Grow With the Glow: Mush-Lume Compostable Lamp Shade Grown From Mushrooms

February 18, 2014 by

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There’s a cool fungus among us. Danielle Trofe, the creative mind behind LiveScreen, the indoor hydroponic vertical garden that can double as a room divider, just let me know about her newest creation: Mush-Lume, a compostable lamp shade that’s grown from mushrooms–not manufactured, but grown of a home-compostable bioplastic.

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In a process similar to one Danish designer Jonas Edvard uses to cultivate his living lamps, Trofe grows Mush-Lume’s textured lampshade using agricultural byproducts such as seed husks and corn stalks, then combines them with mushroom mycelium.

“What if instead of making products out of petroleum-based plastics and non-renewable materials, we used natural, sustainable materials?” asks Trofe. “So instead of our goods ending up in landfills, they could biodegrade in our backyards!”

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Working with Ecovative Design, the designer utilizes the mycelium, binding it with the agro by-products which she grows for several days. Once the growth process is complete, the material gets heated and dried, turning it into a material that can then be used for, let’s say, a lamp shade.

Trofe’s signature is sustainable design with a tinge of quirkiness. Check out her Hourglass Table Lamp and Floor Lamp, each powered by the energy generated from the sand falling from top to bottom.

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Who knows. Mush-Lume may grow into as large a project as Trofe’s LiveScreen. The vertical garden was featured in Milan at SaloneSatellite, the international design fair which showcases the world’s most promising young designers.

 

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