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  • Aniela Hoitink 18 Mar 2014

    Proposal Textile mycelium

    How can we use mycelium to improve textiles?

    The insulating and moisture-absorbing properties of mycelium are very good. A lot of textiles are lacking these. That is why want to integrate the mycelium into textiles. Could we make a fine...
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  • textile
  • interior
  • Design

  • Imagining an Exhibition

    Designing the process and exhibition of the Myco Insulation project.

  • Growing the first panels

    The success and strife of convincing mushrooms to grow on waste.

  • Proposal Flexible wadding from mycelium

    Development of a textile flexible wadding with mycelium
  • Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop Simeon Goodwin

    Saving the Sluisdeurenloods

    The Sluisdeurenloods at Biotoop Dijksgracht was up for demolition - but all it needs is love and fungus to transform it from a cold dusty space into an innovative exhibition and event space.

  • Proposal Mycelium as 'future leather' in Shoe…

    Does mycelium has the potential to function as leather within the fashion world for present and near future?

    Why is it so important to us? Leather is a natural material with unique properties that make it the preferred choice for crafting thousands of products in addition to traditional applications in...

  • Aniela Hoitink

    MycoTEX

    Artist Aniela Hoitink is part of the Myco Design Lab Exposition at Mediamatic Fabriek with her project MycoTEX.

  • Proposal PRINTING - CULTIVATING - APPLICATING

    A functional way to transfer and cultivate the qualities of mycelium.

  • Myco Insulation Brewery Update

    April 2016

    What has the Myco-Brew team been up to recently? With the newly refurbished Clean Lab, the Myco-Brew project is back in action! Separate spaces within the same building have been specially designed...

  • Beer Roulette!

    Spin the wheel of (mis)fortune to taste batches #1-#21

    Over the Dijkspark Opening weekend and at last week's Biotalk , the Myco-Insulation Brewery finally revealed our tried and (safety) tested beers to the public for some tastings!

  • Design Development

    Improving the space we are working in for the Myco-Brewery project.

    Our move into the black barn at the Mediamatic Biotoop is a great step for the development of the project. It also gives us a number of design challenges.

  • Developing our spawn & panel mixtures

    Some observations from the growth of our spawn and panels in the bio-lab

    What kind of quality and texture do we want our insulation panels to consist of? Selecting appropriate substrate mixtures is the first step to achieving the ideal material.

  • Bio-design vs. Bio-art

    What is the difference? Is there a difference?

    Art and Design are two separate areas of study and expertise with their own schools, histories, and rules. However, when it comes to the biological, the terms 'Art' and 'Design' seem to be used...

  • Clean Lab Report

    February 2016

    The Clean Lab has been undergoing some changes recently. The area has been cleared to make way for an all new clean space with new equipment and workbenches to facilitate the growing needs of the...

  • 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...

  • Meet the Myco Insulation Brewery Team

    Part 1: The Brew Team

    Find out more about Hugo and Isa, the current team responsible for the beer brewing activities of the the Mediamatic Myco Insulation Brewery.

  • In Pursuit of the Right Jute

    Two jute, one panel.

    Jute sacks are a great base for our panels. Mycelium likes to grow on them, and they are a waste product of the cacao industry in the Netherlands, so there are a lot lying around.

  • Meet the Myco Insulation Brewery Team

    Part 2: Mycelium Cultivation

    Find out more about Ramon, Brendan and Claudia, the current team responsible for the mycelium cultivation activities of the Mediamatic Myco Insulation Brewery.

  • 'Myco-brewing'?

    Two Processes become one!

    Combining the beer brewing process with our Myco Insulation process for smart production of new materials.

  • "Small straw raincoat"

    Connection directly from Prehistoric Times to 2024

    Ötzi, the Icemummy, traveled in moonboots of straw, carrying with him medicinal funghy and all kinds of other objects made of grass. Prehistoric men were excellently and sustainably equiped to...

  • 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.

  • Fungal Futures

    Exhibition at Utrecht University

    Oude Hortus, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht | March 24 - May 16 2016 A collaborative project between Utrecht University, Officina Corpuscoli and Mediamatic.

  • Ganzeer

    Halfway there: project proposal Noord. July, 2010.

    Noordelijke Character(istics): A neighborhood is defined by its inhabitants. Ganzeer puts a face to the 'hood.
  • trick short

    Porcelain Bike Jump

    Bike fish in the water by Robert Bolwijn.

  • The best idea, stupid

    Social RFID Hacker Camp 2009, Day 1

    9.30am and Hackerscamp 2009 gets underway as 20 or so hackercampers new and old congregate at the Mediamatic HQ. Some have cycled leisurely from home, others, like the three jetlagged MIT guys, are...

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