This pencil lasts forever, thanks to the use of a modular magnetic everlasting metal tip that ‘writes on paper’

Posted on 15/07/2022 by Sarang Sheth

Meet the Stilform AEON, a pencil that lasts eons, as its name rightfully suggests. Designed by the company that won the World’s Best Pen award for the Stilform Pen back in 2016, the AEON is the result of a nifty material innovation that turns the pencil immortal. Made with a special metal tip that oxidizes paper, leaving a grey streak as a pencil would, the Stilform AEON lets you write effortlessly and endlessly. Unlike graphite pencils, AEON’s lines are smudge-proof and waterproof. Besides, since this tip’s made of metal rather than graphite, you can easily put it in your pocket without worrying about it leaving any marks.

Designer: Stilform

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The AEON is designed based on Stilform’s classic format. The pencil takes on a minimalist cylindrical style, machined entirely from a single piece of metal. It does, however, come with two flat surfaces that prevent the pencil from rolling around, and with the AEON, these flat surfaces are lined with beautiful FSC-certified wood veneers that provide a great contrast against the pencil’s all-metal design. The ‘Eternal Tip’ which sits on the top of the pencil is made from an alloy of Tin and Bismuth, giving it the unique property to ‘write’ without actually ever depleting.

You can write on paper or on a variety of surfaces (it’s textile proof so don’t worry about getting marks on your clothes) and you never need to sharpen the tip or worry about it running out. However, if you just want a more traditional writing experience, the AEON’s Eternal Tip snaps out magnetically, and lets you add in the pencil’s modular Graphite Tip instead. With the Graphite Tip magnetically loaded into the AEON, your pencil is now a sleeker, sexier-looking version of the traditional graphite pencil. Its strokes are darker, but it’s erasable and can be smudged for artistic effect.

An All-in-One Pencil with Switchable Magnetic Tips – In need of a pencil for note-taking or just a quick sketch? Made possible by Aeon’s neodymium magnet, you can switch freely between an “Eternal” metal tip and a graphite tip for different pencil uses.

The Eternal Tip – The natural and non-toxic Tin and Bismuth elements join together to create pencil-like marks. This tip hardly wears itself down over time.

Textile Safe. Smudge-free and Water-proof – When your work is finished, your hands or sleeves remain clean. Liquid won’t make the marks fade. As neat as its strokes are, they are still erasable like a 2H-pencil.

Graphite Tip. Sketcher’s Choice – For a more conventional pencil experience, just switch to the graphite tip. Its strokes are darker but easily erased too.

A Design with Pending US Patent – Tired of fractured pencil tips? You never have to worry about a fragile construction with AEON’s powerful metal body and Eternal tip combination.

Anti-roll Chamfers – The distinctive flat sides along the pencil, decorated with tasteful veneers, stop pen-rolling effectively.

The AEON is available in as many as 4 different metal bodies, in a total of six styles. For an everlasting body to match the everlasting tip, you can opt for its titanium build, available in matte, DLC black, and mirror polished, or go for other materials like aluminum for a few anodized color options, magnesium if you want something lightweight, or brass, which weighs significantly more for a heavier, stabler writing experience.

The brass option is also the only one that will patina over time, giving your AEON a distinct look that’s unique to you. Stilform offers the AEON in a variety of combinations, matching metals with aptly chosen wood veneers placed on the flat sides to add an earthy streak to your pencil while also preventing it from rolling off tabletop surfaces.

Once you’ve decided which AEON you want, you can claim it through your pledge on Kickstarter, with the Aluminum/Magnesium variants priced at €49 ($50 USD) and the titanium/brass variants at €79 ($80 USD), or €109 ($111 USD) for the Titanium Black DLC version.

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The award-winning stilform INK fountain pen is back in invincible, everlasting black titanium

Posted on 13/09/2020 by Sarang Sheth

stilform’s vision for the humble is so incredibly simplistic and elegant, it won an award for the World’s Best Pen in 2016. It’s easy to make products better by complicating them, adding new features, or giving them design upgrades… making a product better by simplifying it is an incredibly challenging task, yet the stilform INK handles it beautifully.

