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  • Slime Mold Computing

    Gathering intelligence from brain-less organisms

    Physarum polycephalum, better known as slime mold, is a simple organism that can solve some very complex problems. Slime molds are intelligent enough to find their way towards food through complex...
  • Science
  • slime mold
  • mycelium rising
  • mold
  • fungus
  • ecology
  • computers
  • computing
  • intelligence
  • Biology

  • The Mold Fight Begins!

    Our first mold battle

    Our newest installation at the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition is a tiny agar-filled stadium where we will host mold fights. The first fight will be between our visitor Marco's bacteria and the...

  • Mold That Eats Plastic

    This mushroom loves having plastic for dinner

    A little mushroom is making big headlines after it has been found to break down plastic faster and more effectively then its fungal and bacterial predecessors.
  • Project: Antal Ruhl

    Mold Fight

    A battle to the death of mold vs. mold

    Can you beat the slime mold?

  • Mushrooms Ate My Furniture

    A design object that eats itself

    In the ultimate cyclical process, this garden furniture is embedded with mushrooms which decompose and eat away at it over time.

  • Workspace Mediamatic

    Artists and designers working in the heart of Amsterdam

    Be part of the Biotoop and share a co-working space in the heart of Amsterdam. Mediamatic Biotoop is a registered creative workspace ( CAWA Broedplaats ), meaning that we offer reduced prices on...

  • About the Pis’ Project

    2014-2016

    The Pis’ Project connects urine in the arts with innovation within design, architecture and environment. After a successful two years we decided in 2017 to expand the project from urine to all human...

  • Grow Your Own Billboard

    Mycologist Patrick Hickey's living billboard for the film Contagion.

    Viral marketing has taken on a whole new meaning with this living billboard made from fungus and bacteria.

  • Margarita and the Mycelium Factory

    My visit to the Ecovative Design headquarters

    Finding myself on the other side of the ocean, I went to visit Ecovative Design, a sustainable materials company in upstate New York. Ecovative is the birth place of the myco-material that sparked...

  • 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...

  • Nothing tastes better than fungus

    A Sausage experiment with Brandt&Levie

    Did you know that the taste of a sausage is determined by its surroundings? Together with Brandt&Levie we have started a new, four-week-long experiment of sausage fermentation. 7 Organizations...

  • 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...

  • Tuinkamer

    Characteristic room with views of the water and restaurant

    The Tuinkamer is suitable to rent for meetings (25 persons), presentations (35 persons) and receptions (50 persons). This room features a distinctive decoration overlooking the water and is connected...

  • Credits

    Thank you!

    Kunstformen Der Natur would like to thank the following people, organizations, sponsors and participants.

  • Oo, Oo That Smell

    What is that distinct smell after enjoying a plate of this green veggie?

    Asparagus. A lean, green vegetable with a dramatic list of healthy benefits. Many people are aware that asparagus is heart healthy, high in antioxidants, contains characteristics to heighten your...

  • Report: a visit to CNC

    One of the largest mushroom substrate producers in the world

    What brings horse manure, an R&D director, a designer and a construction graduate together? That’s right, mushroom growing! A tour of the facilities of CNC, the largest (indoor) mushroom...

  • Bodies of Change Growth

    Week 1 of growth

    In the second installment of this series, we watch the strange growth that has shown up on the mycelium shroud and it's not exactly what we were expecting!

  • Urban Eden, human error

    Bio-architectural constructions out of moss and seeds

    Allison Kudla's project based on the formation of a living and growing biological material via its collaboration with an engineering mechanism.

  • Photoelectric bites

    Temporary photoElectric Digestopians Worklab Series

    Edible Solarcells
  • Mediamatic Clean Lab Bart Ellenbroek

    Building a geodesic dome

    My experiences during my third week at Mediamatic

    Exploring the possibilities of a geodesic dome built from mycelium.

  • Biomodd

    Symbiosis between biological and electronic systems

    Nature and technology are not juxtaposed but rather fused into imaginative hybrid installations.

  • 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...

  • Waterfront Restaurant and Bar

    Drinks, dinner and art at Mediamatic ETEN

    Mediamatic ETEN is equipped with an open kitchen, bar and a wood-fired oven, which makes it a perfect environment for cosy dinners (80 persons), receptions (120 persons) or presentations. The...

  • Visitor Information

    Raising Doubts, 06-05 / 30-12-2017

    You can visit Dijkspark and the Raising Doubts installation daily until December 31, 2017. The seedcards however are only for sale during opening hours at the following location: Mediamatic: mon...

  • Garden furniture or a garden in your furniture?

    8 Extraordinary Greens and FurniBloom

    An artist and an architect are combining gardening and furniture design in very unexpected ways.

created Margarita Osipian modified Margarita Osipian

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