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Here's a nifty prototype for a pen whose cap you'll never lose:
That's by industrial designer and professor Tomas Kral. In addition to teaching ID at Switzerland's ECAL (Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne) for the past 15 years, Kral runs his own product design studio.
Looking through his book, I spotted this design for a very different object with a similar mechanism to the pen:
That line of storage containers is amusingly named for their inspiration, Clown Nose.
Kral's book is pretty deep, and well worth a look. Check it out here, or see his Instagram.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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Designs for Both a Pen and Storage Containers Whose Caps You'll Never Lose
These Norwegian reusable water bottles have been in production since the late 90's based on a very similar concept https://purewater.eu/nb/pure-serve/