Celebrated as the most successful fountain pen in crowdfunding history, the stilform INK is back in its minimal, delightful glory, but with a few tiny tweaks that make it better and more long-lasting. The pen comes in its signature cylindrical design, with two flat edges running length-wise to prevent it from rolling. Its iconic element lies in the magnetic cap, which cleverly self-aligns as it snaps to the pen, thanks to multiple hidden neodymium magnets that make sure the cap fits on the right way. To open the pen, just twist the cap causing the inner magnets to repel each other, and the cap effortlessly comes off to reveal the German-made Peter Bock nib sitting inside.

In its pursuit of simplicity, the pen hides all its functional details to keep its form pristine. Made almost entirely from machined titanium and aluminum, the stilform INK doesn’t use any plastic parts or glue in its assembly… just old-fashioned threading, tolerances, and magnets help hold the pen together and allow it to last practically forever. The titanium outer body of the stilform INK comes with an added Diamond-like Coating to protect its surface finish, making it absolutely scratch and abrasion-proof, keeping your pen looking brand new even after decades.

Each stilform INK pen comes impeccably crafted and assembled in Germany, in a variety of anodized colors for the aluminum variant and in DLC black for the titanium variant. You can choose the style of Bock nib you want fitted in your pen, along with a variety of add-ons, including a leather pouch, an aluminum base, or a machined metallic pocket clip that slides right onto the pen’s cap whenever you want. You can even grab a discount on stilform’s entire pen collection, featuring the stilform INK along with its Red Dot Design Award and German Design Award-winning pens, the stilform Ballpoint, and the Arc Gel Pen.

Designer: stilform

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stilform INK – Magnetic Fountain Pen in DLC Black Titanium

The stilform INK is an award-winning all-metal fountain pen with a unique self-aligning cap. Now in DLC coated titanium.

Let the Cap Bounce – The most effortless and enjoyable way of getting started with a fountain pen – give the cap a simple twist and it gets automatically pushed off by a strong magnetic force.

Self-aligning – Through a unique magnetic closure, the distinctive flat sides along the pen will always align with themselves perfectly. With a satisfying click, your INK fountain pen can become your favorite fidget gadget.

No Threads, Comfortable Writing – Instead of relying on a screw-on cap like most metal fountain pens, the INK pen with the magical mechanism ensures a smooth pen surface and thus the most comfortable holding position.

2 x 4-Pole Neodymium Magnets – By applying two strong N52 neodymium magnets, the INK pen features a unique magnetic mechanism that not only simplifies the traditional opening/closing mechanism, also brings out a simple and minimal form.

Stop the Rolling Now – Without the need to sacrifice an elegant and minimal form, you can still get a pen that doesn’t roll away. The aligned flat sides and sharp edges along the pen stop pen-rolling effectively.

A Fountain Pen That Lasts

Titanium black with Diamond-like Carbon Coating – In addition to the original Titanium and Aluminum pens, a brand new Titanium Black, equipped with a special DLC coating, is now added to the collection. The surface of the Titanium Black is ultra-durable and scratch-resistant. Scratches caused by hard metal such as a key disappear without a trace.

All Metal Construction, No Glue, No Plastic – The makers have applied high-grade titanium or aluminum materials from the body to the core. The superb materials are well known for the extremely high durability and exceptional light weight, making the INK is a truly sustainable fountain pen. All parts are precision-machined and designed to be form-fit in order to avoid the using of glue.

Super Durability – Through robust housing structures, the inner magnetic mechanism is well protected and secured to prevent the magnets from exposing to any potential damage, making the INK your long-lasting companion.

Great Balance, No Writing Fatigue – The fine balance of the pen never gets unnoticed by a true fountain pen lover. Writing with the INK won’t cause any fatigue or cramp over long periods.

