Hightide
Everyday products you actually use – and that look as if they’ve already lived a few good years, even though they’re brand new. Hightide makes things that don’t disappear into a drawer after the first use, but settle in: in your backpack, on your desk, in your daily routine.
The origin of Hightide
Hightide was founded in June 1994 in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyūshū – a place where sea, wind and everyday life exist side by side. Its beginnings are often described as a simple, almost classic founding story: two friends, one idea.
That idea was to design products you actually want to use, not objects that are merely “quite nice” and then end up sitting somewhere unused. Stationery as a functional tool – refined by attention to detail.
Mental fulfilment: the mission of Hightide
The name comes from the tide, not from disaster. High tide refers to the moment when the sea is at its fullest. Hightide itself says the name stems from a desire to feel mentally fulfilled – the way the tide steadily comes in. The brand translates this idea into its products: items that make work and everyday life more ordered, calmer and a little more complete. Not because they optimise everything, but because they help exactly where you notice it – when writing, organising, carrying, and finding things again.
