Contact: kvn.allo@gmail.com‏

Education: Industrial Design Department, Bezalel, Jerusalem

Danalogue 2018

Artwork: MYC

Project MYC deals with the research and development of an organic material that derives from fungus, examines the ability to grow organic material and to delineate specific shapes and properties.
Nature, which acts in endless cycles, serves as inspiration for generations of products. In recent years there has been a trend of applying the principles of nature into the process of design and creativity. Imagine using a living material from which you can
 grow different products under a self-sustaining system.

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At the end of use by the industry, as a breeding ground for edible mushrooms, the hay with its apricots was thrown into the garbage containers. This waste is the raw material of the project. Re-designing the hay and providing the appropriate conditions for the mycelium, allows it to continue to build the product and turn it into a speaker.
The root of the fungus acts as a glue and forms an opaque substance. Also, the mycelium infects the hay chips and grows into elements attached to it. In this way, the fungus makes use of adhesives and synthetic materials that can not be recycled.