Stationery & Paper

HCT × Akashiya ThinLINE Brush Pen Set

HCT × Akashiya ThinLINE Brush Pen Set

$29.00 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

From Hot Cool Tokyo (a collection of intriguing and hard-to-find items from Japan), in collaboration with Akashiya (Nara brushmakers since 1716), a set of ultra-thin brush pens in five classic Japanese deep hues, or five neons. Thin hand-bound tip (2mm), water-based permanent ink, excellent lightfastness. Dark set colors: “SUMIIRO” Black, “SEIBOKU” Blueish-Gray,  “MIZUASAGI” Greenish-Blue, “CHITOSEMIDORI” Evergreen,  “HIWADAIRO” Dark-Reddish-Brown Neon set colors: Fluorescent Pink, Fluorescent Orange…