KOKUYO’s Owned Media Platform WORKSIGHT Wins Three Design Awards in Different Categories Across Three Asian Regions
KOKUYO CO., LTD. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; President: Hidekuni Kuroda) announces that WORKSIGHT, its owned media platform edited by the company’s YOKOKU Research Institute, has won a Silver Award in the Communication Design category of the DFA Design for Asia Awards 2026. Including this award, WORKSIGHT has received a total of three design awards in three different categories across three Asian regions.
Left: DFA Design for Asia Awards 2026 Silver Award logo; right: WORKSIGHT logo (top) and sample content (bottom)
WORKSIGHT is a media platform that explores themes that provide important guideposts for considering society’s future, taking as its point of departure KOKUYO’s vision for an ideal future—a “self-directed, collaborative society.” It is edited, planned, and operated by the WORKSIGHT editorial team, comprising YOKOKU Research Institute, KOKUYO’s research and design lab, and the content label blkswn publishers Inc. Going beyond the conventional model of a corporate-owned media platform, WORKSIGHT is developing a multidimensional media structure that integrates a system enabling readers to participate in the editorial process with diverse content, including newsletters, books, and events.
The multifaceted recognition represented by these awards reflects broad support for WORKSIGHT’s critical engagement with social questions and its open co-creation model that engages readers. By presenting an alternative vision of a self-directed, collaborative society to design communities and the public across Asia, WORKSIGHT is fulfilling a thought leadership role by building a foundation for sustained dialogue and co-creation.
1.Award Overview
(1) DFA Design for Asia Awards 2026 (Hong Kong)
• About the award: One of Asia’s most prestigious design awards, organized by Hong Kong Design Centre.
• Recognition: WORKSIGHT received a Silver Award in the Communication Design category. It was highly regarded for effectively communicating its messages and questions aimed at realizing a self-directed, collaborative society to audiences across Asia.
(2) Golden Pin Design Award 2026 (Taiwan)
• About the award: Organized by TDRI (Taiwan Design Research Institute), this is one of the largest design awards in the Chinese-speaking world.
• Recognition: WORKSIGHT received the Golden Pin Design Mark in the Integration Design category. Its media ecosystem—the way its magazine, newsletter, events, books, Public Editor system, and other elements form an integrated whole—was highly regarded.
(3) SG Mark 2026 (Singapore)
• About the award: An international design award organized by Design Business Chamber Singapore.
• Recognition: WORKSIGHT received an award in the Visual Design category. Its creative expression, including its graphic and editorial design, was highly regarded for the beauty and refinement of its visual presentation.
• About the award: One of Asia’s most prestigious design awards, organized by Hong Kong Design Centre.
• Recognition: WORKSIGHT received a Silver Award in the Communication Design category. It was highly regarded for effectively communicating its messages and questions aimed at realizing a self-directed, collaborative society to audiences across Asia.
(2) Golden Pin Design Award 2026 (Taiwan)
• About the award: Organized by TDRI (Taiwan Design Research Institute), this is one of the largest design awards in the Chinese-speaking world.
• Recognition: WORKSIGHT received the Golden Pin Design Mark in the Integration Design category. Its media ecosystem—the way its magazine, newsletter, events, books, Public Editor system, and other elements form an integrated whole—was highly regarded.
(3) SG Mark 2026 (Singapore)
• About the award: An international design award organized by Design Business Chamber Singapore.
• Recognition: WORKSIGHT received an award in the Visual Design category. Its creative expression, including its graphic and editorial design, was highly regarded for the beauty and refinement of its visual presentation.
From left: DFA Design for Asia Awards 2026 Silver Award logo, Golden Pin Design Award 2026 DESIGN AWARD logo, and SG Mark 2026 logo
In addition, WORKSIGHT received a GOOD DESIGN AWARD (Japan) in 2025. This recognition helped establish WORKSIGHT’s reputation in Japan, recognizing its pioneering perspective on social issues and its distinctive approach as a media platform. .
２．Official Information and Explanation of the Initiative
For more information about WORKSIGHT, please visit the official page below.
https://worksight.substack.com/about
【Reference】
YOKOKU Research Institute
YOKOKU Research Institute serves as the strategic compass for KOKUYO's corporate activities. We strive to increase the "resolution" of our future ― transforming vague possibilities into a clear, actionable vision. By continuously updating our future scenarios, we focus on the realization of a self-directed, collaborative society.
Official Website: https://yokoku.kokuyo.co.jp/ *Japanese Only
・blkswn publishers Inc.
A content label whose mission is to question what is taken for granted today and “reimagine” alternative possibilities across a wide range of fields, producing content across a range of media, including magazines, websites, video, events, and travel.
Official Website: https://blkswn.tokyo/ *Japanese Only
*The information in this release is current as of the date of the announcement. Please note that it is subject to change without prior notice.
*The company names, service names, and product names listed are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.
https://worksight.substack.com/about
【Reference】
YOKOKU Research Institute
YOKOKU Research Institute serves as the strategic compass for KOKUYO's corporate activities. We strive to increase the "resolution" of our future ― transforming vague possibilities into a clear, actionable vision. By continuously updating our future scenarios, we focus on the realization of a self-directed, collaborative society.
Official Website: https://yokoku.kokuyo.co.jp/ *Japanese Only
・blkswn publishers Inc.
A content label whose mission is to question what is taken for granted today and “reimagine” alternative possibilities across a wide range of fields, producing content across a range of media, including magazines, websites, video, events, and travel.
Official Website: https://blkswn.tokyo/ *Japanese Only
*The information in this release is current as of the date of the announcement. Please note that it is subject to change without prior notice.
*The company names, service names, and product names listed are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.