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2023 / Educational / Classroom Products / Student

What's an eraser?

  • Prizes
    Winner in EDUCATIONAL/Classroom Products
  • Lead Designer
    Jasper Chou
  • University
    Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
This is an eraser made from real bread. Before rubber erasers were invented, people used bread crumbs to erase pencil marks. I have reexamined and changed the choice of this intermediary, reintroducing bread to people's attention.

Before erasers were invented, breadcrumbs were used to erase the handwriting of pencils.Today's plastic erasers are just the medium to erase the handwriting of pencils, and changing this medium to bread can still achieve the same effect.By rethinking the eraser, this design brings bread, once used as a tool to erase pencil handwriting, back into
Photo Credit: Jasper Chou