Object Index Parallel Highlighter

A highlighter with two colours running side by side in a single barrel rather than one at each end — so both are always pointed at the page, and you switch by shifting your grip rather than turning the pen round.

Building it as one body instead of two halves also means twice the ink of a double-ended marker. The shape looks awkward and turns out to be unusually comfortable, sitting flat against the hand and drawing a steady line without wandering. Three colour pairings.

Key Features

• Product: Parallel Highlighter
• Dimensions: W125 × D25 × H9.8mm
• Weight: 47g
• Materials: PP body, water-based ink
• Colours: Aqua Violet, Orange Pink and Lemon Lime
• Made by: Epoch Chemical
• Made in: Japan

Trade notes

A genuinely novel format, and novelty in highlighters is rare — that alone earns it a facing. Needs demonstrating: the two-colours-at-once idea is not obvious from packaging. Three pairings, all of which sell; the ink capacity argument is worth putting on the shelf edge against cheaper double-enders.