Full Ballpoint Pen by Lei Wang and Song Liu

Full Ballpoint Pen by Lei Wang and Song Liu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award an Sëlwer in Konscht- a Schreifwuerenartikelen Design Competition Category.

SëlwerKonschtartikelen· 2021

Full Ballpoint Pen

by Lei Wang and Song Liu

Client: Rongqi

A' Design Award an Sëlwer Winner in Konschtartikelen Category

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The Design

About Full Ballpoint Pen

D'Designsprooch vum Full Card-Case ass "huel eraus", wat d'Relatioun tëscht der interner Funktioun an der Erscheinung vum Produkt exploréiert huet. E schlanken Huel gouf um Kierper gefreet fir de Metall Refill dobannen ze weisen. D'Form huet dat richtegt Gebitt geformt fir de Pen ze halen, déi d'Gläichgewiicht tëscht Schéinheet a mënschlecher Ingenieur fannen. Ausserdeem weit Full 19 Gramm, wat e gudde Sënn fir ze halen fir seng Benotzererfarung ze verbesseren.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award an Sëlwer

Full Ballpoint Pen ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Sëlwer, enger aussergewéinlech prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un Designe vun der héchster Qualitéit, prächteg a beandrockend vergi gëtt. Sëlwer-Gewënner si bemierkenswäert brillant a ganz kreativ Wierker, déi d'erausragend Expertise, d'Talent an d'Schaarfsënnegkeet vun hire Designer weisen. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Full Ballpoint Pen e wonnerbart, mustergëlteg, bemierkenswäert professionellt an déif innovatiivt Wierk ass. Dëst mam Sëlwer ausgezeechent Design ass eng bemierkenswäert, bewonnert Erfindung, déi dozou bäidréit, d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie ze erweideren. Full Ballpoint Pen ass eng Kreatioun, op déi vill neidesch sinn, déi Wënsch erweckt, positiv Gefiller bréngt an Erstaunen a Wonner erweckt.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The design breaks the boundary between inside and outside, and the inner part supporting the writing function is integrated with the hand holding part through the hollow part. This is a fresh experience for users, who can clearly perceive the relationship between this inside and outside.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 15mm x Depth 15mm x Height 135mm，Weight 19 grams
Tags: hollow out, Industrial beauty, ballpen,
Production Technology: The design of Full-pen display the industrial beauty. It is made of aerospace alloy material, and formed by CNC milling, surface blasting, oxidation and other process to create a complete. The design language is "Hollow Out".A slender hollow has been milled on the complete body, to show the Schneider metal Refill inside. The slender hollow is cleverly avoided the finger contact area to hold the pen, which find the balance between beauty and human engineering.
Design Challenge: When designing this product, the major difficulty we encountered is to balance the expression of ergonomic factors and design concepts. Because of the “hollow out” design concept used in the pen holder, the size and shape of the interaction surface between the fingers and the pen need to be carefully considered to meet the needs of comfortable requirement.
Research: In the digital age, there are fewer scenarios written with pens. Hand writing connects thinking and expression, and pen is the medium. At the beginning of the conception, the "Hollow Out" series explored the relationship between inside and outside. In addition to the function and appearance of the product, this inside and outside also contains the inner activities of the user and the true expression of the outside. Therefore, when doing this design, we used the metaphor of design to interpret these two relationships. After completing the design, we also invited the participants to participate in sensory and human-factor testing to evaluate the design elements such as the product's shape and mechanism.
Inspiration: Full ballpoint pen and Empty card case (Design #89764, A' Design Award, 2019 – 2020, A' Art Materials, Stationery Supplies and Gift Items Design Award) are the same series of products, which continue the design language of "hollow out".
Project Duration: The project started in April 2017 in Beijing and finished in August 2017 in Beijing.
Operation Flow: The opening shuttle shape of the penholder skillfully divides the interaction area between the finger and the pen body when holding. The weight of the pen is reduced to 19 grams, which effectively controls the weight. The hollow part in the middle can also prevent the pen from rolling when it lay flat. It is easy to hold and put down. The color of the refill can be learned intuitively through the ribbon of the refill. At the same time, we can see the inner movement of the refill when we rotate the tip of the pen. This is a fresh experience.
Team Members: Lei Wang,
Song Liu
Image Credits: Image #1:Photographer Song Liu, Image #2:Photographer Song Liu, Image #3:Photographer Song Liu, Image #4:Photographer Song Liu, Image #5:Photographer Song Liu.
Main image is Image #1, Optional Images are #2,#3,#4,#5.