Sustainable food and furniture features in zero-waste London restaurant Silo
Mycelium pendant lamps dangle above recycled-plastic dining tables inside Silo, a zero-waste restaurant in east London designed by studio Nina+Co. More
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Pavilion grown from mycelium acts as pop-up performance space at Dutch Design Week
The Growing Pavilion is a temporary events space at Dutch Design Week constructed with panels grown from mushroom mycelium supported on a timber frame. More
Jamie Pybus designs Fungi Factory kit for growing mushrooms in coffee grounds
Northumbia university graduate Jamie Pybus has devised a household system for cultivating edible mushrooms using leftover coffee grounds as a growing medium. More
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Carlo Ratti grows Gaudí-inspired structures with a kilometre of mushroom mycelium
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has grown a series of arched architectural structures from mushroom mycelium, which will be returned to the soil after Milan design week is over, in a fully circular fashion. More
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Nir Meiri makes sustainable lamps from mushroom mycelium
London-based designer Nir Meiri has created a series of table lamps using mushroom mycelium, as an alternative to synthetic materials. More
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Redhouse Architecture wants to use mushrooms to turn derelict buildings into new homes
The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series reveals a plan to recycle derelict homes, by demolishing them, combining the waste with mushroom mycelium and then using it to build new, biodegradable structures. More
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Mushrooms have the power to eat plastic say scientists
Fungi can be used to break down waste plastic and create sustainable building materials, according to scientists from Kew Gardens in London. More
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Mushroom mycelium used to create suede-like furniture by Sebastian Cox and Ninela Ivanova
Sebastian Cox has become the latest designer to start working with mushroom mycelium – the British furniture maker has teamed up with researcher Ninela Ivanova to investigate the material's potential in commercial furniture design. More
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Tree-shaped structure shows how mushroom roots could be used to create buildings
While some architects have been experimenting with mushroom mycelium as a cladding material, architect Dirk Hebel and engineer Philippe Block have gone one step further – by using fungi to build self-supporting structures. More
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Fungus used to build arching pavilion in Kerala
A group of Indian and Italian architects has built a pavilion in southwest India using mushroom mycelium, to demonstrate how the material could be used to create temporary venues for major events. More
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Structure grown from "mushroom sausages" shows potential for zero-waste architecture
Brunel University student Aleksi Vesaluoma has developed a technique for using mushroom mycelium as an environmentally friendly construction material. More
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Aniela Hoitink creates dress from mushroom mycelium
Dutch textile designer Aniela Hoitink has created a dress using disc-shaped pieces of mushroom mycelium, which she believes will "change the way we use textiles". More
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Mushroom-based modelling kit allows users to grow their own designs
A sustainable building material made from agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium has been nominated for the Design Museum's 2015 Design of the Year award. More
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Tower of "grown" bio-bricks by The Living opens at MoMA PS1
News: New York studio The Living has completed this year's MoMA PS1 gallery pavilion – a cluster of circular towers built from bricks that have been grown from corn stalks and mushrooms (+ slideshow). More
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3D-printed mushroom roots "could be used to build houses"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: designer Eric Klarenbeek, who displayed a chair made out of 3D-printed fungus at Dutch Design Week in October, says the technique could be used to create larger, more complex structures. More
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Organic tower grown from agricultural waste wins MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program 2014
News: New York studio The Living has won this year's MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program competition with plans to cultivate bio-bricks from corn stalks and mushrooms, and use them to build a tower in the courtyard of the New York gallery (+ slideshow). More
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Mycelium Chair by Eric Klarenbeek is 3D-printed with living fungus
Dutch Design Week 2013: designer Eric Klarenbeek has 3D-printed a chair using living fungus, which then grows inside the structure to give it strength (+ slideshow) More
