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Mycelium Muse: discover Reishi™

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11/08/2024 by

Soft, yet supple. Reishi™ is a natural material developed by MycoWorks, a modern muse for today's generation of creatives.

Woven from mycelium, the mysterious root-like fungal network usually found deep underground, Reishi™ is a cross between leather and fabric. Like leather, it can be transformed in a multitude of ways—dyed, embossed, varnished or finished—while retaining the malleability and versatility of other noble fabrics.

As a biotech company co-founded by two artists, MycoWorks is dedicated to providing new opportunities for a next generation of creators to push design forward, and this year will be an exhibiting partner at Design Miami.Paris. In collaboration with French design agency Paragone, MycoWorks will host a special collection to bring Reishi™ to life titled Mycelium Muse: Discover Reishi™.

The Mycelium Muse exhibit is the vision of seven talented women artists and designers who have crafted Reishi™ to their own tastes, style and sensibility over the past year. