Lamy 2000
The fountain pen with nothing left to take away.
Gerd A. Müller designed the pen in 1966 for Lamy, which wanted a pen for the future – hence the name 2000.
The form builds on ideas from the Bauhaus and Braun: no decoration, and materials allowed to show what they are. The pen has been made almost unchanged ever since.
Materials: Glass-fibre reinforced plastic (Makrolon) and brushed stainless steel
Manufacture: Factory-made by Lamy in Heidelberg.
The matt, faintly striped plastic surface.
The transitions between the parts, which are almost invisible.
The sprung clip in solid steel.
The body is made of glass-fibre-reinforced polycarbonate with a brushed surface, and the clip of solid stainless steel is sprung. The nib is almost completely concealed, and the pen is filled with a piston.
A matt, grey-black brushed body where the join of the cap is barely visible, a narrow window for the ink and a small hooded nib.
The design also exists as a ballpoint pen and a propelling pencil.