--- title: "Good Design Award 2026: Stationery Winners" canonical: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/good-design-award-2026-stationery-winners/" description: "Every stationery winner of Japan's Good Design Award 2026: 23 products, two in the Best 100, no Gold, with makers, G Mark pages and US stock." category: "Accessories" published: 2026-10-23 updated: 2026-10-23 author: "Ellis Penhale" publisher: "Stationery Times" sources: 10 products: - name: "Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard (vulcanized fiber, A4 and A5)" brand: "Adachi Shiki" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Japan" material: "Vulcanized fiber (バルカナイズドファイバー) with a urethane finish; no metal parts (Adachi Shiki)" released: "2026-10-01" price_band: "$$$ ($20–75 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Adachi Shiki Kogyo Co., Ltd. (安達紙器工業株式会社), Nagaoka, Niigata" url: "https://www.adachishiki.co.jp/products/2480/" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/adachi-paper-made-clipboard/" - name: "ROMEO Initium 0.5 Titanium dip pen (RZD0101)" brand: "ROMEO" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Japan" material: "Pure titanium barrel; 64 titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloy nib (Itoya)" released: "2025-10-16" price_band: "$$$$ (over $75 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "ITO-YA LTD. (株式会社伊東屋), Tokyo" model: "RZD0101" mpn: "RZD0101" url: "https://www.ito-ya.co.jp/item/45826215262381.html" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/romeo-initium-titanium-dip-pen/" - name: "Midori XS Compact Scissors, serrated" brand: "Midori" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "China" material: "Polycarbonate and POM handle; stainless steel blades (Midori)" released: "2025-10-23" price_band: "$$ ($5–20 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Designphil Inc. (Tokyo)" model: "35647006" mpn: "35647006" url: "https://www.midori-store.net/SHOP/35647006.html" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/midori-xs-compact-scissors-serrated/" - name: "King Jim twip folding book clip (FBC10)" brand: "King Jim" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "POM and ABS (King Jim)" released: "2026-02-18" price_band: "$$ ($5–20 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "King Jim Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)" model: "FBC10" mpn: "FBC10-BK" gtin: "4971660064373" url: "https://kingjim.com/products/fbc10" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/king-jim-twip-book-clip/" - name: "PLUS Whiper Quiet refillable correction tape (WH-2105)" brand: "PLUS" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "86% recycled resin; body case 100% recycled polystyrene (PS); refill ABS and PS (PLUS Japan)" released: "2025-10-28" price_band: "$ (under $5 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "PLUS Corporation (プラス株式会社)" model: "WH-2105" mpn: "52-841" gtin: "4977564808914" url: "https://bungu.plus.co.jp/product/correct/refillable/whiper_quiet/" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/plus-whiper-quiet/" - name: "Raymay Fujii Penpass pen-shaped compass (JC1429, JC1430)" brand: "Raymay Fujii" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "Zinc die-cast legs; PP cap; ABS knob; POM knurl or knock (Raymay Fujii)" released: "2026-06" price_band: "$$$ ($20–75 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Raymay Fujii Co., Ltd. (株式会社レイメイ藤井)" model: "JC1430B" mpn: "JC1430B" url: "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000081.000144194.html" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/raymay-penpass/" - name: "Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel pen" brand: "Pilot" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "Resin barrel and clip with rubber; metal Synergy Tip; water-based pigment gel ink" released: "2025-12-24" price_band: "$ (under $5 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Pilot Corporation (Japan)" model: "LJL-14" mpn: "LJL-14-B" gtin: "4902505688966" url: "https://webcatalog.pilot.co.jp/products/DispDetail.do?volumeName=00004&itemID=t000100005622" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/pilot-juice-plus/" - name: "Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (HAS-15)" brand: "Pilot" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "ABS barrel, inner barrel, knob and eraser cap; elastomer grip; polycarbonate clip; tin-cobalt-plated brass nose (Pilot catalog)" released: "2025-11-28" price_band: "$$ ($5–20 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Pilot Corporation (Japan)" model: "HAS-15" mpn: "HAS-15-PKB" gtin: "4902505685576" url: "https://webcatalog.pilot.co.jp/products/DispDetail.do?volumeName=00004&itemID=t000100005679" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/pilot-airstep/" - name: "KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter (WPM1)" brand: "KOKUYO" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "Plastic body and caps; felt tips; water-based ink with hollow micro-particles" released: "2026-09-16" price_band: "$ (under $5 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "KOKUYO Co., Ltd." model: "WPM1" mpn: "WPM1-SM-5C" url: "https://kokuyo.jp/pr/campus/anyliner/" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/kokuyo-campus-any-liner/" - name: "PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors (SC-190PMT)" brand: "PLUS" brand_origin: "Japan" made_in: "Not stated" material: "High-carbon stainless steel blades and rivet with titanium coating; PE grip; POM anti-rattle ring; PP cap (PLUS Japan)" released: "2026-05-29" price_band: "$$ ($5–20 per item, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "PLUS Corporation (プラス株式会社)" model: "SC-190PMT" mpn: "34-221" gtin: "4977564828349" url: "https://bungu.plus.co.jp/product/cut/use/fcc_bannou_titan/" guide: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/plus-fit-cut-curve-banno-titanium/" --- # Good Design Award 2026: Stationery Winners > Japan's Good Design Award 2026, announced by JDP on October 15, 2026, gave 23 awards in its stationery category. No stationery won Gold, but two reached the Good Design Best 100: Adachi Shiki's metal-free Paper Made Clipboard, which also took a Good Focus Award, and ASKUL's all-paper event name-tag holder. Pilot, KOKUYO, PLUS, Midori and King Jim also won. - URL: https://stationerytimes.com/guides/good-design-award-2026-stationery-winners/ - Category: Accessories - Author: Ellis Penhale - Published: 2026-10-23 - Updated: 2026-10-23 ![Seven Good Design Award 2026 stationery winners drawn to scale in a row, from the Paper Made Clipboard and paper name tag to the twip book clip](https://stationerytimes.com/images/raster/good-design-award-2026-stationery-winners-16x9.png) *Drawn to scale at 1 mm = 0.6 px from the makers' sizes; the name-tag lanyard and small parts are drawn by eye.* Original drawing (SVG): . Drawings © 2026 Stationery Times, reusable with credit under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ## Product facts | Product | Brand | Brand origin | Made in | Material | Released | Price range (typical US retail, October 2026) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard (vulcanized fiber, A4 and A5) | Adachi Shiki (by Adachi Shiki Kogyo Co., Ltd. (安達紙器工業株式会社), Nagaoka, Niigata) | Japan | Japan | Vulcanized fiber (バルカナイズドファイバー) with a urethane finish; no metal parts (Adachi Shiki) | 2026-10-01 | $$$: $20–75 per item | | ROMEO Initium 0.5 Titanium dip pen (RZD0101) | ROMEO (by ITO-YA LTD. (株式会社伊東屋), Tokyo) | Japan | Japan | Pure titanium barrel; 64 titanium (Ti-6Al-4V) alloy nib (Itoya) | 2025-10-16 | $$$$: over $75 per item | | Midori XS Compact Scissors, serrated | Midori (by Designphil Inc. (Tokyo)) | Japan | China | Polycarbonate and POM handle; stainless steel blades (Midori) | 2025-10-23 | $$: $5–20 per item | | King Jim twip folding book clip (FBC10) | King Jim (by King Jim Co., Ltd. (Tokyo)) | Japan | Not stated | POM and ABS (King Jim) | 2026-02-18 | $$: $5–20 per item | | PLUS Whiper Quiet refillable correction tape (WH-2105) | PLUS (by PLUS Corporation (プラス株式会社)) | Japan | Not stated | 86% recycled resin; body case 100% recycled polystyrene (PS); refill ABS and PS (PLUS Japan) | 2025-10-28 | $: under $5 per item | | Raymay Fujii Penpass pen-shaped compass (JC1429, JC1430) | Raymay Fujii (by Raymay Fujii Co., Ltd. (株式会社レイメイ藤井)) | Japan | Not stated | Zinc die-cast legs; PP cap; ABS knob; POM knurl or knock (Raymay Fujii) | 2026-06 | $$$: $20–75 per item | | Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel pen | Pilot (by Pilot Corporation (Japan)) | Japan | Not stated | Resin barrel and clip with rubber; metal Synergy Tip; water-based pigment gel ink | 2025-12-24 | $: under $5 per item | | Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (HAS-15) | Pilot (by Pilot Corporation (Japan)) | Japan | Not stated | ABS barrel, inner barrel, knob and eraser cap; elastomer grip; polycarbonate clip; tin-cobalt-plated brass nose (Pilot catalog) | 2025-11-28 | $$: $5–20 per item | | KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter (WPM1) | KOKUYO (by KOKUYO Co., Ltd.) | Japan | Not stated | Plastic body and caps; felt tips; water-based ink with hollow micro-particles | 2026-09-16 | $: under $5 per item | | PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors (SC-190PMT) | PLUS (by PLUS Corporation (プラス株式会社)) | Japan | Not stated | High-carbon stainless steel blades and rivet with titanium coating; PE grip; POM anti-rattle ring; PP cap (PLUS Japan) | 2026-05-29 | $$: $5–20 per item | - Made in (Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard (vulcanized fiber, A4 and A5)): Japan. Adachi Shiki says its products are made one by one in the factory at its head office in Nagaoka, Niigata; the clipboard's own page doesn't repeat a country of origin. Source: https://www.adachishiki.co.jp/ - Made in (ROMEO Initium 0.5 Titanium dip pen (RZD0101)): Japan. Itoya's online store lists 生産国 日本 (country of production: Japan) for the RZD0101. Source: https://www.ito-ya.co.jp/item/45826215262381.html - Made in (Midori XS Compact Scissors, serrated): China. Midori's online store lists 原産国 MADE IN CHINA for the black 35647006. Source: https://www.midori-store.net/SHOP/35647006.html - Made in (King Jim twip folding book clip (FBC10)): Not stated. King Jim's online store page and the G Mark entry give size, weight, materials and price but no country of manufacture; King Jim's corporate site was down for maintenance when we checked on October 23, 2026. - Made in (PLUS Whiper Quiet refillable correction tape (WH-2105)): Not stated. PLUS Japan's product page and item list, Impress Watch's launch report and the G Mark entry give size, materials, codes and price but no country of manufacture. - Made in (Raymay Fujii Penpass pen-shaped compass (JC1429, JC1430)): Not stated. Raymay Fujii's May 25, 2026 release and the G Mark entry give sizes, weights, materials and prices but no country of manufacture. - Made in (Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel pen): Not stated. Pilot's Japanese press release and web catalog for the Juice+ don't state a country of manufacture. - Made in (Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (HAS-15)): Not stated. Pilot's Japanese press release and web catalog and the JetPens listing we read on October 22, 2026 don't state a country of manufacture. - Made in (KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter (WPM1)): Not stated. KOKUYO's press release, JetPens and the Amazon.com listing we read on October 22, 2026 don't state a country of manufacture. - Made in (PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors (SC-190PMT)): Not stated. PLUS Japan's product page, item list and May 19, 2026 press release give sizes, materials, codes and price but no country of manufacture. PLUS's own shop lists China for a different model, the Premium Titanium (SC-175STN); we don't assume the same here. ## Key takeaways - JDP judged 5,111 entries and gave 1,484 Good Design Awards in 2026; 23 of them are in the stationery category, award numbers 26G030107 to 26G030129. - Two stationery winners made the Good Design Best 100, and none of the 19 Gold Awards or the Grand Award went to stationery. - The Paper Made Clipboard is one of only 3 Good Focus Award [Design of Technique & Tradition] winners, the SME Agency Commissioner's Award. - The priciest winner is Itoya's ROMEO Initium titanium dip pen at ¥82,500 (about US$520) including tax; the cheapest, Deli's BambooLine calligraphy pen, starts at ¥142 (about US$0.90) on its G Mark entry. - On October 23, 2026 Amazon.com listed the King Jim twip and the Raymay Fujii Penpass from import sellers; most other winners need Japanese stores or proxy services. ## Which stationery won the Good Design Award 2026? **Twenty-three products won in the stationery category of Japan's Good Design Award 2026, announced by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP) on October 15, 2026.** None won Gold, but two reached the Good Design Best 100, and one of those also took a special award, which makes Adachi Shiki's Paper Made Clipboard the category's top winner. In Japanese the award is the グッドデザイン賞. JDP says it judged 5,111 entries and gave 1,484 awards, 100 of them in the Best 100. We list every winner in G Mark's own stationery category, which also holds desk items such as a timer, a calculator and a poster frame. ## How did we choose what to cover? **We didn't pick these winners; JDP's jury did, and we compiled the results from G Mark's award pages and makers' sites without testing the products.** We list all 23 winners in G Mark's stationery category and feature ten in our facts box, the two most-honored first, with US availability checked on October 23, 2026. ## Which stationery made the Best 100? **Adachi Shiki's Paper Made Clipboard and ASKUL's all-paper event name-tag holder.