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  • Mycelium panel properties

    Fire resistance test

    An essential characteristic for a insulating panel should be fire resistance, so we tested our samples to check how good they are against fire.
  • fire resistant
  • flameproof
  • bio material
  • insulating panel
  • mycelium design
  • building biology
  • ecology
  • mycelium
  • sustainability

  • Growing Materials

    Mycelium design

    Mycelium, the vegetative part of a fungus, is one of those pretty invisible organism which, if put in the right condtions, reproduces itself like crazy! That's why in the last years it became one of...

  • Agar Petri Dish Preparation for Growing Mushrooms

    Agar medium recipes

    The first phase of mushroom cultivation is the isolation of a pure culture of mycelium. These cultures are grown in petri dishes, with a medium (food) for the mycelium to digest. Here are some...

  • Insulating panel research

    The mycelium as a designer

    At Mediamatic we're working on a project with the goal to create mycelium panels for insulating an old wooden barn. We are now researching which materials and developing the whole process..

  • Growing the first panels

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

  • 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.

  • Mycoinsulation project

    Development of mycelium-based panels for the insulation of a protected wooden barn of Amsterdam.

    •The mycelium has to be grown on agricultural waste or forestry by-products. •The new material should be cost-efficient and not petrochemical dependent. •It should meet the thermal and noise...

  • Psilocybe cubensis

    The magic mushroom

    Psilocybe cubensis is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin . Commonly called shrooms, magic mushrooms, golden tops, cubes, or gold caps, it...

  • Mycelium products

    Mycelium, mushrooms, and more...

    Mycelium based materials can someday replace plastic. Artists, designers, mycologists, and organizations are working with mycelium based materials, growing their own mushrooms, and exploring this new...

  • Fresh improvements to panel growing

    After reviewing our previous panel experiments' highs and lows, we've started 4 new panels with some (hopefully) positive changes to our procedure.

  • Imagining an Exhibition

    Designing the process and exhibition of the Myco Insulation project.
  • Sluisdeurenloods, Mediamatic Biotoop Simeon Goodwin

    Saving the Sluisdeurenloods

    The Sluisdeurenloods at Biotoop Dijksgracht was up for demolition - but all it needs is love and fungus to transform it from a cold dusty space into an innovative exhibition and event space.

  • 'Myco-brewing'?

    Two Processes become one!

    Combining the beer brewing process with our Myco Insulation process for smart production of new materials.

  • Substrate

    Nutritious & Delicious food for Mushrooms!

    Substrate is the surface from which mycelium and mushrooms can grow.

  • Mycelium Spawn

    Artificial Mushroom Seeds

    A short guide to making and using spawn at Mediamatic
  • Project in mind Antoni Gandia, Daniel Parnitzke, lukas pressler

    Beers, mushrooms, algae and more

    Hey! ho! Let's grow!

    Designing sustainable agronomic systems

  • Ben je gebonden aan conventies?

    Vraag 19/30 van Twijfel Zaaien

    Is jouw antwoord ja, zaai dan fenegriek in bak 19 Zo nee, zaai dan korenbloem in bak 19

  • Fungal Futures

    Exhibition at Utrecht University

    Oude Hortus, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht | March 24 - May 16 2016 A collaborative project between Utrecht University, Officina Corpuscoli and Mediamatic.

  • Second Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture

    Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena presented the 2011 Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture

    The Annual PUMA.Safe Sustainable Design Lecture is a platform for design to be discussed in the context of social and environmental sustainability.

  • 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...

  • Wil je de wereld veranderen?

    Vraag 28/30 van Twijfel Zaaien

    Is jouw antwoord ja, zaai dan akkersgoudbloem in bed 28 Zo nee, zaai dan veldsla in bed 28

  • 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.

  • Zie je kunstenaars als commerciële ambachtslieden?

    Vraag 18/30 van Twijfel Zaaien

    Is jouw antwoord ja, zaai dan bloemkool in bak 18 Zo nee, zaai dan bloedzuring in bak 18

  • Is je leven een afspiegeling van je ziel?

    Vraag 1/30 van Twijfel Zaaien

    Is jouw antwoord ja, zaai dan weideklokje in bak 1 Zo nee, zaai dan weegbree in bak 1

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