"Otto Hutt Design C Fountain Pen - Bauhaus"

[tmurfet]

https://www.penboutique.com/collections/otto-hutt-design-c/products/otto-hutt-design-c-fountain-pen-bauhaus

If Walter Gropius were alive today I think he would be apoplectic to learn that a $3,500 fountain pen was being advertised as Bauhaus. No doubt Otto Hutt makes beautifully designed and well-made pens but at that price they are out of reach for Joe Average. Part of the original Bauhaus manifesto was that products should be designed and produced at a price that made them readily obtainable by the general public.

[eciton]

As it happens I interviewed the designer of this pen, Mark Braun. He doesn't see himself as a Bauhaus designer or this pen as a Bauhaus design — but he acknowledges that it's a label very widely applied!

 

https://ukfountainpens.com/2020/10/19/behind-the-pen-mark-braun-designer-of-the-otto-hutt-designc/

 

Personally I have some concerns with a pen of this price being called "democratic luxury" too, but I will leave that for another discussion...

[tmurfet]

40 minutes ago, eciton said:

https://ukfountainpens.com/2020/10/19/behind-the-pen-mark-braun-designer-of-the-otto-hutt-designc/

Thanks for sharing. The interview article is very well written and a pleasure to read.

[eciton]

It was a genuine pleasure to talk to Herr Braun... I expected him to be very egotistical but he was engaged, thoughtful and clear. Impressive, especially being interviewed in his second language. When I transcribed the interview I ended up with about three times as much material as made it in to the finished article — it took me many hours to edit while preserving accuracy! Thanks for the kind words, @tmurfet.