"Japan Stationery Award 2018" Grand Prix is a cutter "Kitter" that "children can use safely" --Check 10 points of excellence award at once! [enuchi.com]

I went to the award ceremony of the "27th Japan Stationery Awards" held at the "International Stationery and Paper Products Exhibition (ISOT)" venue. The Grand Prix is Olfa's "Kitter" and K-DESIGN WORKS's "FLEX NOTE".

The Grand Prix is that Olfa's new product

The "Japan Stationery Award" is given to the best stationery of the year in terms of functionality and design. We have been observing the 2018 (27th) awards ceremony this year!

The award ceremony will be held from July 4th to July 6th at the "International Stationery and Paper Products Exhibition (ISOT)" venue held at Tokyo Big Sight. This time , from the new and renewed stationery products announced after August 2017, 10 products in the functional category / design category will be selected as excellence awards, and one grand prix will be decided from each category.

Grand Prix will be announced at ISOT

Olfa's "Kitter" won the Grand Prix in the functional category. It is a cutter that thoroughly pursues "safety" so that children can use it with peace of mind.

It features a structure that minimizes injuries by covering the entire blade with plastic to minimize exposure. The "blade folder" that stores the folded blade as it is can also be used as a stand.

Cutting edge that reduces fear

The structure of "breaking the blade" remains the same. Comes with an egg-shaped blade folder

"Children love the act of cutting paper. I want adults to give them the opportunity to work freely, rather than letting them take risks," said Okada, CEO. The product will be sold in advance at some stores from August 8, 2018, and will be officially released on November 1.

"Kitter in front of the cutter," says Okada.

On the other hand, K-DESIGN WORKS's "FLEX NOTE --UPWARD NOTE BOOK" won the Grand Prix in the design category. Japan's first disc-bound notebook expresses the notebook as a "card" rather than a series of pages. You can easily insert and remove pages, and customize your own book.

K-DESIGN WORKS "FLEX NOTE --UPWARD NOTE BOOK"

"Disc" is used as the binder instead of the ring

"I'm doing it almost alone," said Enomoto, the representative. It seems that an application will be developed in the future

Other award-winning products are as follows. It is expected that it will be pushed at stores in the future, so please pick up what you are interested in and take a look!

◆ Functional category Excellence Award

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