This pen is a good example of how Herbert Simon describes design, "changing existing situations into preferred ones." It uses the same technology as a regular gel pen but adapts it for left-handers by using quick-drying ink that prevents smearing. When writing we tend to drag our hand and for left-handers that means dragging it over everything we've just written. The quick-drying ink provides a solution to this problem as well as a service to a significantly wide audience.
The interesting aspect of this post, to me, is the notion of products that address left/right orientation among users. Are there others, how do they handle or address this issue?
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