Blood Pen
intimate ink




2002 Heavyweight Champion
Winner of the Bombay Sapphire Prize

David Tsai
djtsai@aol.com
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Michigan, USA

An updated look at the notion of blood pacts, this pen uses the userâs own blood as ink. With a simple, piercing tap of the forefinger, the needle tip fills with blood and dispenses through the nib onto a page. Signatures applied using the blood pen are doubly authentic, as the ink contains the genetic identity of the signatory.

The ultimate use of the blood pen is in signing a peace treaty to end war. Using the blood pen in this instance ceremoniously ends the conflict with one last act of bloodshed.

Blood Pen
intimate ink




Gavin Ivester: "It's totally cool...The Blood Pen's power is its simplicity. It's an instantly graspable concept-what it does, how it works, and why you would need it. Ideas this pure only come along once in a long while."

Anne Ellegood: "I love it! This would be best for historical signings...It's simple and it's smart."

Bruce Nussbaum: "The visceral power of a 'blood pact' signed in a person's own blood may just be the way to reestablish trust and morality in a world awash in deceit, lies and crumbling values. Blood binds."

Blood Pen
intimate ink




David Tsai
djtsai@aol.com
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Michigan, USA

Age: 31

Design Education:
University of Texas
Cranbrook Academy of Art

Design Inspiration:
Architecture, Art, Eastern Philosophy, Martial Arts, Nature, Science, Technology, Current Events, Movies, Music,

Design Heroes:
Antoni Gaudi, Santiago Calatrava, Tadao Ando, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Ron Popeil, Lebbeus Woods, Renzo Piano, Skunk Works, Anthony Dunne, Droog Design, Krysztof Wodiczko, Charles and Ray Eames, Issey Miyake, Hussein Chalayan, Maywa Denki

Blood Pen
intimate ink




David Tsai
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Michigan, USA

An updated look at the notion of blood pacts, this pen uses the user's own blood as ink. With a simple, piercing tap of the forefinger, the needle tip fills with blood and dispenses through the nib onto a page. Signatures applied using the blood pen are doubly authentic, as the ink contains the genetic identity of the signatory.

The ultimate use of the blood pen is in signing a peace treaty to end war. Using the blood pen in this instance ceremoniously ends the conflict with one last act of bloodshed.