KOKUYO is one of Japan's leading companies for office furniture, stationery and spatial design — founded in 1905 by Zentaro Kuroda in Osaka (Japan) as the Kuroda Ledger Cover Shop. 1917 introduction of the brand name KOKUYO. From the mid-20th century expansion from paper products to all stationery, office supplies and store furniture. Entry into office furniture production in the 1960s. 1966 stock exchange listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (now TSE 7984). KOKUYO has been Japan's largest and most comprehensive office supplier for over a century. Philosophy: "People + Design" — balance between product design and functionality, always with the human perspective.
Product categories: office chairs (ing series — 3D Ultra Auto-Fit mechanism; current development: ingCloud), desks, conference furniture, reception furniture, partitions, school furniture, clinic and healthcare furniture, public spaces (stadiums, museums, government buildings, libraries), retail and hospitality furnishings. Stationery: notebooks, writing instruments, binders, school supplies. Competition and research: annual KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD (international design competition); magazine "Work Sight" (research publication on global workplace concepts). Brand philosophy: "WORK & LIFE STYLE Company".
For architects and interior designers seeking for office, educational, healthcare and public projects Japan's largest office supplier founded in Osaka in 1905 that with the design philosophy "People + Design" develops ergonomically leading office chairs (ing series), complete office furniture programmes and spatial design solutions for offices, schools, clinics, stadiums and public institutions and with the annual KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD and the research publication "Work Sight" actively invests in the global workplace design debate — KOKUYO has been Japan's largest office supplier since 1905 in Osaka: from account ledger covers and notebooks through office furniture to the ingCloud — with "People + Design" as an unchanged philosophy and the KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD as an investment in the next generation.