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The Montblanc 100 (in collaboration with Nokia)  (idea #150)
Date: 2005-12-18 
Category: Durable / Electronic
Price: 50
Target Audience: Montblanc, S. T. Dupont, and other fancy pen manufacturers, along with any/all cellphone manufacturers.

Description: From the royal seals of antiquity to signet rings and fountain pens, portable communication tools have followed a design tradition of timeless elegance. Today's mobile phones are no less instruments of personal power than pens and watches have been for generations, but handset design has been sadly ignorant of this history, stuck instead in the garish worlds of disposable teen fashion and technology-worship. For 2006, Montblanc, makers of fine writing instruments, commemorates their 100th anniversary with the Montblanc 100 handset. Manufactured in collaboration with Nokia (whose gracious 8800 series has served as a happy exception to common design practices), the Montblanc 100 is the first mobile handset to explicitly honor the distinguished heritage of the fountain pen, with its black resin case and fine gold trim. Engraved with the proud Montblanc name, this elegant communication instrument even includes an integrated fountain pen (or optional ballpoint), handcrafted by Montblanc, which slides comfortably into the side opposite the antenna. Is that classy, or what?

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