Recovered crests
Thailand-based designer Craig Anczelowitz has been on an amazing mission to modernize the traditional hand-made stationery from Japanese maker Awagami, fusing a Western aesthetic with the company's traditional craftsmanship through the "Awagami +1" line. The latest addition is Kamon, a collection of products adorned with one of four gold Japanese family crests found by Anczelowitz. Kamon (crests) were used by families to identify possessions and date back to the Heian Period (794-1185). The collection includes a geometrical pencil box (¥1,365), a compact memo pad (¥1,575), an open-spine journal that can lay completely flat (¥1,575), each available with the four crests/color combos.