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  • The Esthetic of Microscopical Science

    Are Moulds, Mushrooms and Parasites really so disgusting and unaesthetic as some people think? Let's give it a closer look...

    We already saw on this blog some interesting examples of artists and designers getting particularly inspired by these microscopical fascinating organisms. Why is that, then? Is this microcosm really...
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  • Pure Culture

    Philip Ross is an inspiring american artist that works with living organisms as means of his artistic work. In a very controlled environment, Ross manipulates, nurtures and transforms a variety of...

  • Growing Jewelry

    Have you ever thought you might find mycelium around your neck!?

    Mycelium Pendant is a jewellery piece developed by Australian-based designer Elliat Rich . Her work is focused on finding sustainable design solution that emphasize the "poetry of humble pleasure".

  • Matango

    The Vegetable Monster; The Fungus of Terror!

    An amazing Japanese movie from 1963, also called the Attack of the Mushroom People. Over the years, this movie has apparently developed something of a cult audience mainly in the Japanese-American...

  • Moulds growing on fashion

    In 1997 Belgium fashion designer Martin Margiela produced his first solo exhibition, 9/4/1615 at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum of Rotterdam. In collaboration with a microbiologist, Margiela...

  • Grow your clothing

    Bio-Couture : bacterial-cellulose textile is the fashion of the future

    What could be a more sustainable way of dressing up than growing your own cloths made from a totally organic material? This is the aim of an interesting experimental project called Bio-Couture...

  • Everything is going to be alright

    Another piece for our Mushroom Design collection

    Italian designer Emmanuel Babled is exhibiting in these days his new collection in Zurich where we can find a couple of new objects for our Mushroom Collection. In particular, designboom highlight...

  • The mycelium inspiration

    On the website Everyone Forever has published the work of Ryan Alexander a graphic designer working, at least in this series, with the programming open source Processing

  • Still Growing

    Living art of Dutch artist Zeger Reyers

    In 2007, Stroom Den Haag published a special edition about the dutch artist Zeger Reyers from the eyes of five established writers: Nell Donkers, Roland Groenenboom, Vincent Honoré, Philip Peters

  • Explosive advertisement

    Nuclear mushrooms are inspiring creative graphic design

    "An unwashed vegetable can become a deadly weapon" is the slogan used for this campaign of Elder developed by the advertising agency AW Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi in Caracas. Playing a bit more with...

  • Fluorescent Nature

    Seven new mushroom species glowing in the dark!

    Mycologists estimate there are hundreds of species still not identified. And the mystery and fascination hiding behind mushrooms are unlimited. These newly discovered glowing toadstools might help...

  • Mushroom Dinner

    An experimental evening to taste the flavors of delicious dutch mushrooms....

    Here some pictures and a video documenting a lovely dinner where mushrooms took different forms and taste. Our biggest pride is certainly the home-made mushroom pasta. Not only the pasta slice ended...

  • I love mushrooms

    Published on the blog, FFFFOUND! , is this interesting graphic work

  • 6 ways Mushrooms can save the World

    Paul Stamets amazing speech at the TED conference

    Growing mushroom might be the best thing we can do to save the environment. In this inspiring speech, Paul Stamets briefly explain his work and research on mushroom, or better mycelium and his...

  • Growing a building out of living mushrooms

    Interesting info from the blog Stataspore

    In the Echo Park neighborhood of L.A. there's a unique non-profit community called Machine Project investigating art, technology, natural history, science, music, literature, and food. American...
  • Old Information Barbara Revelli

    Sustainable materials

    Every first Tuesday of the month, few Amsterdam based organizations organize a meeting about sustainability. Every time a different aspect of theme of this matter are discussed by a small but...

  • The magic of nature

    Growing mushrooms in fast motion

    Two time-lapse videos of mushroom growth in nature.

  • Mushroom Design

    A miscellaneous products collection

    How many objects have been designed with a clear reference to mushrooms? This is has been collected until now. If you have more, add it to the bucket and we'll share the pleasure.

  • Where Art meets Life Sciences

    Friday evening I attended a lecture organized by the Waag Society and hosted by Artis in the beautiful Flamingo room. Adam Zaretsky is a bio-artist and since years is working on the ethical and...

  • Layout codes in Anymeta for editors

    Tips and tricks especially for Mediamatic editors

    This list is a bit more extensive than the Layout codes for users . For instance, read here how to make links within the Mediamatic website or within a page, and learn about extra headings, tabels

  • Runaway van Kanye West

    Vanessa Beecroft als het geheim wapen van een nieuwe regisseur

    Eigenlijk is Kanye Wests videoclip "Runaway" vooral sterk in alles wat er niet te zien is. Kanye is de regisseur, tegelijk de hoofdrolspeler en zo meer, maar let op, bij de aftiteling staat Vanessa...

  • Fixed Gear 101

    A Fixie introduction

    Puma was the first big brand to get hip to the whole fixed gear trend and to support their FG specific clothes line they put together and sponsored a team of NYC messengers and put out a Puma...

  • Waste As Resource

    An interview with Jonas Edvard

    Jonas Edvard's fascination with waste as resource resulted in his graduation project using mushrooms for upcycling. The MYX lamp is made from textile fiber leftover injected with Oyster Mushroom...

  • Report: a visit to CNC

    One of the largest mushroom substrate producers in the world

    What brings horse manure, an R&D director, a designer and a construction graduate together? That’s right, mushroom growing! A tour of the facilities of CNC, the largest (indoor) mushroom substrate...

  • Media layout tutorial

    Here are a few tips and tricks to make your contribution even more appealing for visitors of this website.

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