Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd. (President, Akihiro Ogawa, head office, Toshima, Kita-ku, Tokyo Plastic Eraser ), “MONO Smart” was awarded the 2013 Good Design Award sponsored by the Japan Design Promotion Association of Japan. I sincerely thank you for your patronage.

・Award-winning product Plastic Eraser Mono Smart MONO
Release date September 2012
・Retail Price: 105 yen (Main unit Price: 100 yen)
・Plastic Plastic Eraser featuring 5.5 mm thinness. A ruled, B ruled a thickness that is matched between lines of notes.
・Details → http://www.tombow.com/press/120829/

Producer Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd. Product Planning Dept. Planning 1 Group Watanabe Hiroki
Design director Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd. Product Planning Dept., Director, Kazunori Memento
Designer Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd. Product Planning Department Creative design Division Takahashi Chisato

Evaluation of judges (public comments)
It is a product that played both the strength and ease of erasing when thin. Although the strength was insufficient in the width below the line spacing in order to erase the character of one row in the past, this was solved by the original formulation. The work efficiency is greatly improved because there is a waist and it is difficult to erase only the necessary part. The design method with improved usability is worth evaluating by improving the material according to the shape while leaving a simple rectangular box.
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