Trends in 2023

Van Gogh with the flow! The new collection of Visconti Van Gogh fountain pen inks are the perfect companion to the Italian brand’s popular line of fountain pens inspired by works of the Dutch master painter.

The glass, 30-ml, square bottles contain light-fast, pH-neutral inks suitable for most fountain pens. Twelve colors inspired by Van Gogh's palette are offered, from the ochre yellow Sunflower, to the blue Self-Portrait with its shading effects, to The Novel Reader with its bright green tones. See more colors of these new Van Gogh inks in our Visconti cover story page 46).

MSRP: $18.95 
visconti.it, colesoflondon.com

France’s S.T. Dupont gives the classic styling of its Line D collection of writing instruments an ultra-modern facade with the new S.T. Dupont Carbon collection. The Carbon collection features a barrel body of light-weight, corrosion-resistant, color-added carbon fiber matched to a matte black finish on the brass body of the oversize Line D pen. The pen cap displays the atelier’s prowess at microdiamond-head guilloche engraving; it also features an engraved D” cap finial and an articulated clip with the Dupont blazon. Three carbon fiber colors are offered: the white and black graining of Dark Storm far left); Fiery Lava’s blazing black, red, and gray left); and the swirling blue, gray and black of Glacial Cave. The S.T. Dupont Line D Carbon collection is available as a rollerball or cartridge/converter-filling fountain pen with a 14 karat gold ruthenium-plated nib in extra-fine, fine, medium, or broad.

MSRP: $ 1,695 fountain pen, $ 1,495 rollerball st-dupont.com, colesoflondon.com