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Good Design Award 2026: Stationery Winners

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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.

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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
Drawn to scale at 1 mm = 0.6 px from the makers' sizes; the name-tag lanyard and small parts are drawn by eye.

Products compared

  1. Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard in A4 black and A5 red-brown, drawn to scale, with an inset of the paper spring clipNo. 1Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard$$$Read the guide →
  2. ROMEO Initium titanium dip pen drawn to scale at 144.5 mm, with an inset of ink held in its grooved nibNo. 2ROMEO Initium 0.5 Titanium dip pen$$$$Read the guide →
  3. Midori XS Compact Scissors in black drawn to scale, closed at 43 mm and open at 47 × 56 mm, with an inset of the serrated bladesNo. 3Midori XS Compact Scissors, serrated$$Read the guide →
  4. King Jim twip book clip in black drawn to scale, fully open at 439 mm and folded at 160 mm, with an inset of a windowed clipNo. 4King Jim twip folding book clip$$Read the guide →
  5. PLUS Whiper Quiet correction tape in navy drawn to scale at 76 × 36 mm, with an inset of the quiet gearNo. 5PLUS Whiper Quiet refillable correction tape$Read the guide →
  6. Raymay Fujii Penpass sharp type in black, closed like a pen and drawn to scale at 133 mm, with an inset of the retractable needleNo. 6Raymay Fujii Penpass pen-shaped compass$$$Read the guide →
  7. White Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel pen drawn to scale at 142 mm, with an inset of the Synergy TipNo. 7Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel pen$Read the guide →
  8. Black Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil drawn to scale at 137.7 mm, with an inset of the press-to-advance tipNo. 8Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil$$Read the guide →
  9. KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter in Smoky Blue drawn to scale at 135 mm capped, with an inset of the 4 mm chisel tipNo. 9KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter$Read the guide →
  10. PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors in black drawn to scale at 187 mm, with a 46 mm serrated, titanium-coated bladeNo. 10PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors$$Read the guide →
ProductBrand originMade inPrice range
Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard (vulcanized fiber, A4 and A5)Adachi ShikiJapanJapan*Price range: $$$$20–75 per item
ROMEO Initium 0.5 Titanium dip pen (RZD0101)ROMEOJapanJapan*Price range: $$$$over $75 per item
Midori XS Compact Scissors, serratedMidoriJapanChina*Price range: $$$5–20 per item
King Jim twip folding book clip (FBC10)King JimJapanNot stated*Price range: $$$5–20 per item
PLUS Whiper Quiet refillable correction tape (WH-2105)PLUSJapanNot stated*Price range: $under $5 per item
Raymay Fujii Penpass pen-shaped compass (JC1429, JC1430)Raymay FujiiJapanNot stated*Price range: $$$$20–75 per item
Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel penPilotJapanNot stated*Price range: $under $5 per item
Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (HAS-15)PilotJapanNot stated*Price range: $$$5–20 per item
KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter (WPM1)KOKUYOJapanNot stated*Price range: $under $5 per item
PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors (SC-190PMT)PLUSJapanNot stated*Price range: $$$5–20 per item
Notes on these facts
  • Adachi Shiki Paper Made Clipboard (vulcanized fiber, A4 and A5): Made by Adachi Shiki Kogyo Co., Ltd. (安達紙器工業株式会社), Nagaoka, Niigata. Made in 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. Released: Release date from the Good Design Award 2026 entry; Adachi Shiki's product page says autumn 2026.
  • ROMEO Initium 0.5 Titanium dip pen (RZD0101): Made by ITO-YA LTD. (株式会社伊東屋), Tokyo. Made in Japan: Itoya's online store lists 生産国 日本 (country of production: Japan) for the RZD0101. Source. Released: Release date from the Good Design Award 2026 entry; Itoya's own pages we read don't date the launch.
  • Midori XS Compact Scissors, serrated: Made by Designphil Inc. (Tokyo). Made in China: Midori's online store lists 原産国 MADE IN CHINA for the black 35647006. Source. Released: Launch date from DIME's report of Designphil's release; the G Mark entry gives October 2025.
  • King Jim twip folding book clip (FBC10): Made by King Jim Co., Ltd. (Tokyo). Country of manufacture 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.
  • PLUS Whiper Quiet refillable correction tape (WH-2105): Made by PLUS Corporation (プラス株式会社). Country of manufacture 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.
  • Raymay Fujii Penpass pen-shaped compass (JC1429, JC1430): Made by Raymay Fujii Co., Ltd. (株式会社レイメイ藤井). Country of manufacture 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. Released: Raymay Fujii's May 25, 2026 release says late June 2026; the G Mark entry gives June 2026. The first Penpass came out in 2007.
  • Pilot Juice+ 0.4 mm gel pen: Made by Pilot Corporation (Japan). Country of manufacture not stated: Pilot's Japanese press release and web catalog for the Juice+ don't state a country of manufacture. Released: Japanese launch date in Pilot's press release of November 18, 2025.
  • Pilot AIRSTEP 0.5 mm mechanical pencil (HAS-15): Made by Pilot Corporation (Japan). Country of manufacture 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. Released: Japanese launch date in Pilot's press release of November 11, 2025.
  • KOKUYO Campus ANY LINER twin highlighter (WPM1): Made by KOKUYO Co., Ltd.. Country of manufacture 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. Released: Japanese launch date in KOKUYO's press release of September 9, 2026; JetPens shows customer reviews from July 2026, so US stock may have arrived earlier.
  • PLUS Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors (SC-190PMT): Made by PLUS Corporation (プラス株式会社). Country of manufacture 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.
  • Price bands are typical US retail, checked October 2026. Conversions to US dollars are approximate, at October 2026 rates (US$1 = ¥158 = ₩1,330 = NT$32.5 = CN¥6.7 = SEK 9.9 = DKK 6.7 = ₺49.6 = C$1.41 = A$1.43 = CZK 21.7; €1 = US$1.12; £1 = US$1.32; CHF 1 = US$1.21).

