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The Bit Bar Inline Is the Screwdriver That Tackles All Your Daily Tasks

We've been following the work of Chadwick Parker & Joe Huang--aka BigiDesign--since the very beginning. The brand has grown from just pens to an impressive catalog of EDC tools over the course of more than 30 different Kickstarter projects. Their latest--the Bit Bar Inline--checks all the boxes for what we've…

The Ti Arto Pen Works With Over 200 Refills

If you thought their Ti Post, Solid Titanium Pen + Stylus, and PHX pens meant the guys behind BIGiDESIGN were out of ideas for well-designed, high-quality, multiple refill pens, you're wrong. The Ti Arto pen works with over 200 different refills and proves that Chadwick Parker and Joe Huang still…

Big Idea Design Titanium EDC Multi-Tool

Universal wrench that fits 15 SAE and Metric sizes. 1/4" Hex driver receptable. Mini pry bar. Bottle opener. Flat head screwdriver. 1" / 2" measurements. Box opener. Camping fork. Scraper edge. This compact grade 5 EDC Multi Tool from Big Idea Design includes just about everything you'd need on a regular…

This EDC Screwdriver Weighs Less than a Key

Chadwick Parker and Joe Huang (aka BIGiDESIGN) are familiar faces around these parts for all their Kickstarter pen projects (PHX, Solid Titanium Pen + Stylus, TI Post, etc.). They're back it again, using titanium (no surprise there) to create the world's first solid titanium alloy double-sided screwdriver bit. End to…

Ti POST Pen + Stylus Is Handheld Titanium Bliss

We've said it before, and we'll say it again--the guys at BIGiDESIGN know pens. They're better at launching, and delivering, Kickstarter pens than anyone else, and they're back with a slightly new version of the Solid Titanium Pen + Stylus. What's new in this model? Most importantly, everything but the…

Holiday Gift Guide: The Techie

At their core, every guy is a techie. Neat electronics have been the go-to gifts for guys for ages, with good reason. It's also a gift you can screw up easily by getting a piece of outdated tech. Here are our picks for The Techie, aka every guy. This post…

Pens of Kickstarter

Thanks to Kickstarter, putting pen to paper is hardly a thing of the past. In all fairness it never really went away, but Kickstarter helped put lots of cool options in our hands, bags and desk drawers. They all have a few things in common: they're better than anything you'd find…

Approved: Pens

Many of you reading this, and the guy writing it, can’t justify spending money on what we affectionately refer to as “Rolex class pens.” Those are your Montblancs, Krones, Tibaldis, etc. Spending a couple hundred dollars on a writing instrument that, let’s be honest here, you’re probably going to lose…