A new artist-collaboration pen features a pocket clip shaped like a
tulip to raise awareness and support for Parkinson’s disease research.
A remarkable new prestige pen by
Montegrappa has been designed to draw attention to the plight of those
living with Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative neurological disorder
estimated to affect more than six million people around the world.
Available from today, the Tulip for Team Fox enables pen owners
to show solidarity with Parkinson’s patients, while helping The Michael
J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) accelerate research
into a cure.
The pen’s striking clip is a reference to
the international symbol of Parkinson’s consciousness – the red tulip.
Its design comes from an idea and sketches from Timothy John – a fine
artist from Adelaide, Australia. The passionate fountain pen user was
himself diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2017, and his initiative to
alleviate the suffering of others counts among John’s most personal and
transformative projects.
Ten percent of proceeds from sales of the
Tulip for Team Fox will be donated to MJFF. The world’s largest
non-profit funder of Parkinson’s disease research has funded more than
$800 million since its inception in 2000. Its results moved Bloomberg to
describe it recently as “the fulcrum on which Parkinson’s research
pivots.”
For Montegrappa C.E.O. and Creative
Director Giuseppe Aquila the new, Solidarity Edition pens offer a chance
to do good on both a broad and personal level. “Timothy has been a
regular collaborator with us over many years and we were deeply impacted
by the news of his diagnosis. For us, this is a rare opportunity to
raise awareness and express fraternity with a dear friend,” Aquila
explains. “We are honoured to be able to donate a portion of proceeds to
The Michael J. Fox Foundation.”
