MYCELIUMMILLENNIUM
Imagines an era in which biological resources
- mycelium*, are used to grow objects
for everyday rituals.
*Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus,
a microscopic mass of white threads.
MYCELIUMMILLENNIUM
examines ways of manufacturing with nature itself, merging Biofabrication - as a method of learning from nature, and Craft - embodying antique symbols and forms that place the objects in a longer material history.MYCELIUMMILLENNIUM
challenges the aesthetics and receptiveness of fungal materiality.MM COLLECTION IS:
- light-weight, fire-retardant, and biodegradable.The collection attempts to stress longevity and resilience and is integrated into a circular vision, where the material is sourced and returns to nature.
MYCELIUMMILLENNIUM
is an invitation to raise awareness of a potential
material revolution, and a vision of what we consume could match both the planet and society’s needs.MYCELIUMMILLENNIUM SPECIFICATIONS
The material is upcycled from a mushroom farm in Sweden - Saxtopr svamp.The process making takes up to 1 month to be completed.
Each piece is unique in form and texture,
the fungal materiality will produce different stains and slightly different curves
in each object.
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Contact for
Custom Orders / Pricelist / + info
mariapitaguerreiro@gmail.com
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MM NOW Available at
KINTUSTUDIO, LISBON, PT
GALLERY OJO, LISBON, PT
MISSCHIEFS, STCKHLM, SE
MILAN DESIGN MARKET [e-store]
THROUGHOBJECTS [e-store]
GALLERI DUERR, STCKHLM, SE
MYCELIUMMILLENNIUM
FEATURED AT
EXHIBITIONS
2022, Gallery Ojo, Lisbon, PT.
2021, “Ukurant Perspectives”, Ukurant partn. and supported by Muuto at 3daysofDesign, Copenhagen, DE.
2021-22, “Take Away”, Galleri Duerr part. SEART during Stockholm Design Week, SE.
2020, “Crafted & Curated”, Through Objects, [online].
2020, “Take Away”, Galleri Duerr part. SEART during Gallery Weekend Stockholm, SE.
︎2020, “Materialized: from materials to sustainable furniture ”,
Isola Design District , Dutch Design Week 2020, [online].
2020, “Milan Design Market Virtual Exhibition x DDW20 ”,
Milan Design Market Collab. Isola Design District , Dutch Design Week 2020 , [online].
2020, “KONSTFACK 2020”, Konstfack University of Arts,Crafts and Design [online].
2020, “Konstfack presents: OFF-SITE design graduates show 2020” [online].
2020, “OFF-SITE2020”, Lusthuset, Stockholm, SE.
2020, “OFF-SITE2020” The WRONG DEGREE SHOW 2020, [online].
PUBLICATIONS
2021 Report ´State of the art, recent advances, and challenges in the field of fungal mycelium materials´, Fungal Biology and Biotechnologyvolume 8, Article number: 12
2021 , “Sustainability Portfolio - Hållbara Former” by Camilla Pérez and Mathilda Werngren for FORM Nordisk Arkitektur och Design Magazine, Issue “Sustainability - Design that makes a difference”, SE.
2020, “MYCELIUM” Future Materials Bank, Collab. between Jan Van Eyck Academie, NL; Material Futures department at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK.
2020, Thesis “Mycelium Millennium”, Published at DIVA - MA at Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design.
TALKS
2021, Guest Lecturer - Elective Course: Material Driven Design, KONSTFACK, University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, SE.
2020, Guest Lecturer - Research semninar “Awareness”: Postgraduate course Information Driven Design, ESAD School of Arts and Design, Oporto, PT.
GRANTS
Work grant; The Swedish Arts Grants Committe Konstnärsnämnden.
Graduation Grant Award; Konstfack Stiftelser Nils Johan Sjöstedts Stiftelse.
Scholarship Grant Konstfack: Beata Brummers Stiftelse and Ulla Fröberg Cramérs Stiftelse.
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