Aiden Hwang

Writing Stand

Just the write angle

  • Industrial Design
  • Ergonomics
  • Sculpture
Year
2026
Role
Designer and maker
A dark blue mechanical pencil held nib-down at a steep angle by a small black 3D-printed stand on a gray desk
Year
2026
Role
Designer and maker

I was inspired by Santiago Calatrava’s Montjuïc Communications Tower: how it conveys motion even though it’s a massive, stationary structure.

Calatrava designed his tower to resemble an athlete holding the Olympic Flame; I designed my stand to resemble delicate strokes of writing. The stand’s angle references the tilt we give to our pens and pencils as we write. Its small curves and delicate resting points show how a few minimal strokes can make our eyes register beauty.

This stand carries its instrument patiently, waiting for its author, artist, engineer, or whoever it may be to resume their work.

The stand empty: a hooked black cradle on a flat forked foot, seen three-quarter
A dark blue mechanical pencil resting nose-down in a small black printed stand, side-on against a pale gray ground
Pencil: Pentel Orenz AT 0.5mm, Dark Blue
The same pencil and stand centered on a pale ground, the stand’s forked foot mirrored in the surface below
The stand resting on a laptop’s keyboard with a black mechanical pencil in it, the stand’s own CAD drawing open on the screen behind
Pencil: Pentel Orenz Nero 0.3mm
An earlier version of the stand on a wooden desk holding a silver mechanical pencil, a blue microphone standing behind it
A prototype model