** The clipboard also won one of three Good Focus Awards [Design of Technique & Tradition], given as the SME Agency Commissioner's Award. | Product | Maker | Award | Japan price | |---|---|---|---| | [Paper Made Clipboard](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/adachi-paper-made-clipboard/) | Adachi Shiki Kogyo | Best 100; Good Focus Award | A4 ¥4,620 (about US$29) incl. tax | | All-paper event name-tag holder | ASKUL | Best 100 | ¥1,980 (about US$13) for 100, incl. tax | *Why it's here:* the clipboard is made only of vulcanized fiber, a tough paper board, with a spring clip formed from the board itself. ASKUL's holder and its lanyard are both paper, so organizers can bin it in one stream, the G Mark entry says. ## What were all 23 stationery winners? **The full list, in G Mark award-number order; each row links to its G Mark page.** | No. | Product | Maker | G Mark | |---|---|---|---| | 107 | [Juice+](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/pilot-juice-plus/) gel pen | Pilot | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34804) | | 108 | Nusign Balance gel pen | Shanghai Deli Nusign Technology | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/37311) | | 109 | TWIST gel pen | Shanghai KACO Industrial | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/37585) | | 110 | Soft-Touch highlighter | Deli Office Technology | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/38904) | | 111 | [Campus ANY LINER](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/kokuyo-campus-any-liner/) highlighter | KOKUYO | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/38628) | | 112 | [ROMEO Initium](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/romeo-initium-titanium-dip-pen/) titanium dip pen | Itoya | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/35813) | | 113 | BambooLine flexible calligraphy pen | Deli Office Technology | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/35089) | | 114 | Refillable flexible calligraphy pen | Deli Office Technology | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/35320) | | 115 | [AIRSTEP](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/pilot-airstep/) mechanical pencil | Pilot | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/36048) | | 116 | TRANSPARENT MECHANISM clear series | KOKUYO | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/39028) | | 117 | GluePop glue tape | Deli Office Technology | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/35566) | | 118 | [Whiper Quiet](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/plus-whiper-quiet/) correction tape | PLUS | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34277) | | 119 | [Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/plus-fit-cut-curve-banno-titanium/) scissors | PLUS | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34115) | | 120 | [XS Compact Scissors](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/midori-xs-compact-scissors-serrated/), serrated | Designphil (Midori) | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34264) | | 121 | Stand Cut kraft-tape cutter | PLUS | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34102) | | 122 | Cemedine D peelable fixing glue | Cemedine | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/36311) | | 123 | [Penpass](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/raymay-penpass/) pen-shaped compass | Raymay Fujii | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34511) | | 124 | Visual Bar Timer Petit | King Jim | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34063) | | 125 | Desktop calculator series | Deli Office Technology | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/36547) | | 126 | All-paper event name-tag holder | ASKUL | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/37510) | | 127 | [twip](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/king-jim-twip-book-clip/) folding book clip | King Jim | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34059) | | 128 | Paper Made Clipboard | Adachi Shiki Kogyo | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34249) | | 129 | Sofken Frame Slim8 poster frame | Sofken | [page](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/38326) | Award numbers start with 26G030 (so 107 is 26G030107). All rows won the Good Design Award; 126 and 128 also made the Best 100, and 128 won the Good Focus Award. ## What do the pen and pencil winners do? **The Japanese pens target students and fine writing: the Juice+ and AIRSTEP aim at study, and the ROMEO Initium rethinks the dip pen in titanium.