LEGACY BEYOND ASIA

MOSS'

Industrial

Area

Taiwan

Year

2018

Award

Winner

Affiliation

Ming Chi University Of Technology

Designer

Yusan Weng, WeiChi Lin, Hsu, Yi-Wen

English

MOSS’ is a card of vitality which includes the ink pen made of eco-friendly moss and the letter made of moisture-holding recycled crude fiber. Using MOSS’ card can prevent the chemical pollution caused by traditional ink and purify indoor air. The instructions are: The sender use moss ink pen to write the card and send it out. The receiver shall make the card stand and regularly spray water to nurture it after received it. With the irrigation and the advance of time, MOSS’ will “grow” the sender’s message, which also grows the receiver’s expectation toward the message. The emerald green of moss endows personality and vitality to the card.

Native

MOSS’是款具生命力的卡片，包含了利用環保的青苔所做的墨水筆及保水的再生粗纖維所做的信紙。使用MOSS’ 卡片可避免傳統墨水所產生的化學汙染，且能夠淨化室內空氣。 MOSS’ 卡片的使用方式為：寄件者藉由青苔墨水筆書寫信紙寄出，收件者收到後將其立於桌面定期噴水培養。隨著灌溉與時間的推進，MOSS’將長出寄件者的訊息，使收件者因青苔的成長而更加期待。而青苔翠綠特性更富於卡片個性與生命力。