Marlen Pens

Founded in Italy in 1982, Marlen Pens has spent more than four decades creating writing instruments that combine Italian craftsmanship with a penchant for storytelling. Its collections range from refined everyday pens to elaborate numbered and limited editions.

Italian resins, precious metals, hand-painted details and carefully considered technical details become part of designs inspired by art, history, places and cultural figures. The same creative freedom extends to bespoke projects, where colours, materials, details and branding can be developed to give a writing instrument its own particular identity.

What we particularly value about Marlen Pens is its ability to turn a story into an object made to be used. Just as importantly, there is a genuine openness to collaboration — to take an idea, explore it with a client and develop a writing instrument that belongs specifically to them.