Get to know the latest products in the stationery industry! We ask exhibitors of London Stationery Show to put forward their innovations in this new article series for Stationery Matters, this month we focus on writing instruments.
The staple of every stationery collection, writing instruments are continually evolving and developing to accommodate a range of uses and functions. These brands showcase their latest innovations in writing, including artistic pens, fine-liners perfect for business and sustainable styluses.
Pentel
iZee (pronounced ‘easy’) 4 Colours Pen is an extremely versatile pen with four ink colours in one barrel and a choice of three different colourways. The standard version has a dark blue barrel and black, red, blue and green ink – perfect for everyday writing and note-taking; a fashion version has a light blue barrel and orange, pink, sky blue and violet ink, while an education-friendly version has a dark violet barrel and black, blue, green and violet ink colours, ideal for marking and colour-coding text.
The smooth flowing, low viscosity ink provides a highly satisfying writing experience, without skipping or blobbing, while the barrel features the distinctive iZee honeycomb finger grip for comfortable writing all day. Perfect for home, school, office, design studio, reception, medical or leisure centre and many other work or study environments the iZee 4 Colour Pen is a very affordable addition to Pentel’s highly popular range of quality writing instruments. Also, for even better value for money the pens can be refilled, so there’s no need to discard a perfectly reusable product when the ink has run out.
Available in loose dozens, in counter displays or cardboard hanging packs the iZee 4 Colour Pen joins the single colours iZee cap-style and retractable pens launched just a couple of years ago. These will be launched at London Stationery Show 2023.
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Mitsubishi Pencil Company | Uni-Ball
Building on the success of its plastic-free-packaging and refillable writing pen range, Mitsubishi Pencil Company (aka uni-ball) is launching the uni-ball Eye Ocean Care recycled plastic pen. Made with 75% recycled plastics, 10% of which are harvested from the ocean, the new uni-ball Eye Ocean Care is the sustainable future of handwriting.
Launching in Spring 2023, this new pen reduces the reliance on raw materials, keeping virgin plastic use to an absolute minimum. As plastic waste accounts for around 70% of total ocean waste, so the company felt it logical to utilise this resource for the Ocean Care pen.
The deep-blue pen barrel and lid of the Eye Ocean Care pen are constructed from recycled plastics and ocean plastics gathered from the island of Tsushima, which has the biggest volume of ocean waste in Japan. This waste is usually incinerated or goes to landfill. Now the company is putting the waste to good use in the manufacture of the Eye Ocean Care pen. In doing so, uni-ball aims to reduce marine pollution, protect the island’s wildlife and nature, and decrease the volume of CO2 emissions and landfill.
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Manuscript Pen Company
For 2023, Manuscript Pen Company Ltd are launching new Plastic Free Packaging across much of their product range. You can expect all the same Manuscript product quality but with an important eco-friendly change. Many of Manuscript’s best-selling lines will no longer feature single-use plastic clam packaging. Instead, Manuscript’s fountain pen, dip pen calligraphy, modern calligraphy and italic marker sets have been reimagined, modernised, and redesigned in 100% recyclable board.
Each range now features its own colourway for easy recognition, carefully choosing colours that are representative of Manuscript’s heritage; whilst complemented with beautiful lifestyle images to inspire creativity.
To find out more about Manuscript’s new packaging download the brochure by clicking here.
Andhand
Andhand design and produce tools for the modern desk that are durable yet refined. The products have been designed to delight in everyday use and are crafted with care from a minimal palette of premium materials in line with the buy once philosophy.
Andhand have created their new pen ranges with durability and minimal design at the core along with a dash of the unexpected. The paired back use of familiar forms gives the pieces a modernist sculptural appeal whilst still being very tactile objects that are a joy to use. Crafted from mainly brass and aluminium the pieces are made to stand the test of time and enhance ones time spent working, creating and daydreaming.
edding
The edding 1340 metallic brush pens are perfect for craft projects: ideal for designing guest books, birthday cards, Easter eggs, Christmas cards, scrapbooks and bullet journaling. They create a shiny effect for lettering, drawing, sketching and layout designs on both light and dark-coloured paper and can add great highlights to any creation thanks to their soft flexible nib. The lustrous sheen adds sparkle to artwork and lettering – it’s also odour-free and doesn’t bleed through the paper.
The 1-6 mm wide nib is available in different colours :gold, silver, red metallic, green metallic, blue metallic and violet metallic. These colours are dissolved in a water-based ink and then passed through a filter system into the nib of the pen before being applied to the surface. Once applied, the colours are vibrant and cover well. The quick-drying colour is characterised by its high lightfastness making it easy for anyone to achieve brilliant results!
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