Let Your Pen Speak About You

Build your Favorite Pen – Your pen is easily the best and most subtle way to express your character. They offer nibs in various sizes and materials, it is also super easy to switch nibs with the INK fountain pen. The nibs by the renowned German manufacturer Peter Bock ensure an extremely smooth ink flow and the best writing experience for you. Be creative and explore the color combinations with nibs in Silver Steel, Black Steel, Titanium or Gold!

Attachable Clip – Created through metal injection molding, the attachable clip turns your INK pen from a high-end office stationery to your new everyday carry. Owing to improved tolerances and a soft textile layer inwards, the clip can slide onto your INK pen firmly without scratching the pen.

Premium Accessories

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Award-winning studio stilform’s magnetic Arc Pen is simple, luxurious, delightful and lasts a lifetime

Posted on 19/12/2019 by Sarang Sheth

Perhaps the most appropriate way to describe the Arc Pen is to use the phrase “What if a pen was somehow a combination of simple and advanced?” With a form, interaction, and experience that makes it the Apple of pen-design, the Arc Pen comes from Germany-based multiple-award-winning design studio stilform. Known for working with simple shapes and subtly beautiful magnetic interactions, the Arc Pen follows suit with a magnetic click-to-lock pen cap that automatically aligns in place as soon as you hold it near either end of the pen.

However, it isn’t simply the use of magnets which makes the Arc Pen delightful, but rather a combination of design and engineering. The pen comes with a deceptively simple form, machined out of aerospace-grade aluminum. Its cylindrical design is punctuated by a chamfer, running along the length of the pen on both sides. The two chamfers prevent the pen from rolling on flat surfaces, as well as a visual indication of the pen/cap alignment. The pen’s internal magnet follows this chamfer, snapping into place perfectly every time. In order to open the pen too, one must simply break the alignment by twisting the cap ever so slightly, and the internal magnets push the pen and cap apart. The cap fits on the rear of the pen too, aligning magically every time so as to never visually break character.

The Arc Pen ships fitted with a Pilot Juice Up gel refill which provides crisp, confident, unbreaking lines, making it ideal for sketching concepts, creating schematics, or even noting down ideas and penning proses. The refills come in a choice of 3 colors and 3 line-widths, while the Arc Pen remains compatible with all Pilot-style G2 refills. Equipped with a lifetime warranty, each Arc Pen comes with an all-metal construction without using any glue or plastic parts in its assembly. A variant of the Arc Pen comes with a full-body ruler cap for artists, engineers, and architects… and for true haute-stationery aficionados, the Arc Pen even has a robust all-titanium variant, lasting you not one, but multiple lifetimes!

Designer: stilform

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Arc Pen – World’s First 2-Sided Magnetically Aligning Pen

A Minimalist gel ink pen with a magnetic self-aligning mechanism and an innovative ruler cap.

The gel pen has a magnetic mechanism on both ends of the pen. Its anti-roll chamfered surfaces along the pen body get aligned perfectly all by itself.

What is Special About the Arc Pen

It clicks, it attracts, it aligns – A minimalist gel pen that always presents its best self. The magical precise alignment is realized through strong 4-pole neodymium magnets on both ends of the pen. There are no visible threads! Simply twist the cap open and start your creative journey.

Innovative Ruler Cap – Upgrade the stilform Arc to the alternative version with an integrated ruler cap and declutter your desk space!

The inch and centimeter scales are perfect for quick sketches, technical drawings and precise measurements.

See the alternative Ruler Version in action below:

Unique anti-roll surface – The chamfered surface along the pen body works as an effective anti-roll design. It guarantees a good grip, when you are holding the pen and writing with it.

Titanium & Aluminum – All parts are precision-machined from high-grade titanium or aluminum. These superb materials are well known for the extremely high durability and exceptional light weight. The matte surface of the Arc in Titanium is especially resistant against scratches due to a special PVD-coating and delivers a fine satin feeling.

Quality made in Germany – The all-metal construction functions without any glue or plastic parts. The team works closely with the advanced assembly facility in Germany to ensure a long-lasting product and smooth production schedule.

