{"id":750465,"date":"2026-10-30T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T14:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T11:00:52","slug":"this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aec2c5f60caa\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6aec2c5f60caa\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/#SHARE\" >SHARE<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n                        <input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_1.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>Forty years ago, Fujifilm launched the QuickSnap, a plastic box of film you shot, dropped off at the drugstore, and never saw again. The disposable camera became the unofficial sidekick of wedding tables, spring breaks, and summer camps in the \u201990s. In 2026, a would-be spiritual successor comes from a Brooklyn mushroom farmer. Sree Krishna Pillarisetti\u2019s Soft-pixel is a digital camera project with an enclosure made from mycelium, hemp, and PHA bioplastic, designed to keep your photos local rather than in the cloud. The proposed compostable shell gives the disposable-camera idea a more interesting question: which part should actually be disposable?<\/p>\n<p>Pillarisetti first experimented with fungus-wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed electronics in Soft-Drive, his Parsons thesis project, which enclosed a memory card and heat sink in a shell made from mycelium, hemp, and PLA. Soft-pixel trades that PLA for PHA. The European Product Design Award named it Best Eco-Design for 2026, alongside a Top Design win in digital cameras. Somewhere in a junk drawer, an old Kodak Fling is feeling very insecure.<\/p>\n<p>Designer: Sree Krishna Pillarisetti<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-656596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_2.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ad-1 --><\/p>\n<p><script>\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-656597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_3.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>Mycelium is the threadlike network of a fungus. Soft-pixel\u2019s award entry describes a process combining biological growth and heat-press fabrication to produce what the designer calls a lightweight, impact-absorbing enclosure. PHA is the material change worth watching here. PLA <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly needs the heat and moisture of industrial composting to break down effectively; some PHAs can biodegrade in home compost, but their behavior depends on the formulation and conditions. Putting PHA in a camera shell doesn\u2019t automatically make the finished casing ready for your garden pot.<\/p>\n<p>The translucent outer layer shows off the fibrous interior, so the camera looks a bit like a granola bar that takes pictures. Around the back, there\u2019s a square screen, four directional buttons, and orange labels for the controls, speaker, and mic, like a hobbyist dev board. The shutter label literally says \u201cCheese!\u201d A microSD label hints at where your photos end up. The award entry doesn\u2019t list the sensor, resolution, battery capacity, or storage capacity. The best tell is the image showing four screws holding the circuit board in place, with a precision driver positioned over one. Visible screws suggest someone expects you to open the thing, a spicy idea for a design borrowing the disposable-camera playbook.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-656598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_4.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_4.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7222236028814181\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- In-Content-Ads-2 --><\/p>\n<p><script>\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-656599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-656599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2026\/10\/29\/this-disposable-camera-is-made-from-mycelium-not-single-use-plastic\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"This Disposable Camera is made from Mycelium not Single-use Plastic\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2026\/10\/draft-soft-pixel\/soft_pixel_camera_5.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p>The obvious comparison is Camp Snap, the screen-free digital camera that makes you wait to review your photos on another device. Soft-pixel keeps the screen and takes aim at a different villain, the cloud. The scale of that infrastructure is worth understanding: in its 2025 Energy and AI report, the International Energy Agency estimated that data centers consumed about 415 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024, roughly 1.5% of global electricity consumption. Its base-case projection put that figure at about 945 TWh by 2030. Those totals cover far more than photo storage, though; they aren\u2019t a measure of what this camera would save.<\/p>\n<p>Soft-pixel\u2019s award entry gives no price or release date, since it\u2019s clearly a concept for now. That\u2019s fine by me, because the idea already lands: keep the electronics, keep the photos, and give the shell a different end of life. Before it goes off to feed a few blades of grass, though, we need to know how the finished casing actually composts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"yanko-preferred-source\" style=\"margin: 24px 0 16px; text-align: center;\">\n        <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=yankodesign.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"background:#000;color:#fff;border:none;border-radius:0;padding:12px 20px;font-size:11px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:600;display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase;transition:background 0.2s\" onmouseover=\"this.style.background='#1a73e8'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.background='#000'\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"15\" height=\"15\"><path d=\"M22.56 12.25c0-.78-.07-1.53-.2-2.25H12v4.26h5.92a5.06 5.06 0 0 1-2.2 3.32v2.77h3.57c2.08-1.92 3.28-4.74 3.28-8.1z\" fill=\"#4285F4\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 23c2.97 0 5.46-.98 7.28-2.66l-3.57-2.77c-.98.66-2.23 1.06-3.71 1.06-2.86 0-5.29-1.93-6.16-4.53H2.18v2.84C3.99 20.53 7.7 23 12 23z\" fill=\"#34A853\"><\/path><path d=\"M5.84 14.09c-.22-.66-.35-1.36-.35-2.09s.13-1.43.35-2.09V7.07H2.18C1.43 8.55 1 10.22 1 12s.43 3.45 1.18 4.93l2.85-2.22.81-.62z\" fill=\"#FBBC05\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 5.38c1.62 0 3.06.56 4.21 1.64l3.15-3.15C17.45 2.09 14.97 1 12 1 7.7 1 3.99 3.47 2.18 7.07l3.66 2.84c.87-2.6 3.3-4.53 6.16-4.53z\" fill=\"#EA4335\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n            Add as a preferred source on Google<br \/>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"yd-share\">\n<h3 class=\"yd-share-title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SHARE\"><\/span>SHARE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"yd-share-list\">\n<li class=\"yd-share-item yd-share-facebook\"><i class=\"icomoon-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yd-share-item yd-share-x\"><i class=\"icomoon-x\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>X<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yd-share-item yd-share-pinterest\"><i class=\"icomoon-pinterest\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yd-share-item yd-share-reddit\"><i class=\"icomoon-reddit\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Reddit<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yd-share-item yd-share-linkedin\"><i class=\"icomoon-linkedin\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yd-share-item yd-share-tumblr\"><i class=\"icomoon-tumblr\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>Tumblr<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p>\n<div>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n                            <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                                <span>Sarang Sheth<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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