MycoWorks

#SynBioBeta2025 brings together the brightest minds in synthetic biology, from entrepreneurs and researchers, to investors and policymakers. Join MycoWorks co-founder Sophia Wang to learn about the innovations shaping the future of biotech! Register for The Global Synthetic Biology Conference, May 5–8 at San Jose Convention Center: https://lnkd.in/gHQZYevp

Distress on our climate isn’t a distant threat, it’s an urgent reality! The state of our climate has been a problem that has been created over the last 150 years. But the scale of the change we need now cannot take place over another 150 years! We have to change everything all at once. We have to get to Industrial Revolution 2.0, which means everything that flies, floats, rides on the land, it all needs to change. How we do agriculture, materials, textiles — every single thing that came from Industrial Revolution 1.0 needs to be touched in 2.0, and a lot of it very dramatically. We have a problem of will, not a problem of technology! It’s human will, to be able to make these changes. No one wants to compromise in the middle. It takes real adults in the room who all agree there’s a problem. We should all care about the planet we live on. Thanks Astronomy magazine Mark Zastrow for continuing to bring attention to climate! As a supporter and advisor for MethaneSAT and with Build Collective continuing to invest in startups that are changing the world for the better like Greyparrot, SWEEP, Smartex.ai, Aectual, Diamond Foundry, MycoWorks, Impossible Foods- we are full force investing in our planet and our global community. #climate #sustainability #MethaneSAT

This week we've been at #MilanDesignWeek, exploring bold, thoughtful projects from around the world 🌍💡 It’s been especially exciting to see some of our very own #WorldDesignCongress Ambassadors and Trailblazers presenting their designs and inspiring possibilities of what is means to Design for Planet ✨ Here are a few of our highlights: 🌳 Sebastian Cox’s 16-metre-long Cedar of Lebanon table infused the space at Aesop’s The Second Skin installation with a warm, woody aroma, encouraging people to gather and experience the design through touch and smell. 🍄 MycoWorks unveiled striking new interior pieces crafted from their mycelium-grown material, showcasing how science, sustainability, and craftsmanship can work together. 📚 Library of Light by Es Devlin is a luminous call to action on literacy, equity, and the climate crisis through the power of books and light. 🌿 Tom Dixon Studio unveiled GROOVE, his new outdoor furniture line crafted in aluminium, blending sculptural form with industrial precision. 🏡 MUJI and Studio 5.5 presented the Manifesto House, a modular structure, crafted with bio-sourced materials, rainwater collection and recycled insulation for low-impact living. 🎍 Gucci's Bamboo Encounters asked seven global artists to reimagine bamboo through installations that bridged heritage, sustainability and contemporary design. 🚆 Set aboard the restored 1950s Arlecchino train, Prada Frames symposium, curated by Formafantasma, held cross-disciplinary conversations on how systems of movement shape our world. Join us this September for the World Design Congress in London to play your part in designing for the planet. Get your ticket now: https://ow.ly/KJpI50Vz0wJ #DesignForPlanet #salonedelmobile #mdw2025 #design

While the word may have lost its buzz, the consequences of ignoring sustainability are very real. Mass extraction, environmental degradation, and unchecked pollution aren’t slowing down — and neither should our efforts to address them. Design is uniquely positioned to lead this shift. The objects, finishes, and furnishings that shape our daily lives aren’t just aesthetic choices — they’re opportunities to rethink production, reduce waste, and create with purpose. The challenge? Too often, sustainability has been hijacked by marketing. Greenwashing hides behind half-truths and fragmented supply chains. But change is happening. At ICFF 2025, a new wave of makers is stepping up. Innovators like Danielle Trofe of MushLume Lighting, Frederick Martel of MycoWorks, and Andrea Keller and 🌿 Mikayla Mitchell of Star Tile are proving that sustainability can be real, transparent, and meaningful — not just a label. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eN8m5_4Z

Join us this week for the third edition of LABÒ at Milan Design Week, curated by the visionary duo The Design Blender. MycoWorks presents new interior design pieces made with Reishi™ by Studio TOOJ of Stockholm and designer Fanny Perrier of Paris, in an exhibit that reimagines surrealist and vintage design eras with the future of materials. ➡️ laboculturalproject.com 🗓 6-11 April 2025 📍 Fondazione Rodolfo Ferrari