Best Gel Ink Refill – The stilform Arc is armed with the renowned Pilot Juice Up refill (LP3RF) that writes extra smoothly and offers great water and fade resistance. Combined with the Ruler Upgrade, the refill makes the stilform Arc the perfect companion for creatives, architects and illustrators.

You are provided the Pilot Juice Up refill (LP3RF) in 3 different colors and 3 line widths (0.3mm, 0.4mm & 0.5mm). You can also equip the stilform Arc with any other Pilot-style G2 refill.

Detachable clip – Equip the Arc with the exclusively designed metal clip by simply sliding it on. The clip has a 1mm robust arm but a soft heart – it is added with a textile layer to protect metal exterior of the pen body.

The Durability Test

Durability tested by dropping the Arc 85 times! Watch the video above. Spoiler: The magnetic mechanism still works perfectly afterwards.

Watch Review from Superbacker Tim Chuon @brollandboardgames:

Look Book

The Arc comes with a Ruler Version, the Titanium Arc sports a natural matte PVD and when encased in a new pouch made from genuine leather, it stays protected. The colors include Rose Moon, Comet Grey, Night Sky and Warp Black.

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The Kosmos Ink Literally has a Magnetic Appeal

Posted on 23/05/2018 by Sarang Sheth

Known to provide one of the most simple yet sublime experiences, the multiple award-winning Kosmos pen comes back in its latest avatar, with a brand new writing experience and exterior, but with the same heart. The Kosmos Ink follows its predecessors, the Kosmos ballpoint pen, in the fact that it echoes a certain purity that makes it a pleasure to own and write with, being beautiful yet absolutely distraction-free in its aesthetic. Dominated by straight lines, curved hemispherical ends, a characteristic chamfer on two sides, the Kosmos Ink retains its predecessor’s design language, and its heartbeat, the signature click produced by the pen’s magnetic action. The Kosmos Ink comes with a cap that clicks satisfyingly in place when you close it, using a magnetic action to not only hold the cap in place, but to even align it to perfection, providing a joy that one would associate with the opening-closing action of Kosmos’s ballpoint pen.

The cap’s opening and closing action are at the forefront of the pen’s user experience, being so simple and smart that they become the pen’s USP. With zero effort yet maximum satisfaction provided by the clicking sound, the pen’s cap closes securely over the fountain nib. To open, simply twist the cap gently to turn magnetic attraction into repulsion and the cap comes undone on its own. It’s a clever interaction that makes me, as a designer, marvel its simplicity and ingenuity.

The Kosmos Ink comes crafted out of high-quality grade 5 titanium with a grade 6 aluminum variant as well. On the inside lies a writing nib from the renowned German company Peter Bock. The entire pen comes made from top to bottom in metal, with not a single plastic component ‘corrupting’ the pen’s purity and premium appeal. Both the titanium and aluminum variants provide a lightweight and unparalleled writing experience. The titanium comes in its natural color, while the aluminum explores anodized hues like comet grey, rose gold, warp black, and a night sky variant that captures hearts with its rich prussian blue. To match, even the nibs come in color variants, going from steel to titanium, to even a 14K gold variant.

Building on the simplicity and the emotive quality of the Kosmos ballpoint pen, the Kosmos Ink takes stilform’s design ethos and uplifts it, creating a product that is aesthetically minimal, yet heavy on performance, build quality, and the tactile quality your fingers will surely fall in love with. P.S. Make sure you take a look at stilform’s enchanting accessories for the Kosmos Ink, ranging from a leather pouch, to a precision machined metal pen-stand!

Designer: stilform

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Premium fountain pen with a magnetic self-aligning cap.

Simply Magical – Magnetic forces pull the cap onto the pen. The chamfered surfaces on cap and barrel align themselves perfectly.

Fun to Fidget – Twist the cap slightly and it will get pushed off by magnetic forces.

Anti-roll design of KOSMOS ink’s chamfered surfaces.

High-grade metals and clean design without any annoying threads on the grip section.

