Inventery Mechanical Pen

For the same price, you could buy approximately 1,080 Bic pens (if you opt for economical 144-packs). But you'll lose every last one of those plastic ballpointers, and won't feel like your written words are worth a dime. We're opting instead for the Inventery Mechanical Pen. Available in a black oxide or brushed chrome finish, this writing instrument is machined from a single brass rod to form a unibody construction. At the heart of the pen is a Schmidt P8126 capless rollerball in black ink, paired with an all-brass Schmidt click mechanism that's near-silent. Each pen has an anti-roll groove, and is marked with an individual serial number.

Weight: 57 Grams / Length: 5 Inches / Diameter: 11mm

Gather Desk Organizer

Nearly every desk has the same problem: clutter. The Gather Desk Organizer is a well-made, well-designed way to keep all your essential tools handy while minimizing the mess. It starts with a solid walnut or maple base, with four slots on top to hold its modular attachments. Those include a phone holder, trays, a pen holder, and a Post-It holder, and magnets in the base let you attach a coaster and even a headphone stand. You can easily move everything around to find a configuration that fits your needs, and even add a second base unit if you really have a lot of stuff.

Le Labo Santal 26 Diffuser

Oil diffusers smell great and can improve the air that we breathe in just about any indoor environment. But most of the diffusers on the market are cheap, ugly, and don't last very long. The Le Labo Santal 26 Diffuser on the other hand, not only improves your space but has a unique look you can be proud of. It's made using reclaimed wood from New York's water tanks and comes with a unique number punched on the side. It holds a vintage light bulb that sits alongside the diffuser bulb which diffuses oil through a process that breaks down fragrance oil into a fine mist without diluting the oil in water, heating it, or adding solvent. The light and scent intensity are adjusted simultaneously by simply turning the knob.

Jül Smart Mug

For most of us, coffee is a vital part of the day. But if it's so hot it scalds your tongue or so cold you have to force yourself to finish it just for the caffeine, it's a huge letdown. This is, unfortunately, the case with paper cups, ceramic mugs, and double-walled tumblers. The Jül Smart Mug by Power Practical lets you pick the temperature at which you want to drink your coffee and keeps it there to the last drop.

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Tiuro Pen Zero

An example of minimalism taken to extremes, the Tiuro Pen Zero is an elegant, efficient writing tool. It's made from high-grade anodized aluminum, formed into a simple tube with rounded ends and a twist mechanism to expose the tip. Its balanced weight distribution feels great in your hand, and it takes standard Cross-type refills, so you won't have any trouble tracking down more ink. Available in five finishes and with an optional leather carrying sleeve.

Albert Clock

With calculators, voice assistants, and tip-free ride-sharing services seemingly everywhere, there's never been more excuses not to do math in your head. The Albert Clock helps keep your brain active by displaying the minutes and hours as math problems. It displays them on crisp white LED display and offers four levels of difficulty, so it gets harder as you shake the rust off. Available in three colors and works on the desktop or a wall.

Lindlund Creative Ruler

Today's designers need more than just inches to layout their sketches. The Lindlund Creative Ruler was made for them. Cut from high-grade aluminum, it offers the traditional measurements of inches and centimeters, plus both picas and pixels. The latter has a simulated ppi of 150, as well as indications for the sizes of iPhone and iPad screens. A rubber coating on the back keeps it securely in place, and the four measurements make it easy to create 90-degree angles. Available with a black or silver anodized finish.

Air Pollution Ink

As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, we'll have to deal with air pollution. Air Pollution Ink uses it to create something worthwhile. By capturing pollution at the source — a car's exhaust pipe — students at the MIT Media Lab can turn it into carbon black ink. Every 45 minutes of driving renders 1 ml of liquid ink, which is then used to fill the 2mm, 15mm, 30mm, and 50mm markers, as well as the 150ml containers of screen printing ink.

Spotlight Presentation Remote

Presentations are nerve-wracking affairs, whether you're an inexperienced speaker or a seasoned pro. The Spotlight Presentation Remote helps give you more control over the proceedings than ever before. It syncs up wirelessly and uses a companion app to let you change the pointer mode, set timed vibration alerts to nudge you along, and activate functions like gesture-controlled volume control. It also lets you magnify points on your slide, highlighting details while keeping the audience engaged, and the cursor control lets you do things like play videos and open links without going anywhere near a mouse.

Perpetuum Calendar

There are plenty of traditional paper calendars that are worthy of your time. Yet even the best ones need replacement once a year. The Perpetuum Calendar will enhance the looks of your desk without ever running out. Its base, with a sawtooth shape inspired by factories of the early 20th century, is 3D-printed in either gray metallic plastic or jet black nylon, while 14k gold-plated timepieces mark the month and the day, and require you to move them manually, bringing the passage of time into daily focus.

