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MD PAPER PRODUCTS™ 15th Anniversary Limited-edition Items

New Release of MD Tool Box 15th, MD Bottled Ink 15th,
MD Notebook 15th Artist Collaboration
Stationery to enjoy writing and discover how you like to write

Thursday,January
2023
Designphil (headquarters: Shibuya, Tokyo,president:Ichiro 19,Aida)is a design company that inspires greater
enjoyment of daily life and suggests new ways to live through design.
MD PAPER PRODUCTS™ from our MIDORI brand, a range of simple, Japan-made products that make use of thequalities of the paper itself to make writing a pleasure, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the release of limitededition items. These items include the MD Tool Box 15th (JPY2,200 including tax), which is made with offcuts fromthe MD Notebook manufacturing process, MD Bottled Ink 15th which features limited-edition colors for the 15thanniversary (six colors including red, deep red, yellow, green, blue-gray and navy blue, JPY1,980 including tax), andMD Notebook <A6> Blank 15th , which has been created in collaboration with 15 artists from Japan and overseas (15kinds, each JPY1,100 including tax). These products will be available in limited quantities from Thursday, January 19,2023.
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of MD PAPER PRODUCTS, which was established in January 2008, we havedeveloped three items to help you enjoy writing more and discover how you like to write. These items can be usedwith the usual range of MD PAPER PRODUCTS so you can enjoy our products in even more ways. For more details
on these products, visit the MD PAPER PRODUCTS’ 15th anniversary website at https://md.midorijapan.co.jp/15th/en/(All prices listed are suggested retail prices.)

MD PAPER PRODUCTS™ 15th Anniversary Limited-edition Items
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[LIMITED EDITION] MD Tool Box 15th［JPY 2,200(including tax)］
This tool box is made with offcuts from the MD Notebook manufacturing process. It has a warmth that is unique topaper.

[LIMITED EDITION]MD Bottled Ink 15th［Red/Dark Red/Yellow/Green/Blue Gray/Navy Blue…6colors,JPY1,980(including tax)］
These inks are made in colors inspired by the lines and bookmark strings of the MD Notebook. The six colors—red,dark red, yellow, green, blue-gray and navy blue—have been created as limited-edition 15th anniversary colors. They
can be used together with the MD Dip Pen and MD Fountain Pen.
*The three colors of MD bottled Ink that were released as limited-edition products for MIDORI’s 70th anniversary(grey, orange and blue) will be sold as signature colors at the same time (JPY1,980 including tax).

[LIMITED EDITION] MD Notebook 15th Artist Collaboration［A6,15 in total,JPY1,100(including tax)］
These MD Notebooks are decorated with original drawings by 15 artists from Japan and overseas, including illustrators,
calligraphers, sketchers and manga artists. Created under the theme of “ideas,” the illustrations have been blindembossed on the covers, with each design reflecting the unique style of the artist who created it.

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Participating artists

About MD PAPER PRODUCTS™
MD PAPER PRODUCTS™ are simple, Japan-made products that are designed to get the most out of our exactingly
designed MD PAPER. The MD Notebook was launched in January 2008 to fully capture the quality and appeal of thisuser-friendly paper that resists blotting and seep-through. The notebook features MD PAPER Cream, and threadstitched binding allows the notebook to open out flat for comfortable writing. This was followed by the MD Notebook
Cotton in 2013. The paper used in this notebook, MD PAPER Cotton, is made with 20% cotton pulp to provide thegreatest possible comfort when drawing. The series has garnered fans around the world for the experience theseproducts provide when writing and drawing.
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MD PAPER PRODUCTS™ limited-edition[LIMITED EDITION] MD Tool Box 15thMD PAPER + PulpH216×W152×D39mm
JPY2,200(including tax)
[LIMITED EDITION] MD Bottled Ink 15th30ml
Red/Dark Red/Yellow/Green/Blue Gray/Navy Blue …6colors
H55×W57×D36mm
JPY1,980(including tax)
[LIMITED EDITION] MD Notebook 15th Artist Collaboration
Cover, Flyleaf, Pages: MD PAPER
Binding: Thread StitchedWith Index Stickers, Bookmark String
176 pages
Mikiko Amemiya /Lindsay Arakawa/Andrew Joyce /WALNUT/Adrian Hogan/Aries Moross/
Carolin Lobbert/ COOKIEBOY/ Grace Lee/ Charlene Man/ shunshun/ Katsuki Tanaka/KenjiNakayama/Holly Wales/ Mateusz Urbanowicz …15 in total
H148×W105×D10mm
JPY1,100(including tax)
From Thursday,January 19, 2023, onwards(*) The release date may differ depending on the store.
(*) MD PAPER PRODUCTS is trademark of Designphil Inc.
(*) The suggested retail prices are for Japan.
*DESIGNPHIL www.designphil.co.jp/english*MIDORI www.midori-japan.co.jp/english/*MD PAPER PRODUCTS www.midori-japan.co.jp/md/en/
MD PAPER PRODUCTS’ 15th anniversary website https://md.midori-japan.co.jp/15th/en/
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