Artist Yusuke Hanai's best purchase of his life: "Pentel's Multi 8"

The things people desire reveal their values and outlook on life. What are they willing to buy, and what do they value? Shopping is the ultimate consumer behavior, but it also teaches us what we need to add color to our lives. What is artist Yusuke Hanai's best buy story?

photo: Satoshi Nagare / text: Takuro Watanabe

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An indispensable item to carry with you every day

I always carry this Multi 8 along with a small sketchbook to do quick sketches on the train or to draw rough sketches when an idea comes to mind. I've been using it for about five years now.

I've always used colored pencils for rough sketches, so I used to carry around a lot of foreign-made colored pencils to look cool, but when I started to feel like carrying them all around was a hassle, I discovered these. With just eight colors, you can draw quite well, and the colors come out well. I've always gone back to Japanese-made stationery.

It's something I always have in my bag, and it's something that is so common to me, but it's something I can't live without. The rough illustration for the sticker in BRUTUS No. 1000, "The Best Purchase of Your Life" (on sale January 11, 2024), was also done using Multi 8.

Pentel Multi 8
Since its release in 1987, Pentel's masterpiece, the Multi 8, has enjoyed widespread support from children to creators alike. It is a full-fledged multi-function pen with eight colors.

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