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  • Image: Irati

    BioTalk: Octopus Camouflage & Fungal Design…

    BioTalk: Octopus Camouflage and Fungal Design: Maurizio Montalti
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  • Mediamatic Magazine Vol. 9#1 Willem Velthoven 1 Jan 1998

    vol. 9#1 Secret Agent Issue

    editorial

    When a government no longer knows how to solve a problem within the borders of legislation and the tolerance of public opinion, it calls on the secret agent.

  • Henriette Waal, beer woman in a man's world.

    Interview with the beer curator for Bio-me

    Henriette Waal (1982), who graduated from the Eindhoven Design Academy, ‘Man and Public Space’ department, is an artist and designer - but also a beer brewer. She’s beer curator for Mediamatic’s Bio

  • Mediamatic Magazine 9#1

    spring 1998

    The Secret Agent Issue When a government no longer knows how to solve a problem within the borders of legislation and the tolerance of public opinion, it calls on the secret agent.

  • Bio-me

    designed with organisms

    Bio-me. 3-day of talks, masterclasses, tastings and presentations concerning all that is designed with living organisms.

  • Mushrooms are taking over the Dutch media

    “Scientists, designers and dreamers are working on a revolution”.

    For the last couple of months Motherboard, the technological arm of Vice have been on board to interview designers, scientists and mycelium experts about their work with fungi. The result is...

  • Credits

    Thank you!

    Mediamatic would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors and participants for their contributions to the "Kunstformen der Natur" project.

  • In the End, We Only Have Ourselves

    Body as a Restaurant by Zane Cerpina

    Time is of the essence. Human progression and technological advancements have led us to turn our world to the new age- the Age of Man; the Anthropocene. When we can no longer rely on mother nature’s...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark

    Pure Gold

    18
    Sep 2015
    18
    Sep 2025
    - by Kamiel Rongen

    It's an artwork, but you can use it. Pee in our urinals while enjoying the hypnotizing videos by Kamiel Rongen. We are happy to collect your fluid contribution and create a powerful fertilizer for...

  • Intimate Currency

    Peck As You Go by Raphael Kim

    With the world becoming more globalized with the help of the internet, businesses and payments become more intangible and digital. Such as so, payment systems are pressured to keep up with the rapid...

  • The Future of Plastic

    An exhibition by Maurizio Montalti

    Maurizio Montalti, partner of our Myco Design Lab, just opened his solo exhibition called "The Future of Plastic" in Naples. The exhibition will present some of the latest research and grown products

  • Building with Living Materials

    Architectural design with biology programme at Mediamatic

    In 2014 Mediamatic started to develop a new program that combines architecture with living materials in experimental ways. Living materials cannot only be more ecological, they offer very exiting new...

  • Secretopia

    Secretions in Art, Design and Society

    Secretopia is an inquiry into human secretions through art, science and design. After exploring the potential of urine in The Pis’ Project, we decided to expand the programme to all sorts of...

  • Bio Clean Lab Inventory

    The things you can expect to find

    Find out here about the standard equipment, what you will get to use when you come work here, and what stuff you will have to bring yourself or buy in the new Bio Art Supply Store.

  • Eric Klarenbeeks' organic 3d-printing

    What about a Myceliumchair?

    As a designer, Eric Klarenbeeks' interest lies in combining different materials in unforeseen ways. He does the unusual, for unusual people, projects or purposes. Moreover, Klarenbeek is interested...

  • Inflatable Clean Lab

    Portable mycelium research area

    The Inflatable Clean Lab is a portable structure consisting of HEPA filters, a blower, and plastic material. When the Clean Lab needs to be used, it will be inflated with the same blower used to...

  • Mediamatic has moved to DijksPark in 2014!

    to Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam

    As of December 1st, Mediamatic moved to their new location on Dijksgracht 6. On this beautiful spot near the waterside (within walking distance from Central Station!) we will continue and intensify...

  • The Chair That Bleeds

    The Red Series 001 Breath Chair by Hyun-Gi Kim

    We consider chairs to be one of those everyday inanimate furnitures that fills the room. And like many inanimate objects, they’re often taken for granted because chairs are always being made. But...
  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS Maurizio Montalti 1 Jan 2011

    The Ephemeral Icon

    Infusing life to trigger a process of final dissolution

    A design-research project looking at the study and the application of a fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium, to synthetic, toxic materials: Plastics.

  • The Urine Brick

    Building the future

    What is the link between pissing and building? The connection expands past port-a-loos. It's bricks. The answer is bricks.

  • Living Roof project

    If you can’t beat them, join them.

    Living Roof geeft een sterke verbetering van de leefkwaliteit van golfplaten hutten in Zuid-Afrikaanse townships. We presenteren in 2014 in Kaapstad (world design capital) een eerste ontwerp waarbij...

  • Bio Clean Lab Layout (old)

    Floor and wallplan

    The Bio Clean lab is a tidily organised space where many projects are worked on simultaneously. That means that appropriate storage and object placement is paramount for all collaborations. The Clean...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Bart Ellenbroek

    Building a geodesic dome

    My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

    Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.

  • What is Bio-Design?

    For those new to the subject who would like a little clarity on what this field encompasses and what role Mediamatic takes in relation to this.

created Iva Buzhashka modified Sebastian Kaye (UK)

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