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 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+ gel pen Pilot page
108 Nusign Balance gel pen Shanghai Deli Nusign Technology page
109 TWIST gel pen Shanghai KACO Industrial page
110 Soft-Touch highlighter Deli Office Technology page
111 Campus ANY LINER highlighter KOKUYO page
112 ROMEO Initium titanium dip pen Itoya page
113 BambooLine flexible calligraphy pen Deli Office Technology page
114 Refillable flexible calligraphy pen Deli Office Technology page
115 AIRSTEP mechanical pencil Pilot page
116 TRANSPARENT MECHANISM clear series KOKUYO page
117 GluePop glue tape Deli Office Technology page
118 Whiper Quiet correction tape PLUS page
119 Fit Cut Curve Bannō Titanium scissors PLUS page
120 XS Compact Scissors, serrated Designphil (Midori) page
121 Stand Cut kraft-tape cutter PLUS page
122 Cemedine D peelable fixing glue Cemedine page
123 Penpass pen-shaped compass Raymay Fujii page
124 Visual Bar Timer Petit King Jim page
125 Desktop calculator series Deli Office Technology page
126 All-paper event name-tag holder ASKUL page
127 twip folding book clip King Jim page
128 Paper Made Clipboard Adachi Shiki Kogyo page
129 Sofken Frame Slim8 poster frame Sofken page

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 (10)

  1. JDP, GOOD DESIGN AWARD: 2026年度受賞結果 (results page; read October 23, 2026)
  2. 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)
  3. G Mark gallery: 2026 Good Design Best 100
  4. G Mark gallery: Paper Made Clipboard, Adachi Shiki Kogyo (26G030128)
  5. G Mark gallery: all-paper event name-tag holder, ASKUL (26G030126)
  6. G Mark gallery: ROMEO Initium, Itoya (26G030112)
  7. ASKUL: まるごと紙製 イベント名札ホルダー (product page)
  8. Itoya online store: ROMEO イニチウム 0.5 チタン (¥82,500 incl. tax; read October 23, 2026)
  9. Amazon.com: King Jim FBC10-BK folding book clip (listing seen October 23, 2026)
  10. Amazon.com: Raymay Fujii JC1430B Pen Pass compass (listing seen October 23, 2026)

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