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Seletti BIC® Pen Lamp

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Color:  Red

Size:  One Size

Item# 812627-812628 In Stock
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The beloved pen gets a blowup.

A collaboration between Seletti, the irreverent Italian design brand, and BIC® Cristal, this statement-making lamp is based on the famous pen, a design represented in MoMA’s collection. This jumbo LED lamp is rendered in a 12:1 scale of the original BIC Pen and is meant to be wall or ceiling mounted. (It is not recommended that this weighty design be leaned against a wall.)

The design mimics the original pen with a clear body, an LED tube light where the ink cylinder would live and the famous matching cap with pocket clip and blue-capped bottom. This playful oversized design fills your space with a bright, welcoming glow, capturing the exact silhouette of the ubiquitous 1950 ballpoint pen. It’s a brilliant reminder of how a nostalgic, everyday object can be transformed into a dramatic piece of modern pop art.

Features of the Seletti BIC® Lamp include:

  • Iconic Scale: Features a bold 12-to-1 scale replica of the classic 1950 ballpoint pen design.
  • Warm LED Glow: Equipped with a 22W energy-efficient T8 LED tube light (2400 lumens, 3000K) for a bright, cozy ambiance.
  • Versatile Mounting: Designed to be wall-mounted or ceiling-hung to keep floors clean and clutter-free (not recommended for leaning).
  • High-Quality Build: Crafted from durable, lightweight plastic and high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
  • Generous Power Cord: Powered by a 10-foot standard plug-in cord with a convenient inline on/off switch.
  • Measures 68"h x 5"w x 6.5"d and weighs 11 lbs.
  • Designer
    Mario Paroli
  • Size
    68h x 5w x 6.5"d
  • Material
    Plastic, High-Density Polyethylene
  • Year of Design
    2026
  • Origin
    China
Why We Chose This
Conceived by the Décolletage Plastique Design Team and Marcel Bich in 1950, the BIC Cristal® Ballpoint pen is a humble masterpiece represented in MoMA's collection. The best-selling pen in history, the BIC Cristal was Bich's improved version of László Biró’s early ballpoint pen design from 1938. The first ballpoint pen had issues of clogging and leaking, but Bich’s version uses a 1 mm ball for the pen tip, so that the ink flows more evenly. This simple innovation transformed a once-unreliable technology into a ubiquitous, everyday tool that remains a benchmark of democratic design.

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At MoMA Design Store, all of the designs we sell are curator-approved and authentic. We ensure the integrity of our products through research and by working closely with the designers. Our products embody the spirit of good design objects in MoMA's collection. Some of them are actual designs represented in the Museum's collection.

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