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  • Designing mycelium plant pots

    While working with mycelium at Mediamatic we tought about ways to combine mycelium with plants.

  • Sustainability
  • Plant
  • Biology
  • Design
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Vera Catalano, Doudouce Knol

    What does a day in the Aquaponics greenhouse look…

    Morning The first thing we do in the morning is to check the pH in the subtank. The pH, a measure of how acidic the water is, determines the health of the fish, the creation of bacteria in the system
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier

    Mycelium Experiments 01

    Hybrid Material

    Explore the potential of living material through a series of diverse experiments.
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Andy Cartier

    Mycelium Experiments 02

    Chimera Furniture

    What if mycelium was combined to existing furniture to give them a new life? 
  • Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop

    Molding Mycelium: Plant Pots

    2
    Dec 2020
    - with Dominik Einfalt and Doudouce Knol

    It's obvious that we should re-think our destructive consumption behaviours, and mycelium could be the answer. The living organism can be shaped into various shapes to create products that are 100%...

  • Our projects

    Mediamatic Biotoop is a broad techno-cultural lab that explores the possibilities of fungal and other bio-based materials for design, science and art. Our current interest lies in the usage of waste...

  • Mycelium Pigeon Towers

    Bibliography

    Here you find a collection of books and images used as sources for the Pigeon project.

  • Mycelium Pigeon Towers

    Collection of Design Research Questions

    How much shit does a pigeon shit on a daily basis? Does pigeon shit affect the mycelium and its growing process? Are pigeons attracted to mycelium? Does the material of a tower matter to pigeons?

  • 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...

  • Canadian goldenrod

    Solidago Canadensis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia .

  • How to build a Mycelium Pigeon Tower #1

    The Ins and Outs and the Do's and Do Not's

    In this blog series we will share the findings we have discovered after every workshop. There will be many questions found here regarding the process of building the tower both from us and those who...

  • Lab Equipment

    Basic stock for research and workshops

    This is a list of basic requirements for any laboratory focused on chemical o microbiological research

  • 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...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop

    Botanikurs 101

    with Plantmom

    Botanikurs 101 is a series of workshops and classes focused on plants. We invite you to learn and explore the life of plants and its systems as well as master taking care of your plants at home. ...

  • Japanese Knotweed: Rethinking Invasive Species

    Around the mid-1800s, botanical interests in Europe were high. Searching for beautiful unique plants around the world, for study purposes, or using them as ornamentals was common practice. So much...

  • Field marigold

    Calendula arvensis

    Find more about this plant on Wikipedia . 

  • Build Room for the Future of Art!

    Prof. Dr. Toby Kiers’ testimony to the Amsterdam City Council

    Amsterdam is discussing a reorganization of its Art Funding. The proposal is to divide the "important" infrastructural organizations from all the other ones by delegating the funding to the local...

  • BioTalk: Bulletproof Skin and growing Mycelium…

    Wednesday April 9th. Food at 19:00, talks at 20:00

    Jalilla Essaïdi and Jonas Edvard talk about their projects, both engaged in the development of sustainable products. Jalilla is creating a bulletproof skin of spider silk and is optimizing this as a...

  • Innovative Citizen 2014

    Aquaponics & Mycelium Workshop Dortmund

    Between 27.09 and 2.10 in the 'Innovative Citizen 2014' was held in Dortmund. It operated as a hub between technology, innovation and society. Mediamatic was there for two workshops.

  • Mediamatic Fabriek

    Our location from 2011 till 2014

    Mediamatic has moved on average every 3 years. Mediamatic is a gallery, project space, aquaponics farm and cafeteria. In December 2011 we moved part of our activities to the Van Gendthallen on...

  • fish feed

    comparison and optimization

    our efforts to optimize the fish feed for our catfish. Two different kinds of commercial fishfeed and our own homegrewn protein.

  • Mycelium insulation panels

    First experiments

    This mycelium panel was made out of wheat husks and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) as biological binding agent, grown for three weeks at 25ºC and 85% of relative humidity.

  • Results and proud failures

    The first outcomes by the researchers of the Myco Design Lab at Bio-me

    During Bio-me Mediamatic gave a sneak peak into the current design and research strategies of the Myco Design Lab participants at the Van Gendthallen. The lab is a collaborative project by the...
  • Mediamatic Biotoop Linde van Beers, Ashley Scarborough

    Myco Brewery Growing Process

    How we grow beautiful mycelium products

    From early October we began to have consistent success with our mycelium growth on the spent grain from our myco brewery, so we thought the best way to celebrate this is to share our knowledge of the...

  • Growing the first panels

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

created Doudouce Knol modified Doudouce Knol

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