Penco ’s analogue home and office supplies recreate the elegant shapes and subdued colours of American and European mid-20th-century industrial design, combining functionality with playful charm and a Japanese attention to detail. Part of the Hightide stationery family, established in Fukuoka in southern Japan in 1994, Penco is short for Pen-Company and originally it manufactured only one single type of ballpoint pen. Today its collections encompass a range of simple items for life and work, from clips to clipboards, notebooks and tapes.