“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 Schimmels . An inspiring mini documentary showcasing the work of Maurizio Montalti, Eric Klarenbeek and the…
The mycelium of some fungi is capable of growing on and even digesting plastics. This fact triggered Katharina Unger and Julia Kaisinger from Livin Studio to start the research and design project Fungi Mutarium: a prototype of a future home device that recycles plastic into food.
By looking at the design discipline as one that analyses, creates and leads the profound transformations characterising the contemporary time we live in, “The Growing Lab” aims to embody a suggestion and a vision about the way plastic materials will change in the future.
