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Macro photograph of a mycelium surface grown over a mould

01–04one study

the most effectiveapproaches are alreadydesigned by nature

biodesign and play for sustainability

Enter Projects

Four stages of one study: from a household trash diary to a model of living with fungi.

projects

four stages

Each stage answers the question left by the one before it: what is plastic doing, why does it stay, what can replace it, and what would living with that replacement require.

01

encounter

a trash diary, and what the polymer leaves inside us

enter project
Plastic packaging collected on a kitchen counter
02

dive

from the shelf to the bin, and out to sea

enter project
Network diagram linking plastic polymers to everyday products, with key uses in yellow
03

sprout

co-designing with mycelium

enter project
A pen pot grown from mycelium holding pens and pencils
04

symbiosis

the model we propose

enter project
Diagram of the food web with human waste routed to landfill

Sustain the nature, not the plastic.

A material that nature cannot take back is not a convenience, it is a debt. What we design next has to be able to join the circulation it came from.

Mycelium spreading across agricultural waste inside a growing tray

01

story

Where the mark came from, and the full research document.

read the story

02

brand

Mark, four inks and applications — a system that can be checked rather than interpreted.

open brand

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The project is open to research collaborations, workshops, exhibitions and teaching. Write a short note about what you have in mind.

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