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  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Megan Bishop

    Wood-Fired Clay Oven

    6
    Aug 2015
    - Mediamatic Eten

    Hand-made over two days, using environmentally friendly methods and materials, the clay oven stands as a central feature of the Mediamatic ETEN restaurant.
  • Food
  • ecology
  • Design
  • Form
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Looking back at "Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots"…

    with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol

    Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots workshop was a culmination of the research and collaboration between interns from Mediamatic Clean Lab and Aquaponics Greenhouse. We're not hosting this workshop anymore
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Soňa Borodáčová

    Hacking Haeckel

    3
    Oct 2014
    - by Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg

    Rudy Guedj, Martin Huger, Olya Troitskaya and Sophie Rogg met during their studies at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie where they collaborated on the visual identity for the school’s theory program in...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Maria Ilieva, Matilde Calamandrei, Laura Rosal

    Oosterdok Sensory Tower

    21
    May 2025
    21
    May 2026

    This exhibition invites you to journey through time, exploring the layered history of Mediamatic's waterfront location. Here, where the scent of the water blends with the lingering echoes of...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Arne Hendriks, Nehis Osagie, Andy Cartier

    Jute

    June '20 – Pigeon Tower 02

    We put the remains of the collapsed tower from the first experiment in a long burlap tube. Burlap is a biodegradable textile, and provides structure and nourishment for the mycelium. We rolled up the...
  • Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop

    Freestyle Kintsugi

    with Mariko Hori

    Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way...
  • Pigeon Tower Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier, Arne Hendriks

    Cartier

    Sept '20 – Pigeon Tower 03

    The third tower was build inside the Clean Lab . Two previous attempts to build a sturdy, living tower had failed. Time to take a step back. We did not know whether our principles were correct.
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop Zeger Reyers

    Hard Water

    18
    Sep 2015
    - by Zeger Reyers

    Is it plates growing in between plants, or plants growing in between plates? Hard Water is an installation that consists of a thousand plates, soil and plants 'growing' on the exterior wall of...
  • Exhibition: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Fermentation Rack

    23
    Apr 2020

    Each season different herbs, vegetables, and flowers will adorn this installation. From fermented garlic to Wax Begonia lemonade; come and have a sneak peek at what we serve in our restaurant.
  • Symposium: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Anatomy of a Material

    17
    Apr 2026
    - What might a mythology of plastic look like?

    Join us on Friday, April 17th, for a symposium on affective obsolescence: the gradual erosion of our emotional and sensory connection to the materials that shape everyday life. We now encounter...

  • Brew Your Own Beer: Taste Notes

    MABJeR - Gordita - Motor Oil

    The final fermentation is over and the beers brewed in the workshop 2 months ago are finally ready to be tasted.

  • Carpenters

    Dev Camp Day 3

    Camilo and Thjeu are essential in making the projects work. They brought their own tools and are building the (wooden) frames to house the installations.

  • 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.

  • On soil fertility and the decline of society

    The last words of Justus Von Liebig, the father of organic Chemistry

    What does soil fertility loss mean? The Earth’s soils can tell many stories to those able to read them.

  • 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...

  • Pee for plants: how to

    An introduction to the use of urine as fertiliser

    If you have ever wondered whether and how you can use your own urine to grow luxuriant plants and healthy veggies, here you can find some useful pieces of information on methods and timing for...

  • How to make soup BIG

    Tasty, fresh, easy and veggie/vegan friendly

    Recipes, instructions and advices on how to make a killer soup for large groups

  • 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...
  • 2020 Mediamatic Biotoop

    Kimchi: Co-design with Microbes

    with Saskia Frederiks

    Have you been dreaming of being able to make your own kimchi? It is a delicious condiment, which brings fermented flavor of umami and tanginess, as well as beneficial microbes into your cooking .

  • 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.
  • Mediamatic Bank at Duintjer CS

    Over Datum Eetclub 1

    Shells and Crusts with Tinda van Smoorenburg

    The first in our series of weekly dinner parties kicked off on Tuesday July 19th to a hungry crowd filling Mediamatic bank. It resulted in the successful resistance against the demonization of...

  • 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.
  • Project cedric flazinski

    MyDesigner

    User-based form-giving

    How the individual makes form more relevant in identity-related products. A brief description of Cedric Flazinski 's Master thesis project, MyDesigner, at Design Academy Eindhoven, 2008.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Bokashi Containers

    Composting with microorganisms

    The organic waste coming from the kitchen of Mediamatic ETEN finds a special companion in its composting process: the Bokashi container.  This system uses effective microorganisms to enable low...
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Distilling a Citrus Bouquet

    12
    Apr 2026
    - Turning waste into beauty with Frank Bloem

    In this Aroma Lab workshop you will be introduced to scent extraction and the distillation process. Distillation is the process of extracting essential oils from plant based materials. We'll explore...

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