Marieke and Rosalie met during the Open Call for the Myco Design Lab and from then on started working together on the development of new bio-materials made from mycelium and other organic matter.
Marieke has a background in molecular biology and visual communications. She used to work as a research technician at the ErasmusMC and studied at the Willem De Koning Academy. At the moment she is working as an independent designer/researcher and as Coordinator Bio Lab at Mediamatic.
Rosalie studied product design at the HKU in Utrecht, where she also co-founded the design collective Stichting Groene Honden, Jong Ontwerp. Since then she worked as freelance product and graphic designer, founded Cut/Copy, a platform for creative female talent and worked as Art-Booker. She is currently working to develop new bio-materials with Studio Broed and works as head of communications at Mediamatic.
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