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Designphil (headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo, president: Ichiro Aida) is a design company that inspires greater enjoyment of daily life and suggests new ways to live through design. 

Our PLOTTER product brand won Red Dot Award 2020, an international design award given by Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Germany, for its popular Ballpoint Pen and Mechanical Pencil. 

The Red Dot Award is divided into three categories: Product Design, Brands & Communication Design and Design Concept. The winners for each year are judged by global design experts and presented with their awards at a glamorous ceremony attended by designers from around the world. Their works are exhibited at the Red Dot Design Museums in Germany, Singapore and China. 

PLOTTER’s Ballpoint Pen and Mechanical Pencil won the Product Design category for their strong performance in all nine judging criteria, including innovation, functionality, formal quality, ergonomics, durability and symbolic and emotional content.