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For half a century, the humble foam earplug has been a masterpiece of single-purpose design. It is a small cylinder of polyurethane, expertly engineered to expand in your ear canal and dampen the world. Its simplicity is its genius, and its disposability is its convenience. We use them by the billion to sleep on airplanes,…
What if the door you walk through every day was grown from fungi? Danish mycelium company Rebound and architecture studio Det Levende Hus have partnered to create what they claim is the world’s first mass-produced interior door with a core cultivated from fungal mycelium. Currently in the prototype phase, the door is part of a…
So here’s a sentence I never thought I’d write: someone made a USB drive out of mushrooms. Well, technically mycelium, the sprawling fungal network that lives underground and occasionally pops up as the mushrooms we eat. But still. We’re talking about storing your family photos, tax documents, and embarrassing early-2000s selfies inside what is essentially…
MYMORI’s Mushroom Mycelium Toy Kit is changing the way families think about toys, learning, and sustainability. This unique kit gives children and adults a chance to grow their own building blocks using mushroom mycelium, the thread-like roots of mushrooms, instead of traditional plastic. Designed with all ages in mind, MYMORI’s kit is a hands-on introduction…
Design studio Studio TOOJ has introduced the Duk furniture series, a collection of pieces that create the illusion of soft, draped fabric despite being constructed from rigid materials like wood and mycelium. Named “Duk” after the Swedish word for “tablecloth,” the series was developed in partnership with biotech company MycoWorks. MycoWorks contributed their innovative Reishi…
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in collaboration with bioSEA, a local ecology and biomimicry design firm, have developed an innovative building material inspired by the remarkable heat-regulating properties of elephant skin. These “fungi tiles,” made from mycelium and organic waste, offer a sustainable and energy-efficient approach to keeping buildings cool, particularly in…
As someone who regularly goes to concerts and also someone who’s approaching middle age, I can see that pretty soon I may need to bring earplugs just to be able to protect my eardrums. To be fair, most of the concerts I’ve been going to the past couple of years are kpop acts so they’re…
Mycelium, an intricate mesh of fungal filamentous cells known as hyphae, is formed by fungi across a broad spectrum of organic substrates. Mycelium, known for durability and eco-friendliness, is ideal for creating daily-use products, offering resilience and sustainability for designers aiming to craft durable, environmentally responsible items with minimal ecological impact. Designer: Interesting Times Gang…
We’ve come across a wide variety of lamp designs with an even wider assortment of lampshades made from different materials using different methods. Of course, the most common are made of metal, plastic, or glass, as these are easy to come by and manufacture in this day and age. They’re not exactly sustainable in the…
In the dynamic world of sustainable design, Jonas Edvard stands out with his innovative approach to integrating organic materials into functional and aesthetically pleasing objects. His latest creation, the Myx Sail / Floor, unveiled at the Mindcraft Project 2023, is a sound-absorbing panel that showcases the remarkable properties of mushroom mycelium, hemp, and willow. This…