Universal Design Calligraphy Pen

This work was based on one of my last digital fabrication classes titled Universal Design. This project helped me understand more about the 7 principles and how they can be implemented in design. The work was a redesign of the calligraphy pen my mother had when they were growing up. It was long process but well deserving. This is a section of my reflection that I wrote for my process book,

“While redesigning my calligraphy dip pen, I ran into the problem of adjusting units. I printed a few times to get the right tolerance since I was working within inches rather than millimeters which skewed things a bit. I am glad that I was able to get the tolerance for the nib insertion since I printed a really small one by chance. I think I will add that part to the larger version for it to scale upwards since larger forms are used in a universal context for older or younger people. I am actually pretty proud of my design since I spent some time and put in love into it. I am happy that my Rhino