KOSMOS ink

The KOSMOS ink is precision-machined out of solid grade-5 titanium or grade-6 aluminium. These remarkable materials combine the highest durability with exceptional light weight.

The nibs are by German company Peter Bock ensure that the Kosmos ink provides a smooth ink flow and the best writing experience for you. And by making the cap magnetic they were able to realize a clean design without any threads near the grip section which may affect your writing comfort.

The matte surface of the KOSMOS ink Titanium has a nice satin feel and is especially resistant against scratches.

The KOSMOS ink Aluminium runs through a special anodisation process. This keeps the pen protected from scratches and wear.

KOSMOS ink in Rose Moon.

Nibs

Every KOSMOS ink comes with a steel nib by the German company Peter Bock. They also offer more luxurious nib for you. There are different nib sizes from extra fine to broad to choose from.

Variants and Colors

KOSMOS ink in Titanium

KOSMOS ink in Aluminum

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The World’s Best Pen Turns Immortal

Posted on 05/09/2017 by Sarang Sheth

2016’s World’s Best Pen comes back to get immortalized in the forever metal. Delighting pen enthusiasts (penthusiasts?) for two years in a row, the Kosmos Pen is back in a new, titanium avatar while retaining the same classic design.

Christened the Kosmos Titan, the writing instrument is precision milled from a solid Grade-5 Titanium billet. With a newly devised magnetic system on the inside (featuring neodymium magnets), the pen’s opening/closing action works like an absolute charm, with its simple yet sophisticated ‘click’. The pen comes in a matte version like its aluminum counterpart, but also makes itself available in a mirror finish variant, which promises to never lose its luster or collect scratches, thanks to Titanium’s physical properties. The Mirror-Polished Version of Titan runs through multiple extensive polishing stages to give its superior surface finish which promises to last a lifetime and some more.

Designed with the award winning aesthetic of the original Kosmos, but with a material upgrade, the Kosmos Titan retains the same two-piece pen construction. The matte variant comes in a space gray color, accentuated by a chrome belt running along the middle (visible when the pen is closed). The mirror finished titanium variant features a gun-metal colored belt that punctuates its design beautifully, doing full justice to the Red Dot Best of the Best Award it has to its credit.

Looks like the Kosmos Titan is more pen-tastic and pen-credible than before!

Designer: stilform

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Fun to Play! – The simplest and most intuitive way to get a pen ready for writing: our new mechanism makes it possible.

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Pentastic and Pencredible!

Posted on 07/09/2016 by Sarang Sheth

It’s been called the world’s best pen in 2016. That’s got to mean something, right?? Well, Kosmos isn’t your average clickety-clack refill pen. It isn’t the over-the-top fountain pen either that oozes all its fanciness into your pocket creating a pool of ink. The Kosmos strikes that elusive middle-ground, and with drop-dead class. Bringing the elegance and class of the fountain pen to the writing prowess of gel-pen technology.The pen has a two-piece design that join together to expose the tip, and separate out to shut the pen. The design’s wonderfully interactive as well as informative. When the two pieces are spaced out, it creates a visual tension, wanting you to bring them together. A darker colored inner band is exposed when the pen is shut. This little ‘belt’ is indicative of the pen being in its closed condition.

The pen has the wonderfully interactive appeal of the spring-loaded click pens. Its novel design has a mechanism that allow the pen’s two halves to snap open or shut. Aerospace grade Aluminum feels great to touch, so you’re going to have a hard time letting go of the Kosmos pen, believe me! The pen holds state-of-the-art gel refills. Its design fits over 40 types of refills from the world’s most renowned writing-instrument companies. This gives you the freedom to choose the inside as well as the outside of your pen, making it bespoke almost. Speaking of the outside of the pen, it comes in four anodized color variants that cater to the Apple gadget lover in you. Just in time for the new iPhone release too! It’s a good thing you won’t have to wait for hours in a line to pick up this beautiful instrument of writing wizardry!

Designer: stilform

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