accessory designer Montblanc to create the Montblanc M, a classic fountain pen that looks like it came from the future.
“Montblanc M brings together Newson’s trademark biomorphic style, defined by its fluid and pure organic forms, and Montblanc’s iconic design cues, resulting in a new and unexpected expression for writing instruments,” Montblanc CEO Jérôme Lambert says in a press release.
It really is a gorgeous pen. It’s the sort of thing that makes you want to write a letter. Like, in ink, like a caveman. Possibly on some parchment or a scroll of some kind.
But it isn’t all about the classics because the Montblanc M contains modern-day features that add some wow to the whole thing. For example, it has a magnet in the cap that makes sure the clip perfectly lines up with the company’s logo when you put it on the pen. And it isn’t just for letters or signing checks for ridiculous amounts of money, either.
“For the first time ever, a Montblanc writing instrument takes on an additional function as a Fineliner pen for technical and precision drawing,” the press release says.
The Montblanc M will launch in the company’s boutique stores next month. It will cost $595, FastCompany reports, which simultaneously makes it one of the most expensive writing instruments most of us would ever buy and one of the most affordable fountain pens Montblanc creates.
The company’s other models range in price from a still-painful $430 to a wallet-busting $9,600 limited-edition number that looks like Doctor Who‘s sonic screwdriver as designed by Spider-Man.
Evan Killham is a freelance writer who lives in Nebraska and isn’t interested in football, so he has plenty of time to play and think about video games. He has written for Bitmob and GamesBeat and sometimes, he even goes outside. But not too often because he’s heard there are bees out there. Occasionally, companies send free units for review. Evan subscribes to Cult of Mac’s Reviews Policy and also does not keep the items he receives for possible coverage.
3 responses to “Marc Newson designs the Apple Watch of fountain pens”
The design in uninspiring and honestly if you spend $9k+ on a pen you need to get your priorities straight. Now if you had a quill pen from say the declaration of independence then I would say bravo, well played and let me see that fountain pen.
Personally, the only way I would purchase such an expensive pen, is if it could do the most useful function possible……
and that would be to let us write on paper with the added function of being bluetooth/wirelessly connected to an iPad/iPhone and to “WIRELESSLY” write a full Mimic of what we are writing onto paper into the iPad/iPhone. Think of the applications for signing documents with better precision, drawing finer details and art, being able to write out homework (High School & University), being able to write out math/science equations. Being able to write out manuscripts on paper, and it being stored digitally on your device simutaneously, so if a great idea pops in your head, it can be put down on paper and stored digitally at the same time. Like I said, the applications and implications for such a pen is endless and outstanding.
Your feelings got hurt by a drunk girl in a bar?