This 5-foot lamp is a great tribute to the world’s most famous pen

Seletti, N Italian design brand Known for everything from furniture to tableware, it has debuted an unusual tribute to a design icon: the Bic Cristal pen. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of its founding, Seletti has enlarged the size of the pen They replaced their ink cartridge with a long tube filled with LEDs to light up the living room, office or that closet where they keep all their office supplies.

The Bic lamp, as it is simply called, was introduced in Maison & Object 2026 show In Paris – think CESBut for interior designers. It was created at a scale of 12:1, which puts it just shy of six feet long since a Bic Cristal pen is typically about 5.8 inches long with its cap on, Celetti says. Aside from its larger dimensions and an LED tube that produces up to 2,400 lumens of light, the Bic light is an almost identical copy, with red, black and blue color options.

You can hang it from the ceiling as a pendant lamp, but Mario Paroli also designed the Bic lamp to be mounted on the wall or stand alone as a floor lamp. It will launch in the US later this year where it is expected to cost $350. according to Fast company.