Tono & Lims

Tono & Lims

Their Team

While the team is small, each one is collaborative, and deeply community‑oriented, blending Japanese craftsmanship with Korean creativity to produce inks that are as much about storytelling and emotion as they are about color.

The team works in small batches, allowing them to experiment with unique colors and themes.

They design artistic labels and packaging that reflect the story behind each ink, making presentation part of the experience

Our Team

Their Story

It all started at a stationery event in Japan in 2018 where the founders of the brand met. Takashi Ono loves fountain pens, inks and stationery and is a collector of them. Meanwhile, Tae-kyun Lim and his family have long experience and history in the ink industry. After some good conversation, they reached an agreement to build up an ink brand.

For Takashi and Tae-kyun, what started as a fun day at an event led to something bigger and brought them to the growing success of Tono&Lims and today.

Knowing the spark behind the story, we can see that it starts with one conversation to unleash ideas and inspire the beginning of a creative journey.

Our Story

Tono is a nickname of Takashi Ono and Lims stands for Tae-kyun Lim and his family. Tono&Lims was set up by Tono and Lims in 2018 and we decided the brand name is just our name.

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Fun Fact
Top Seller

Puddle Story

First best seller for us was Strawberry Ice and other Baby Color Line. After their launch, colors in Earth Contact Line became very popular. These days, our top seller inks are the Puddle Story Line colors.

Puddle Story
#1 Best Seller
Puddle Story

Other Models

Strawberry Ice

Strawberry Ice

Baby Color

Baby Color

Earth Contact

Earth Contact