The materials industry was already changing rapidly prior to the current global macroeconomic events. In particular, the giant fashion and luxury supply chain has been in a search for both resiliency and expansion; for the materials that will fuel the next decades, not quarters, of growth. MycoWorks is growing the future. We have pioneered the use of fungus (mycelium) to make products like leather. Automation is part of it; skilled craftsmanship is the other, and that combination is our recipe for making the highest-quality materials on Earth. Sounds like hyperbole until you feel Reishi™, or better yet, watch a leathermaker feel it. Now, with our partners, we are experiencing yet another acceleration of the inevitable shift from dispersed, "stuck" supply chains for byproduct animal hides to a flexible on-demand, automated, and local supply chain with Fine Mycelium™. Both of these natural raw materials use leather tanneries; one offers total control. This has been driven partly by changing values, but also "after the boom in the leather accessories market, coupled with the decline in meat consumption around the world, stretched the [$24B annual] supply of luxury-quality hides," according to Business of Fashion. Our first-of-its-kind plant in South Carolina is humming after a gauntlet of a few months we spent debugging it. Biology is hard, and we have now mastered one way to use it, unlocking a new type of manufacturing. And, the sheer volume of data we are now generating, combined with AI tools and the genetic and microbiology work we're doing at our Innovation Center, means we're only getting better at it. We are delivering the first new biomaterial on the market at scale. There are more from MycoWorks to come. #mycelium #luxury #fashion #leather #craft #automation #AI #manufacturing #biotech #biomaterials #madeinamerica https://lnkd.in/gZrF9QmN https://lnkd.in/gkJJ-a3Y

Introducing two new pieces from the DUK series made with Reishi™ by Studio TOOJ of Sweden: the DUK Side Table and Pedestal. The exclusive collection available from Studio TOOJ is inspired by surrealism and Reishi™’s ability to spark bold new expressions in interior design.   The DUK Side Table and Pedestal are pictured here at Milano Design Week alongside Studio TOOJ's DUK Reishi™ floating table and “Mycelium Paravent” folding screen designed by Fanny Perrier. Visit our exhibit at LABÒ Cultural Project 2025 this week, April 6–11: https://lnkd.in/e-k4FssZ Order DUK at studio-tooj.com

Introducing the Kobold Sofa Made with Reishi™ by Ligne Roset and designed by Erwan Bouroullec. The Kobold is a versatile and modular seating solution that seamlessly integrates various functional elements around a central sofa unit. Ligne Roset chose Reishi™ for its unparalleled quality and natural material composition, to make Kobold a piece of design that embodies eco-conscious innovation without compromising on aesthetics, comfort, or longevity. More than a new product, the Kobold Sofa Made with Reishi™ is MycoWorks’ first industrial scale collaboration in interior design, and proof of concept that Reishi™ can deliver the performance and beauty needed to redefine sustainable interiors. The Kobold Sofa Made with Reishi™ is now available for purchase as part of the Ligne Roset 2025 Collection.

Just unveiled at the Ligne Roset 2025 Collection showcase in Paris: The Kobold Sofa Made with Reishi™ designed by Erwan Bouroullec. The Kobold is a versatile and modular seating solution that seamlessly integrates various functional elements around a central sofa unit. Ligne Roset chose Reishi™ for its unparalleled quality and natural material composition, to make Kobold a piece of design that embodies eco-conscious innovation without compromising on aesthetics, comfort, or longevity. More than a new product, the Kobold Sofa Made with Reishi™ is MycoWorks’ first industrial scale collaboration in interior design, and proof of concept that Reishi™ can deliver the performance and beauty needed to redefine sustainable interiors. The Kobold Sofa Made with Reishi™ is now available for purchase as part of the Ligne Roset 2025 Collection.

Reishi™ is now available through the workshops of Atelier d'Excellence (group) for upcoming interior design projects. Their expert fabrication with Reishi can be seen in recent pieces exhibited widely at Design Miami, Alcova and MATTER and SHAPE, and published in Architectural Digest France & Italy, ELLE Décoration France and Wallpaper*. Learn more about fabrication services with Reishi™ offered by Atelier d'Excellence/Maison Fey at atelierdexcellence.com