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Tag Archives: germany
perpetual function born 1980: Lamy Safari
Lamy is a quite special brand in the penworld. German based, dedicated to the economic ideals of Bauhaus – simplicity, function, quality – and doesn’t aim to the blingy high brow market – but nevertheless focus on original design and function. … Continue reading
Posted in design, diamine, fountain pens, habana, inks, iroshizuku, lamy, paper, pens, photo, pink, reviews, writing
Tagged anniversary, bauhaus, design, diamine, fountain pens, germany, habana, hightlighter, ink, iroshizuku, lamy, lamy safari, lamy vista, limited edition, modernism, modernity, notebook, paper, pens, photo, pilot, quo vadis, review, writing
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nib choices – now and then
Buying the Lamy 27 – which happened to have a medium oblique nib – made me fall in love with this kind of streamlined design from the sixties and the oblique that it was equipped with. An stubbish/italic kind of … Continue reading
Posted in fountain pens, lamy, montblanc, pens, photo, writing
Tagged 1960s, aurora, bmw, conway stewart, design, fountain pens, functionalism, germany, lamy, modernism, montblanc, pens, photo, steinway, stipula, von Goertz, writing
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