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Making the Modern Fountain Pen: Aurora’s Hastil and Its Global Influence

Publication Date
2025-May-07
Authors
Adams, Nicholas
Department or Program
Vassar College Libraries
Document Type
Exhibition Catalog
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Hastil, the fountain pen at the center of this exhibition, is a special object. Designed in 1968–69 for the Aurora company in Turin by Marco Zanuso (1916–2001), an Italian architect and industrial designer, and Richard Sapper (1932–2015), a German industrial...

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