Moss Stamp by Ms Team Wins the A' Design Award in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design

Ms Team acknowledged for sustainable products, projects and green design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the A' Design Award in the Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design category for Moss Stamp by Ms Team, designed for Jisu Lee, Eunhye Lee, Taerim Bang. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the A' Design Award

The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.

Regarding Moss Stamp

Moss is a stamp designed for planting moss on land damaged by forest fires. The stamp holds 150 millilitres of moss and works with an incubation room that injects moss spores and nutrient solution and offers suitable growing conditions. The outlet of the stamp has a spiral shape, following the way moss spreads over ground. The length is adjusted with a button on the top, and an indicator light shows the remaining amount. Hikers and volunteers can take a stamp from the incubation room and press moss onto the soil to support forest recovery.

Award Record

Ms Team is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.

About the A' Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award

The A' Sustainable Product Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good sustainable products by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to sustainable product designers, green product manufacturers, eco-friendly product brands and industrial designers from all countries. Entries typically include sustainable projects, environment friendly designs, recycled, upcycled and bio-degradable products. Awarded sustainable product designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/sustainable-product

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

Press Resources

Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/149677
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/149677
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!149677
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/340731

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Moss Stamp
Function: Stamp
Category: Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design
Discipline: Industrial Design
Industry: Sustainability
Colors: Olive Drab, White Smoke, Light Gray, Dim Gray and Dark Olive Green
Images: 5
Client: Jisu Lee, Eunhye Lee, Taerim Bang

The Recognition

Laureate: Ms Team
Country: Republic of Korea
Recognition: A' Design Award
Edition: 2022 - 2023
Design ID: #149677

Credits

Team: Lee Jisu, Taerim Bang and Eunhye Lee

Design Details

Unique Properties: Maximum lifespan with Minimal actions The goal of the project ‘MOSS’ is to restore forests that have been devastated by forest fires. The product for restoration consists of a stamp that can plant moss and a Incubation room that can cultivate moss. Participants(volunteers, hikers) in this project can contribute to creating a sustainable world just by stamping moss.
Inspiration: Forest fires have a larger damage area than any other disaster, so it takes a lot of time to recover. We conducted research on how to quickly restore the devastated nature, and finally selected moss as a key material. In addition, in the process of distributing moss on damaged mountains, we tried to suggest a way for humans to directly restore nature. Taking a motif from the behavior of mountain climbers, we would like to suggest a method of stamping moss on the ground.
Research: This project proposes a solution to restore damaged mountains through an intuitive moss stamp and incubation room. People are put into the forest fire restoration project ‘MOSS’, directly creating a healthy mountain. We believe that ‘MOSS’ can also save countless lands damaged by rapid industrialization. By participating in the project, people can feel the seriousness of environmental pollution, see the earth changing due to their actions, and realize the importance of a sustainable world.
Challenge: In planning the project, it was difficult in the process of completing a structure that discharges moss rather than liquid completely. We solved that problem by examining different types of moss and studying their molecular structures.
Realization and Technology: Moss has the property of preventing desertification by trapping fog and dew and retaining moisture in the soil. As a medium for tree root growth, it accelerates the recovery of forests destroyed by forest fires. The outlet of the stamp is a spiral design rather than a circle, reflecting the nature of moss to expand its territory. Incubation room is equipped with a system that injects moss spores and nutrient solutions into stamp and provides an optimal environment for moss to grow.
Operation and Interaction: After finding a nearby Moss incubation room, the user selects a stamp to take through the screen in the Incubation room. Then, Take the selected stamp out of the Incubation room. After adjusting the length by pressing the button on the top of the stamp, stamp the moss. You can check the current amount of moss with the indicator light at the top of the 'Moss Stamp'. Finally, the mountain that turned into a wasteland changes into an environment where life can live.
Project Duration and Location: The project started in Seoul in March 2022 and was completed in Seoul in January 2023.
Specifications: Stamp(Closed) : 55 x 55 x 264(mm) Stamp(Maximum Open) : 55 x 55 x 753(mm) Moss capacity inside the stamp : 150ml Incubation room : 940 x 940 x 1780(mm)
Keywords: Moss, Affordance, Spread, Life, Gyre