The results of the MUJI AWARD 03 are in and the winner is Yuki Iida (Japan) with the “Straw straw” which is a natural wheat derived drinking straw; a back to basics approach given that the original meaning of the term “straw” was “wheat straw”.
Runners up in the competition, which this year had the theme “Found MUJI”, included “Grandpa’s nail hook” from Masashi Watanabe (Japan), which is essentially a nail that you can pound into any suitable wall or door to create a simple coat hook, and “A precise stapler” by Joonhyun Kim (South Korea), which enables you to easily align a staple neatly into the corner of a bundle of papers.