** *Why it's here:* Itoya says one dip of the Initium's grooved nib writes more than a sheet of letter paper. *Why they're here:* the AIRSTEP feeds lead when you press the worn tip against the paper, the Juice+ is Pilot's study pen with a 0.4 mm Synergy Tip, and the ANY LINER is a twin highlighter that KOKUYO says resists show-through on thin paper. Deli's two flexible calligraphy pens and the Nusign and KACO gel pens are Chinese entries. ## Which winners are desk tools? **PLUS won three times, for the Whiper Quiet, the Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium and the Stand Cut, and King Jim twice, for the twip book clip and the Visual Bar Timer Petit.** *Why they're here:* the Whiper Quiet is a refillable correction tape with a gear that, Impress Watch reports, cuts the noise of pulling the tape by about 90%. KOKUYO's TRANSPARENT MECHANISM is a clear-bodied series: a pocket scissors, a tape glue and a clear edition of the Harinacs Compact Alpha staple-free stapler. Midori's XS scissors close to 43 mm, Raymay Fujii's Penpass folds a compass into a pen, the twip folds to hold a book open, and the Bannō Titanium also won a 2026 Japan Stationery Award. ## Can you buy the winners in the US? **A few: on October 23, 2026 Amazon.com listed the King Jim twip (FBC10) and the new Raymay Fujii Penpass (JC1430B, JC1429B) from import sellers.** Amazon.com also carries Japan-import Juice+ sets, and JetPens lists the AIRSTEP, per our guides. We found no US listing for the Paper Made Clipboard, the ROMEO Initium, the Whiper Quiet or the serrated XS scissors. For those, Japanese stores that ship abroad, or proxy services, are the realistic route. ## How does this compare with the other 2026 stationery awards? **The Good Design Award judges design across all industries, while Japan's two stationery awards judge stationery alone.** PLUS's Bannō Titanium scissors also won a 2026 Japan Stationery Award, and the Pilot Juice+ won a Bungu-ya-san Taishō category award. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the G Mark? The G Mark is the logo that winners of Japan's Good Design Award may print on products and packaging. The award has run since 1957 and is organized by the Japan Institute of Design Promotion (JDP). ### Did any stationery win a Good Design Gold Award in 2026? No. The 2026 Grand Award went to a Yamaha drum module and the 19 Gold Awards to other categories. The best stationery results were two places in the Good Design Best 100. ### What is the Good Design Best 100? It is the top 100 of each year's winners, made of the top five from each of JDP's 20 judging units. The Gold Awards and the Grand Award are chosen from it. ### Is a Good Design Award the same as a Good Design Best 100? No. All 1,484 winners in 2026 received the Good Design Award; only 100 of them were also named to the Best 100, and 32 of those received special awards. ### Which pens and pencils won a Good Design Award in 2026? The Pilot Juice+ gel pen, the Pilot AIRSTEP mechanical pencil, the KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER highlighter, the ROMEO Initium titanium dip pen from Itoya, and pens from China's Deli, Nusign and KACO. ### Where can I see the 2026 Good Design winners in person? JDP shows all 2026 winners at the GOOD DESIGN EXHIBITION 2026 at Tokyo Midtown in Akasaka, opening October 31, 2026. ### Did any notebooks win the Good Design Award 2026? Not in the stationery category. The 23 stationery winners are pens, scissors, tapes, a compass, a timer, a book clip, a clipboard, a name-tag holder, a calculator and a poster frame. ## Sources - [JDP, GOOD DESIGN AWARD: 2026年度受賞結果 (results page; read October 23, 2026)](https://www.g-mark.org/learn/past-awards/gda-2026/results) - [JDP: 2026年度グッドデザイン賞受賞結果を発表 (5,111 entries, 1,484 winners, 1,032 companies; October 16, 2026)](https://www.jidp.or.jp/ja/2026/10/16/261015gdanews.pdf) - [G Mark gallery: 2026 Good Design Best 100](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/search?years=2026&awardCodes=BEST100) - [G Mark gallery: Paper Made Clipboard, Adachi Shiki Kogyo (26G030128)](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/34249) - [G Mark gallery: all-paper event name-tag holder, ASKUL (26G030126)](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/37510) - [G Mark gallery: ROMEO Initium, Itoya (26G030112)](https://www.g-mark.org/gallery/winners/35813) - [ASKUL: まるごと紙製 イベント名札ホルダー (product page)](https://www.askul.co.jp/p/WHW3958) - [Itoya online store: ROMEO イニチウム 0.5 チタン (¥82,500 incl. tax; read October 23, 2026)](https://www.ito-ya.co.jp/item/45826215262381.html) - [Amazon.com: King Jim FBC10-BK folding book clip (listing seen October 23, 2026)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNLTNLJM) - [Amazon.com: Raymay Fujii JC1430B Pen Pass compass (listing seen October 23, 2026)](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6ZQ92KX)