Simon Manley

There’s hidden design everywhere — appreciating it is up to you

I’m a big fan of the Parker Jotter, always have been, it’s probably the most practical and yet elegant pen ever made — my opinion — I’ve owned and lost hundreds of them in my lifetime.

I’ve even bought some newer versions of it but always came back to the original incarnation. Nothing weird there so far, I guess..

But when I first heard of the Fisher Space Pen I was hooked and had to get one. It was then I noticed something great. Something that I did not know. When I bought my first Fisher Space Pen refill it came with a little plastic topper. My mind was blown; this was to convert your Parker Jotter to a Space Pen in seconds.

Pop on that plastic piece which is shaped just like the Parker refill for the ultimate Space Pen experience in your favourite Parker Jotter. Who knew!? Who didn’t know!? And do many people even care?

But anytime I tell someone this — and I pick and choose the person I tell, it must be someone who’d be interested in design and/or engineering — their mind is blown too.