2019 Stationery Awards Winners Revealed
In the eighth year of its history, the 2019 Stationery Awards took place last week recognising innovation and excellence across the stationery industry.
Running alongside National Stationery Week each year, the Stationery Awards have become a benchmark in uncovering fresh and exciting new brands and businesses in the stationery industry.
The awards also help to recognise those that continually produce and promote good practice in the stationery sector, with this year proving no different with some new and familiar names scooping up several awards.
New for the 2019 Stationery Awards however, was the inclusion of two new awards categories focusing on the efforts and hard work shown from stationery retailers and stationery designers.
2019 Stationery Awards Winners
This year’s judging panel gathered together a slew of experts from both Retail and Supplier backgrounds who helped to decide on and announce winners of the 2019 Stationery Awards at the awards evening.
It was comprised of:
• Katy Golden – Head of Gift at the Great British Card Company
• Chris Lambert – Founder of subscription box service Scrawlrbox
• Sarah Laker – Owner of Marple Stationery Supplies and the figurehead for this year’s National Stationery Week #StationeryShopSaturday campaign
• Sidone Warren – Co-founder of Papersmiths
• Mark Hayhurst – Sponsor and editor of Craft Business
• Debbie Wigglesworth – Paper Passionist from consultancy The Paper Collaborative
• Abigail Ball – Deputy stationery buyers at Fenwick.
As with previous years, all nominees that were shortlisted for each of the awards presented during the evening impressed the judges with their ingenuity and standards of practice, but the finalized list of winners were:
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Category |
Winner/Winning Product |
| Art & Crafts (Sponsored by Craft Business) | Chameleon Art Products Ltd – Chameleon Fineliners |
|
Desk Accessories |
Makers Cabinet – Høvel |
|
Diaries, Organisers, Calendars |
Quadrille Publishing – Play Hard & Be Kind A6 2019 Diary |
|
Everyday Writing Instruments |
Studio Pens – Kaweco FROSTED Sport Series |
|
Filing & Storage |
JPT Europe Ltd – +KRAFT |
|
Gift Packaging & Wrap |
ExaClair Limited – Tiny Roll Kraft Gift Wrapping Range |
|
Licensed Stationery |
Quadrille Publishing – English Heritage: Fold & Post |
|
Notebooks & Journals |
Leuchtturm1917 – Bauhaus 100 Years Collection |
|
Novelty Stationery |
Securit by Vermes BV – 3D Chalkboard Whale |
|
Social Stationery |
Petra Boase Ltd – Balloon Card Range |
|
Writing Instruments (over £25 RRP) |
Lime Stationery & Art – Troika Capmatic Pen |
| Good Design (Sponsored by The Giftware Association) |
VENT for Change – Ideas Collection |
| Judges’ Choice 2019 | ExaClair Limited – Tiny Roll Kraft Gift Wrapping Range |
New Award Categories Added for Stationery Awards
New to the 2019 Stationery Awards was a category celebrating stationery design and five new awards which highlighted excellence across stationery retailers.
Created in part with sponsor of the 2019 Stationery Awards, A T Cross, Retailer Stationery Awards had their own dedicated judging panel including:
• Kerry Middleton – Managing Director of Busy B
• George Wilkinson – Managing Director of Nuco International
• Jane Reucroft – Founder of A Gift From The Gods
• Chloe Bayles – Head of Wholesale at A Gift From The Gods
• Rebecca Saunders – Independent Retail and e-commerce consultant
• Michael Owen – Co-founder of Lime Stationery & Art
• Gemma Bassett – Marketing Manager at Sinclairs and a Star Choice in the Thirty Under 30 stationery initiative
Presented alongside the traditional Stationery Awards categories, the very first winners of the Retail Stationery Awards were announced as:
|
Category |
Winner |
|
Best Customer Initiative (Instore or Online) |
Scrawlrbox – The Scrawlr Challenge |
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Best POS/Merchandised Display of Stationery |
Scriptum Ltd – Vincero! |
|
New Store of the Year |
Papersmiths Brighton and Papersmiths Chelsea |
| Best Non-Specialist Stationery Store |
Papersmiths |
| Best Specialist Stationery Store |
Cult Pens |
Designer Stationery Award
The Designer Stationery Award sponsored and selected by GO Stationery, was awarded to Laura Jackson of Laura Jackson Design.
The team at GO Stationery commented on how impressed they were by Laura’s award-winning submission, which was said to be inspired by Laura’s travels and keen passion in designing UK produced homewares and other interior products.
They remarked that Laura’s entry was “A bold, striking, commercial and very versatile winning design – fully adaptable with endless opportunity” before adding:
“Laura clearly knows stationery and proposed the top two selling formats.
She also went the extra mile and proposed a print specification and price and therefore not only entered with a design concept but has taken it all the way to manufacture ready!”
We here at Office Supplies Blog would like to congratulate both the nominees and winners of this year’s 2019 Stationery Awards.