FROM CONTEST TO MARKET
Making things from the perspective of the people who use them.
"Kokuyo Design Award" started from 2002 and has gained the position of an international competition that aims to make commercial products from the entries.
From the award-winning artwork in the past, a total of 19 entries have gone from the contest to the market.
A number of excellent works will also be created in the future.
By making them into products, innovative designs that have never been seen
before will spread across the world.
Notebook for Black and White Writing
The design proposes a gray notebook that you can write in in both black and white ink.
Paper Wrap Note
A notebook shaped like plastic wrap—pull some out and cut off a page in whatever size you like.
Manga Packing Tape
A tape that is printed with comic panels, speech bubbles, and speed lines, and you can draw in pictures and words to convey the feelings that you want to get across.
Word Block
Word cards with a binder ring that doubles as an elastic band, enabling the cards to be kept neatly stacked in a block.
True Measure
This ruler indicates the position of boundary lines created between two faces lined up a regular intervals, providing a more accurate measurement of length.
A string of beautiful days…
A calendar where numbers are sewn with a single thread. When you pull the thread the numbers gradually unravel and disappear.
Embossed Notebook
The designs on this notebook are expressed solely through embossing instead of printing. You can also feel the movement of the light falling on the pressed ruled lines.
Bubble Liner
This is a ruler with the scale expressed by bubbles.
By incorporating organic bubbles into tools that we use in our everyday lives that are made up of artificial straight lines, we can acquire the beauty of nature in our daily lives.
Stoop
The inspiration that came from the Japanese cushion.
“Stoop” can be used indoors and outdoors by everyone, enabling them to sit down or gather together anywhere.
Wagomu
It is a rubber band made from silicon using the motif of the decorative Japanese twisted paper bowknot ties (Mizuhiki) that have the meaning of "may it happen many times".
Nameless Paints
Eliminating the stereotypes with respect to colors, these paints give you the enjoyment of painting pictures with free inspiration.
Roll Table
Paper rolled around a wood core. The structure serves as a sort of table, providing a stable surface on which to write and draw.
