Moss Fa'amaufa'ailoga by Ms Team is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Uʻamea in Oloa Gafataulimaina Competition Category.

UʻameaOloa Gafataulimaina· 2023

Moss Fa'amaufa'ailoga

by Ms Team

Client: Jisu Lee, Eunhye Lee, Taerim Bang

A' Design Award Uʻamea Winner in Oloa Gafataulimaina Category

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The Design

About Moss Fa'amaufa'ailoga

O le Moss o se fa'amaufa'ailoga ua fuafuaina mo le totōina o le limu i luga o eleele ua fa'aleagaina i afi vao. E mafai ona teu i totonu o le fa'amaufa'ailoga le 150 mililita o le limu ma e galue fa'atasi ma se potu fa'atupu e tu'i ai fatu limu ma vaifofo mea'ai ma tu'uina atu ai tulaga talafeagai mo le olaola. O le pu i fafo o le fa'amaufa'ailoga e foliga fa'ata'amilo, e tusa ma le auala e salalau ai le limu i luga o le eleele. O le umi e fa'atonutonuina i se pauna i luga, ma o loʻo faʻaalia e se moli fa'ailo le aofa'i o totoe. E mafai e tagata savavali mauga ma volenitia ona ave se fa'amaufa'ailoga mai le potu fa'atupu ma oomi le limu i luga o le palapala ina ia lagolagoina ai le toe fa'aolaola o le vaomatua.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Uʻamea

O le A' Design Award Uʻamea na manumalo ai Moss Fa'amaufa'ailoga, o se faamaoniga mamalu e tuuina atu i mamanu lelei e faataunuu ai manaʻoga faapolofesa ma pisinisi e faamoemoeina mai galuega ua mamanuina lelei. O ē manumalo i le Uʻamea e faaalia ai le tomai tele, le faapitoa maualuga, le malamalama o tagata poto ma le mafai fatufatuaʻi o ē na faia. E faamoemoeina Moss Fa'amaufa'ailoga e avea ma mea ua matuā vivii, mataʻina ma pelepelea e aogā ma fou. O lenei mamanu na manumalo i le A' Design Award Uʻamea e tuufaatasia ai faiga sili o le pisinisi ma e iai uiga faatekonolosi mafai ua fesoʻotaʻi ma le poto ma le taleni. Ona o lona faatuatuaina, e tatau ai Moss Fa'amaufa'ailoga ona faaaloalogia ma ua mamanuina e tuuina mai ai faaleleiga o le olaga e fesoasoani e faia ai e le lalolagi se nofoaga e sili atu ona lelei.

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