Blue. The color of “royal blood” and the color of the sky. Often we associate blue with positivity and prosperity, like in Ella Fitzgerald’s song “Blue skies”. Blue has also always been my favorite color since I was a little child and I think it’s not a surprise if blue […]
other worlds
linking the pen to other worlds and seek for similarities
The Desire to Excel – Graf von Faber Castell for Bentley Woolf Barnato
Pretty much all the successful people we have met during our live, professionally or privately, have this inner desire to excel in everything they do, isn’t it? I have met entrepreneurs, athletes, pilots and people from the show business and they almost all follow this principle: Do the things that […]
Pens are art!
Art has played an important role in my life from a very early age, as an admirer, collector, follower, and—as a writer—a creator. So it’s no surprise that one of my favorite ways to spend time is in museums or at concerts, plays and libraries. But just as beauty is […]
Why should your pen match your outfit
In some previous posts, we talked from time to time how the combination of things is determining the success in life. And the combination of the different elements in our outfit is determining if we look awesome or awful. As we love to say, the devil is in the detail. […]
Analog vs. Digital
The antithesis have always fascinated me. Ferrari vs. Porsche or Apple vs. Microsoft. More recently Android vs. iOS. And I’m sure that everyone of us has its personal antithesis that she or he has grown up with. One in particular that has intrigued us growing up in the ‘90’s is […]
Carpe Diem
Everyone of us has it’s own moments to seize and with todays technology we are used to share almost every memorable moment of our day with the social media community, which is perfectly fine. However, there are moments that are just for ourselves. In particular we men, have a couple […]
Let’s drINK together again
There is no question, that after the global lockdown we have experienced, we noticed that there are things, you just can’t buy online. One of those things is conviviality. The pleasure to spend some time with friends and family is simply priceless. And while I was reflecting on this, I […]
Why The Meisterstück Of Montblanc Is The Porsche 911 Of Pens
“Der Ur-Elfer: Das Meisterstück aus Zuffenhausen” – This was the title of Porsche’s press release on November 28th 2018, when the 8th generation of the legendary Porsche 911 was presented. As a car addicted person, read petrolhead, and a pen aficionado, I immediately thought this is exactly the case! The […]