Introduction

SCRIBO – Piuma Ratio

A new collection, same passion, same writing experience.A feather, something delicate and light. In his Six Memos for the Next Millennium (1988) the Italian writer Italo Calvino talks about the virtue of lightness as something that is associated with precision and determination, not with vagueness and the haphazard.

In explaining that we shouldnt misunderstand lightness for superficiality, Calvino quotes the French poet Paul Valry, who once wrote: One should be light like a bird, and not like a feather. While the bird flies unhindered toward an established destination, the feather seems to be floating unwittingly, with no apparent direction.

We cannot, however, always be like the bird, as the destination to go is not known to us all the time. But we can be inspired by the feather that, while floating lightly, defies gravity with its elegant, unpredictable paths in the air.

Cherishing lightness means being able to detach from what keeps us anchored and static in the present moment and embrace in this way new, unforeseeable possibilities. We might not know where they will take us, just as it is not possible to predict where the feather will fall, but the lightness it represents suggests we look with hope and imagination toward a better world, a possible utopia.

In our project, the feather becomes once again a writing tool able to channel our thoughts and turns into a symbol of the capacity of pursuing a goal with determination and reason, treasuring, at the same time, the beauty of the unexpected with lightness and creativity.

Product features:
Oval shape with two facets
Colours: Lieve Grigio SCRIBO Utopia colourful Blue Ratio colourful Burgundy Altrove Burgundy
Cap, barrel, knob and nib-holder handmade in natural resin
Clip and metal components with platinum trim
Lenght: 144.5 mm. max diameter: 15.60 mm. weight: 30 grams
Exclusive SCRIBO nib made in 18kt gold or in Flexible 14kt gold Available sizes for 18kt nib: Extra Extra Fine, Extra Fine, Fine, Medium, Broad, BBB and 1.4 mm Stub Available sizes for 14kt Flex nib: Extra Fine, Fine, Medium and Broad Ebonite feeder 6.50
Cartridge/converter ink filling system
Collection packaging made in natural leather and cotton
Limited production of 219 pieces per colour