There is no doubting the positive effect of colour, and after the last two pandemic years which saw consumers reaching for tones that brought warmth, certainty and comfort, colour has boldly returned to favour. Pantone’s 2022 colour choice of Very Peri authenticated this mood by making purple, the once pariah of colour palettes, permissible. Colours that …
Good design we believe lasts a lifetime. It is meaningful, relevant, authentic and quality. At Pen we create objects that are ‘good design’. In order to deliver good design for our customers we must first surround ourselves with good people. During 2020 we spent time re-evaluating our manufacturing processes and connections. We hunted for makers of …
GOOD DESIGN AWARDS 2020 ANNOUNCED. The winners of Australia’s peak international design awards – the highest honour for design and innovation in the country were announced today during the 2020 Good Design Week. Made by Pen are honoured to be announced as a winner of the 2020 Good Design® GOLD award for our tabletop storage piece Linea by Jim Hannon-Tan in …
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At Made by Pen, we strive to create unambiguous beautiful designed pieces. We balance innovation with creative flair and translate this to its simplest form. We are a studio that imbue the values of minimal design. In this blog, we briefly introduce this principle which influences our work. We acknowledge that in outlining principals we have drawn our work from …
Sway by Nick Rennie The award-winning Sway Lamp brought to fruition by Australian designer Nick Rennie has a fascinating story behind it. The Sway Lamp is the brainchild of a studio prepared to challenge the status quo of design, and Sway has set a new benchmark for innovation in lighting and design excellence. Ideation The …