Quadrille Publishing and Lime Stationery certainly have a lot to write home about, with both companies each having five of their products in the finals for the Stationery Awards’ supplier categories. Stone Marketing, Paper Mirchi, Portico Designs and ExaClair also have a strong presence in the line-up, reaching the finals with three or four products.
Organised by Ocean Media Group, which owns the Stationery Show London, the supplier categories were judged by a panel (pictured top) which comprised Abigail Ball, deputy stationery and card buyer at Fenwick; Chris Lambert, founder of Scrawlr; Debbie Wigglesworth, consultant at The Paper Passionist; Katy Golden, head of gift at The Great British Card Company; Mark Hayhurst, editor at Craft Business; Sarah Laker, owner of Stationery Supplies Marple, and Sidonie Warren, co-founder of Papersmiths.
“Ably guided once again by chair Henri Davis, our hard-working judges gave up their day to review the Supplier entries – which this year came to just over 370 items!” said event manager Hazel Fieldwick. “This year’s judging line-up represented a wide cross-section of stationery retail and they all enjoyed meeting and getting to know each other during the judging process.”
The winners of the Supplier Stationery Awards (which cover 11 product categories, a Good Design category and Judges’ Choice Award) are among those to be revealed at the Awards Ceremony, which will take place after the first day of Stationery Show London on April 30 at London’s Business Design Centre.
Here is the roll call of finalists in all the supplier awards…
Art & Crafts
ABT Dual Brush Pens (set of six) – Candy and Vintage Colours by Tombow from Stone Marketing
Chameleon Fineliners from Chameleon Art Products
Marabu Textil Screen Printing Set from West Design Products
Woody Transparent Chalkboard from Securit by Vermes BV
Desk Accessories
e-mark from COLOP UK
Høvel from Brahman Design
Mina LED Desk Lamp by Lexon from Stone Marketing
Pininfarina Codex Desk Accessory from Lime Stationery & Art
Diaries, Organisers and Calendars
Bridesmaid Planner from Busy B
Chic Grey Planner from Hello Day
Goals Diary from Busy B
Oliver Bonas: Work Hard, Play Hard & Be Kind A6 2019 Diary from Quadrille Publishing
Everyday Writing Instruments
Clipbook Erasable Pen Range from FLB Group/Filofax
Kaweco FROSTED Sport Series from Studio Pens (UK Distributor)
Sky + Miller Pens from Portico Designs
Troika Construction Pen Brass from Lime Stationery & Art
Filing & Storage
1928 Filing & Organisation Range from ExaClair
KRAFT from JPT EUROPE
Noteworthy Metallic Mono Pop-Up Pen Pot from West Design Products
VARICOLOR® MIX from Durable
Gift Packaging & Wrap
Cath Kidston: Eiderdown Rose Wrapping Paper Book from Quadrille Publishing
Hand Batiked Gift Wrap from Paper Mirchi
Hand Tie Dyed Gift Wrap from Paper Mirchi
Tiny Roll Kraft Gift Wrapping Range from ExaClair
Licensed Stationery
Alice Scott Range from Portico Designs
English Heritage: Fold & Post from Quadrille Publishing
I Like Birds: Garden Birds Weekly Planner from Quadrille Publishing
Joules Range from Portico Designs
Notebooks & Journals
A Mother’s Memory Journal from Quadrille Publishing
Bauhaus 100 years from LEUCHTTURM1917
Candy Notebook by Nuuna from Stone Marketing
Derwent A5 Bullet Journal Set from Derwent
NU: Stone Vegan Leather A5 Journal & NU: Stone Flexible A5 Journal from NUCO INTERNATIONAL
Pregnancy Journal from Busy B
Novelty Stationery
3D Chalkboard Whale by Securit® from Securit by Vermes BV
Derwent Secret Map & Compass Pencil from Lime Stationery & Art
MILDLINER from ZEBRA PEN (UK)
Table Colouring Placement from Handy Spelling
Social Stationery
Flutelopes from Envelopes Ltd
GC-PBC-0006 Panda Balloon Card from Petra Boase
Stay Gold de Luxe Flat Notes from BrownTrout Publishers
The Concertina Card Range from Cambridge Imprint LLP
Writing Instruments over £25 RRP
Claim Your Style 849 Ballpoint Pen by Caran d’Ache from Stone Marketing
Modern Calligraphy Gift Set from Manuscript Pen Company
Pineider Mystery filler demonstrator pen from Lime Stationery & Art
Troika Capmatic Pen from Lime Stationery & Art
Good Design
Handcrafted Artisan Gift Wrap from Paper Mirchi
Ideas Collection from VENT for Change
Tiny Roll Kraft Gift Wrapping Range from ExaClair
A new Stationery Designer category has been introduced into the awards programme this year.
Entrants for this Award were asked to supply a maximum of three A3 design boards showing at least three stationery items with the theme ‘The Next Big Thing’. They had to explain who they thought their designs would appeal to and give an indication of what they thought the likely RRP of each item would be.
The finalists for this award are:
Laura Jackson of Laura Jackson Design
Nina Dogmetchi of Nina Nou
Soula Zavacopoulos of The London Studio
Sian Towner of Tiny T-Rex Tales
Stationery Show takes place April 30-1 May at Business Design Centre, London. www.stationeryshowlondon.co.uk
Top: The judging panel for the Stationery Awards. Chair of the panel was independent retail advisor Henri Davis (far right).
