Gábor Megyeri

Gábor Megyeri (born 30 May 1982 in Miskolc, Hungary) is the Hungarian graphic designer behind well-known pieces such as the Mark Twain Montblanc pen, Montegrappa pens and watches and the r.feather pen.
== Education ==
Gábor Megyeri graduated from the Hermann Otto Secondary Grammar School's German class in Miskolc in 2000. He became interested in fine arts as a result of the art class he attended during high school. At first he was into painting, filming and graphics but later on he shifted to applied arts.
After graduating from high school he attended Gábor Aron School where he studied Electronic Graphics. His mentor was György Fata, who at that time stood out as the best-known person in the fine arts world in Miskolc. Gábor is quoted as saying that Fata "effectively pointed me in the direction I should go".
Gábor then went on to study at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME) in Budapest, graduating in 2007.
Gábor Megyeri started his PhD studies in Corvinus University of Budapest in 2018, in the faculty of Marketing, Media, and Communication Design. His doctoral research is titled “Digital Past; Analog Future”, supervised by Associate Professor Dr. Dóra Horváth and Professor Dr. Attila Róbert Cosován. Their research explores the role and function of analog values in the digitalized world, with a focus on handwriting.
== Career ==
=== Design Achievements as a Student ===
While studying at MOME, Gábor gradually turned to the premium segment, participating in two vehicle design projects sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. He also worked on Miele and Grohe projects and was the recipient of awards, first for winning the Electrolux "Trilobite" robot vacuum competition and then winning the Gaz de France "Jeunes Flammes".
In his fourth year of studies, Gábor sent his portfolio to the Montblanc (company) headquarters in Hamburg. The manufacturer offered him a 6-month apprenticeship program working on luxury pens. There he was guided by Jan Zander who was responsible for the whole design of Montblanc. Gábor's final project in school was a limited-edition series of three pens, one of which appeared as the 2010 Mark Twain Writers Limited Edition pen. Returning from Hamburg, he stated on Hungarian television that he did not see himself pursuing further pen design and innovation, but that turned out not to be the case.
=== Post-graduate Career ===
In 2005, Gábor founded his first company with his photographer wife, Industrial Design Bt. with a focus on fashion and industrial design. One of their first customers was Bosch, for whom they prepared wrapping designs.
Between 2008 and 2015, Gábor designed and produced premium category watches, creating four different types of watches which were designed in Hungary, produced in Switzerland and sold worldwide. They prototyped the first 10-10 watches that were not commercially available. In a watch workshop in Basel he met a future customer, representatives from Montegrappa who asked him if “he could design a watch that is not available on the market yet”.
Whilst working with Montegrappa, Gábor later designed a series of pens for the Bugatti Chiron sportscar, a pen collection dedicated to Ernest Hemingway and a pen that was a tribute to Grappa making.
Since 2015, Gábor Megyeri has been building a brand called Etelburg; the first pen launched to the market has been named r.feather. Gábor is quoted as saying “Its mission is to show the importance of handwriting in the digitalized world.”
== Exhibitions and Awards ==
Baselworld 2013, 2014, 2015 – Montegrappa
Milano Expo: Exhibition of Bíró László 2015, 2016
Hungarian Design Award 2017
Körülöttünk / All Around Us – National Salon 2017
== References ==
Category:1982 births
Category:Hungarian people
Category:Hungarian graphic designers