#inkwip

About time I give my Trollhunters OC some proper colors

1/11 // InkWip // Story of a pen Mario Aguirre lives and works as product designer, inventor, compost artist and craftsman in Venice, California. In 2006 he created and patented a unique bracelet that has a pen on it: InkWip. This stylish "tool" enables you to always have a pen handy.   Mario, tell us the story behind InkWip. Back in the times when I was a maths teacher, the students always said: "Hey Aguirre, can you sign this paper?" And the administration, too: "Aguirre, sign this, Aguirre sign that." You always need to sign some bullshit. I mean, is anybody ever going to read this shit? Oh my god… And the kids always took my pen off the desk. So they told me to sign stuff and I didn´t have a pen! "But you´re a teacher, you´re supposed to have a pen!" "Yeah, but you´re a student, you´re not supposed to take my pen!" You know. Fuck! (laughs) I mean…They're 9th graders, they wanna sway you. And as long as you're looking for a fucking pen, they can play around, fuck around. If they can through you off  even for 30 seconds - oh forget it! Then you got 35 crazy fucking 9th graders laughing. It was a serious problem - I know it doesn't seem like it but it was. How are you going to teach when you're looking for god damn pen, right? So I said to myself: "I gotta solve this problem, man, this is terrible …" And this is why I made it. I made a pen that was always on my wrist. And the kids hated it… When they became aware of my new pen on my wrist they said: "Hey Aguirre, where did you get this pen? Let me borrow it!" Hell no. Nooo way. If you take it off, you will never see it again. So I didn't, I never took it off. Thanks Mario for involving us in your arts and for teaching us how to make InkWips. Let us know when you're planning to enter the German market. inkwip.com inkwip facebook