The beer company, which is one of the Heineken brands ‘brewed by the sun,’ says the Air-Ink initiative was inspired by Asia’s struggle with air pollution, and the project is an opportunity to help Asians reconnect with their beloved city streets. To create Air-Ink, Tiger Beer hooked up with Anirudh Sharma, Bangalore India entrepreneur and Indian Graviky Lab inventor. Sharma had previously developed a technique for producing a safe-to-use ink from pollution particles, and he customized the process for the streets of Hong Kong. Carbon-rich soot is harvested from sources including exhausts and chimneys, and so far has been transformed into 150 liters of Air-Ink. Tiger Beer says that is the approximate equivalent of carbon dioxide emissions from 2,500 hours or 104 days of driving a typical diesel vehicle.
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“The streets are not only a great place to drink Tiger, they’re also the place where creativity, ideas and passion are born,” said Mie-Leng Wong, Director of International Brands at Tiger Beer. “This is at the core of our brand’s ‘uncage’ philosophy. By using our entrepreneurial spirit to repurpose pollution into ink—the lifeblood of creativity—we’re not only helping our environment, we’re giving creative people the tools to enhance their streets and take action against air pollution.”
The street art installation celebrated the launch of Air-Ink, and it’s unclear what will happen next. Tiger Beer has packaged Air-Ink in pens and markers of various sizes, as well as spray paint cans and ink refills, but the company doesn’t appear to have plans to sell them to the public. Instead, perhaps we’ll see the recycled art medium pop up at other Tiger-sponsored events happening elsewhere on the streets of Asia.
Images via Tiger Beer
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