How can the mycelial structure of fungi transform architecture and design? This publication examines the potential of resource-efficient biomaterials, taking ecological and economic aspects into account and providing new impulses for material research and application. From building materials to textile applications, scientific insights, technological innovations, and practical implementations demonstrate the new perspectives mycelium, as a growing material, can offer. Essays, case studies, interviews, and visual contributions report on challenges, breakthroughs, and future opportunities – and on how renewable materials can be integrated into circular and sustainable design practices.
- Including an interview with Merlin Sheldrake
- Practice oriented case studies and designs
- Accompanied by extensive visual material
Price: $63.99
Pages: 256
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Imprint: Birkhäuser
Publication Date:
30 June 2026
ISBN: 9783035629828
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials, DESIGN / Product, ARCHITECTURE / Professional Practice, ARCHITECTURE / Sustainability & Green Design, NATURE / Fungi & Mushrooms, DESIGN / Furniture, Product design, Materials in architecture, Environmentally-friendly and sustainable architecture and design, Architecture: professional practice, Mycology, fungi
Nina Flaitz is a graphic designer and material researcher based in Stuttgart and Lausanne. She specializes in visual communication and concept-based art direction. With a focus on a holistic concept development the studio conceives visual identities applied in both digital and printed matter for cultural institutions, businesses and individuals, often in close collaboration with fellow designers, developers and photographers. Nina Flaitz is the founder of the research platform Mycelium Resources, through which she applies her expertise as a designer to projects of a sustainable ambition and conducts research into resource-saving material development. Mycelium Resources aims to raise awareness about the potential of mycelium-based materials, promote their advancement, and enhance the visibility and connectivity of experts in mycelium research and application.
