Acme Studio 'Angles' Rollerball Pen

Acme Studio brings a new element into the luxury pen market. For those pen lovers and avid collectors who are passionate about modern deisgn will appreciate the craftsmanship and the collaboration with leading International designers and architects.

From a user perspective, the free flowing motion of writing with one of these rollerball pens is like a natural cohesion. You can easily cross your t’s and dot your i’s, and for those who prefer fountain pens, these rollerballs can also be fitted with an Acme Fountain Pen Conversion Kit. It is like having two pens in one.

You may also be interested in the matching Card Case designed by Karim Rashid.

SPECIFICATIONS:

• REFILL: Acme 888 Rollerball Refill.
• DESIGN: “Angles” – 2007. Can be fitted with an Acme Fountain Pen Conversion Kit.
• FEATURES: Gift Tin. Bio Card of Designer.
• DESIGNER: Karim Rashid.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER:

KARIM RASHID is a leading figure in the fields of product, furniture and interior design and is largely credited for bringing exceptional, affordable design to the masses via iconic products like the Oh Chair and Garbo Trashcan. His perspective and clients are global and he considers himself a cultural shaper doing projects ranging from products, interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, to art and music. His clients include Umbra, Nambe, Magis, Prada, Mikasa, Target, Issey Miyake, Copco and Alessi, among others. He designed the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia , Semiramis hotel in Athens and Nooch in NYC.

Presently he is working in 23 countries. He has won numerous awards and his work is in the permanent collection of 14 Museums including MoMA and SFMoMA . In 2006 Karim received Honorary Doctorates from the Ontario College of Art and Design and Corcoran College . He exhibits art at Sandra Gering and Deitch Projects in New York .

Karim has just published his guide to living "Design Your Self’ from Regan Books, ‘Digipop’ a digital exploration of computer graphics (Taschen 2005), a portfolio book published by Chronicle books (2004), as well two monographs titled ‘Evolution’ (Universe, 2004) and ‘I Want to Change the World’(Rizzoli, 2001). He edited the International Design Yearbook 18 for Calmann and King 2003 and released two CD’s available on Seattle boutique label, Neverstop.