Which Lumos
Special editions
A palette of six carefully chosen shades, pre-mixed and designed to bring a little more joy to your desk, your sketchbook and your daily rituals
Inspired by the rolling fields, lively hedgerows and dense woodlands that surround us
When it should get better with the years.
From the refill-ution
I take notes in every meeting and I was getting through a pack of gel pens a term. This is the first pen I've actually looked after. Six months in and the line is identical to day one.
Work gives us the cheapest possible pads and most fountain pens bleed straight through. This doesn't. That alone was worth it - the fact it looks like this on the desk is a bonus.
Took me a week to stop expecting it to run out. One dip does me about a month, and the starter ink lasted until I got round to buying a proper bottle. Only wish I'd known to order a second colour.
Reviews shown are from across the Lumos range - every Lumos shares the same body, tip system and refill mechanism. Full reviews for this pen appear below as they come in.
Eleven Japanese-made tips
Every tip in the box, and what it's for. Load any two at once, one at each end.
| Tip | Family | Line | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | Fineliner | Hairlines, stippling, the smallest detail | |
| 0.2 | Fineliner | Fine detail and cross-hatching | |
| 0.3 | Fineliner | Sketching, planners, small notes | |
| 0.5 | Fineliner | Everyday lines and lettering | |
| 0.8 | Fineliner | Bold outlines and headers | |
| 1.0 | Fineliner | Titles, filling, big marks | |
| 0.3 | Writing | Neat entries, trackers, tiny calendars | |
| 0.5 | Writing | Flowing daily pages | |
| Chisel | Felt-tip | Calligraphy, headers, highlighting with fluoro ink | |
| Brush | Felt-tip | Brush lettering, shading, washes | |
| Bullet | Felt-tip | Bold, even marks and doodles |
Why it exists
Too many pens and their refills are disposable by design. Similar to printer ink cartridges, pen companies want you to buy into their format so they can keep selling you replacement pens or refills repeatedly. It's good for their business, but it's bad for the planet and stifles creativity.
As a product designer and craftsman who loves using a variety of pens to create illustrations and designs, I had this very problem! Pens would sit in my drawer for years, either patiently waiting for that very specific refill, or I was just loath to dispose of an otherwise fully functional pen that had run out of ink. So I designed the Lumos.
Refillable, for life
Ink from the bottle, tips you can swap, every part is repairable and replaceable. If something breaks, we have spares and accessories available at all times or you can pop it in the post and we will repair it in the studio.
