Serpentinata Benjamin Stilus Sphaerula Scribens by Kairi Eguchi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Impressio Tridimensionalis Competition Category.
ArgentumImpressio Tridimensionalis· 2025
Serpentinata Benjamin Stilus Sphaerula Scribens
by Kairi Eguchi
Client: Kairi Eguchi Studio
Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Impressio Tridimensionalis Category
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The Design
About Serpentinata Benjamin Stilus Sphaerula Scribens
Serpentinata Benjamin est stilus sphaerula scribens arte imprimendi tridimensionali fabricatus. Omnes partes praeter cartulam atramentariam tridimensionaliter impressae sunt. Stilus novus perlucidus est et usu paulatim flavescit, praesertim cum luci solis exponitur. Flavescentia materiae plasticae sub luce ultraviolacea in productis industrialibus plerumque vitium habetur, sed Serpentinata Benjamin hanc mutationem qualitatem positivam esse ducit. Quisque stilus suum proprium colorem tempore acquirit, eo modo quo instrumenta musica, res coriaceae et supellex lignea cum dominis suis senescunt. Stilus, operculo incluso, novem cum semisse per novem cum semisse per centum quinque millimetra metitur.
The Recognition
About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum
Serpentinata Benjamin Stilus Sphaerula Scribens victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Serpentinata Benjamin Stilus Sphaerula Scribens opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Serpentinata Benjamin Stilus Sphaerula Scribens creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Depending on the material, plastic can turn yellow under the influence of ultraviolet rays. This phenomenon, known as “yellowing,” was originally frowned upon and regarded as a bad thing for industrial products.
The 3D printed ballpoint pen “Serpentinata Benjamin,” is designed to tackle this new interpretation of plastic. It reinterprets the negative phenomenon of yellowing plastic into a positive one. - Dimensions & Packaging
- W9.5 × D9.5 × H105mm (including cap)
- Tags
- 3dprinting, pen, stationery, plastic, yellowing
- Production Technology
- All parts of the pen aside from the pen refill all use 3D-printing technology. The newly 3D-printed pens are transparent in color at first, and later turns yellow the more exposed it is. The yellowed pen in the picture takes place six months after use.
- Inspiration
- Products such as musical instruments, small leather goods, and wooden furniture that are used by people over a long period of time become their own unique colors. This ballpoint pen will age with the user through long use, and each piece will take on its own personality. This is a special ballpoint pen that contains the pleasure of nurturing for long usage.
- Project Duration
- This project started at Japan.
- Operation Flow
- The pen will be transparent in color when the user first start using the product. It will then turn yellow the longer you use it, especially when exposed to the sun.
- Team Members
- Kairi Eguchi
- Image Credits
- Image #1 : Creator (Product Designer) Kairi Eguchi, New and After, 2024.
Image #2 : Creator (Product Designer) Kairi Eguchi, Perspective for Both, 2024.
Image #3 : Creator (Product Designer) Kairi Eguchi, Open, 2024.
Image #4 : Creator (Product Designer) Kairi Eguchi, Close, 2024.
Image #5 : Creator (Product Designer) Kairi Eguchi, Perspective Single, 2024.
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