Moss Sila by Ms Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Huahana Mau Loa, Papahana a me Hoʻolālā ʻŌmaʻomaʻo Competition Category.

HaoHuahana Mau Loa· 2023

Moss Sila

by Ms Team

Client: Jisu Lee, Eunhye Lee, Taerim Bang

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Huahana Mau Loa Category

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The Design

About Moss Sila

He sila ʻo Moss i hoʻolālāʻia no ke kanu ʻana i ka limu makuahine ma ka ʻāina i pōʻino i nā ahi nāhelehele. Hoʻokomo ke sila i 150 mililika o ka limu makuahine a hana pū me kahi lumi hoʻōla e hoʻokomo ana i nā hua limu a me ka wai meaʻai, a hāʻawi hoʻi i nā kūlana ulu kūpono. He ʻano ʻōwili ke ʻano o ka puka hoʻokuʻu o ke sila, e hoʻohālike ana i ke ʻano o ka laha ʻana o ka limu makuahine ma luna o ka honua. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka lōʻihi me kahi pihi ma luna, a hōʻike kahi kukui hōʻailona i ke koena i koe. Hiki i ka poʻe hele li'ili'i a me nā poʻe manawaleʻa ke lawe i kahi sila mai ka lumi hoʻōla a kaomi i ka limu makuahine i loko o ka lepo e kōkua i ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka nāhelehele.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Moss Sila i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Moss Sila he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā Moss Sila no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Dimensions & Packaging: 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)
Tags: Moss, Affordance, Spread, Life, Gyre
Production 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.
Design 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.
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.
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.
Project Duration: The project started in Seoul in March 2022 and was completed in Seoul in January 2023.
Operation Flow: 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.
Team Members: Designer : Lee Jisu
Designer : Taerim Bang
Designer : Eunhye Lee