Tombow Airpress Pen

Having a great pen you can rely on no matter where you take it isn't as common as you might think. That's why the reliability of pens like this Tombow Airpress Pen are so amazing. It's a pressure-refill pen that gives you the ability to toss it in your bag and be sure it will write consistently each time you reach for it thanks to the patented pressurized technology it employs. You also get a comfortable rubberized grip and a metal clip to attach it wherever you want it to stay. One click pressurizes the refill for 492 feet of upside-down writing, making it a great choice for folks that work outdoors, write on wet paper, or just need a tough lightweight pen to get their thoughts on paper at a moment's notice.

Kosmos Pen

Inspired by nature and styled to perfectly match the sleek gadgets you already carry, the Kosmos Pen makes a great addition to your EDC kit. Its Red Dot Award-winning design is based on the Golden Ratio, and is crafted from a solid block of aluminum. A novel magnetic closure lets you open and close the pen with a simple motion, and also provides clear visual and tactile feedback on the current state of the pen. It's also compatible with any Parker-style G2 refill, so while the design is highly unique, you won't need to track down obscure ink refills.

Herman Miller Aeron Remastered Chair

The original Aeron, designed by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf, is such an iconic staple that it holds a place in MoMA's permanent collection. Over 20 years after its debut, it's getting a refresh. Developed with Chadwick's input, the Herman Miller Aeron Remastered Chair updates this classic for modern offices. It's three pounds lighter than the original, and made from more sustainable materials. Those include 8Z Pellicle fabric on the seat and back that lets air, heat, and vapor pass through, making it more comfortable while delivering varying tension for increased support. The updated tilt mechanism and controls make it easier to customize and support more varied positions, and individual pads mimic a healthy standing position, making sitting for hours slightly less bad for you. Available in three sizes and in three carefully curated color palettes: the light Mineral, neutral Carbon, and dark Graphite.

MB&F Astrograph Pen

Born out of dreams of space travel and science fiction, the MB&F Astrograph Pen is as much an objet d'art as it is a writing instrument. It was the result of a four-year collaboration between the Swiss watch maker and Caran d'Ache, a legendary producer of pens, pencils, pastels, and other artistic tools. The fountain pen is crafted from nearly 100 rhodium-plated components, and has a rocket-like design with three stabilizer legs that extend out to hold the pen upright when not in use. It arrives in a launch pad presentation box and includes a magnetized astronaut figurine that will attach to any point on the pen or pad. Available in three different finishes and limited to just 99 examples.

Field Notes Lunacy Edition Notebooks

Inspired by the Earth's constant companion, Field Notes Lunacy Edition Notebooks pay tribute to the Moon in a truly unique way. Each notebook in this three-pack set is cut with a different die, revealing either a full moon, half moon, or crescent. The embossed cover itself is made from leathery black paper, while the interior is filled with 48 light grey body pages featuring a reticle pattern. They're a limited edition, so expect them to sell out sooner rather than later.

Artifox Desk 02

Our desks have to accommodate an ever-increasing number of gadgets. The Artifox Desk 02 was designed to do just that. Along the rear top of the desk is a recessed dock, with holes and knots that lets cables through and hold them in place, while the metal grid below helps wrangle longer cords. An entire series of accessories also hook into this same trough, letting you make the desk work just the way you need it to, and handy pegs on the front are great for holding bags and headphones. Made in the USA and available in walnut or white oak with either a matching wood or bone white top.

Karl Lagerfeld x Faber-Castell Drawing Set

Limited to just 2,500 examples, the Karl Lagerfeld x Faber-Castell Drawing Set isn't your average pencil pack. Hand-curated by the fashion legend, it includes 350 different drawing and painting implements, including all 120 shades of his favorite Albrecht Dürer water-soluble color pencils. All of the supplies come in a black lacquered box designed by Lagerfeld, sorted by color, and each of the five drawers is removable for easier access, and labeled by color in English, French, and German.

Zyp-Zyp Tape Tool

We'd be happy enough with something that made it simple to find the end of the tape every time we needed to tear a piece off. That the Zyp-Zyp Tape Tool is imbued with minimalist magic is just a bonus. Cast from an alloy of copper, nickel, and tin, it's finished by hand in Germany, weighs just 5 grams, and fits any 12mm wide roll of tape. To use it, just push down on the "teeth" end, find the end of the tape on the other side, pull it out, tear it off, and push the excess back down to lock it in place. As simple as its design.

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Montblanc William Shakespeare 1597 Pen

Created to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Bard's death, the Montblanc William Shakespeare 1597 Pen is an instrument that honors some of the most recognizable writing in the world. In a break with tradition, the pen's resin cap has an octagonal shape that recalls the Globe Theatre, while the combination of red and black on the cap and barrel are a nod to the flags that would indicate whether the play was a historical drama or tragedy. There's also feather-like engraving that harkens back to his quill, and symbols that represent his most famous plays. Limited to 1597 pieces, in reference to the debut of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.

P22 Titanium Pen

The result of years of iteration mixed with high-end manufacturing processes, the P22 Titanium Pen is a work of art you're meant to hold in your hand. It has a minimal, organic form that's ergonomically shaped to make it comfortable to hold and ideally weighted and balanced, and is formed using Electron Beam Melting, a process that "grows" the pen one 30 micron layer at a time. Simply twist the end to expose the ceramic tip of the Schmidt P 8126 cartridge, a design that delivers the convenience of a ballpoint and the easy flow of a fountain pen, an ideal partner for the sleek shell design.

Field Notes Byline Reporter's Notebook

Field Notes are great everyday notebooks. The classic reporter's pad is an icon of American journalism. So it's only right they be combined. The result is the Field Notes Byline Reporter's Notebook. Developed in collaboration with Face the Nation host John Dickerson, who also contributed a story about a noteworthy reporter that's slid into the back pocket, the notebook features a rugged wrought iron-colored cover, Cougar Natural 70#T pages ruled with soy-based ink, and Renz "Double-O" Ring wire binding, a design that dates back to 1935. The inner covers are filled with useful info, and like all Field Notes, it's 100% printed and manufactured in the U.S.A.

Montblanc Patron of Art Edition Peggy Guggenheim Pen

Introduced to the avant-garde by Marcel Duchamp and credited with helping the careers of such well-known artists as Ernst, Kandinsky, and Pollock, Peggy Guggenheim was one of the 20th century's most influential collectors. Unveiled in Venice, the city she called home and which houses her collection in a museum that bears her name, the Montblanc Patron of Art Edition Peggy Guggenheim Pen pays tribute to this icon in a number of ways. There's the skeletonized structure of the barrel, which evokes the dramatic entrance to her collection, the clip design that carries the lion of Saint Mark, the red stripes so commonly seen on the mooring pillars for the gondolas that cruise the city's canals, and the paws engraved in the nib to represent her love for her 14 Lhasa Apso dogs. Available in three limited editions.

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Burnt Letter Opener

Like it or not, we still receive traditional mail from time to time. Make the experience of dealing with it as enjoyable as possible with this Burnt Letter Opener. Made using traditional Japanese wood charring techniques, the exterior of the opener takes on a dark finish, with the grain more visible, and the wood becoming stronger in the process. The blade side is then sanded down to reveal the wood's natural color and provide contrast with the black body. Sealed with ecological oil for protection and a clean finish and made in Montreal.

Moleskine Smart Writing Set

Yes, Moleskine has created "smart" notebooks before — but those have generally required snapping a photo of the page with your phone, or buying an expensive add-on. The Moleskine Smart Writing Set finally gets it right, pairing a real-world notebook with an intelligent app and pen. The notebook, called the Paper Tablet, has an invisible grid that lets the app know where you are on the page and in the notebook, and has extended rounded edges to recall the curves of an electronic tablet. The pen is powered by Neo technology, and uses a hidden camera as a digitizer, transferring the data wirelessly to the Moleskine Notes App and giving you a digital copy of every sketch, note, doodle, and stroke.

Pacific & West Notebooks

There's something about high-quality tools — a favorite chair, a well-crafted pen, a trusted notepad — that helps inspire creativity. Pacific & West Notebooks are built from the same DNA. They have both front and rear covers made from hand-oiled, 5-ply real walnut, connected to the paper and each other by a brass double coil that allows the notebook to lie completely flat. The 70 lb. paper is made in the USA using 100% post-consumer recycled material, and comes in plain, ruled, or dot grid varieties. Made in the USA and available in two size: 5.75" x 8" and 7.75" x 10".

Mind Journal

The toughest part of keeping a journal isn't deciding what to write, but writing in the first place. The Mind Journal helps keep you motivated by providing a series of questions and tasks to kickstart your writing and give you added confidence. The prompts were massaged over months of testing, with feedback from psychologists, entrepreneurs, academics, and a host of other testers, and can be used with the included manual to get the most out of the journal. As for the book itself, it's roughly 6" x 8" in size and opens completely flat, with 176 ruled pages of Italian-made, recycled, acid-free paper — good for about six weeks of everyday writing — and a man-made leather exterior. It comes with the aforementioned manual and a custom-designed case that keeps it protected and your thoughts private.

Scale Architect Pen

Designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban for Acme, the Scale Architect Pen serves two purposes for the house planner. It works with standard Brand X roller refills and performs admirably as a retractable writing tool. Its rotating triangular body allows it to function as an architect's scale, with several different scales represented, and also helps it to feel great in your hand. Crafted from aluminum with laser-etched markings and presented in a magnetic case.

Richard Mille RMS05 Fountain Pen

Known for their high quality timepieces, the team at Richard Mille are bringing that same attention to detail and tech to the world of fountain pens. The Richard Mille RMS05 Fountain Pen's barrel and cap are made using the same material that is used in racing yachts. And it's also outfitted with a genuine, manufactured calibre — just like the movement you'd find in a Mille watch. It's used to extend the pen's 18k gold nib with the push of a button. It's then reset and rewound when capped. It also comes with microblasted and satin-brushed surfaces, circular-grained and rhodium plated gears, as well as handpolished angles, locking sections, and sinks. It's not a leap to say this is the most sophisticated fountain pen we've ever come across.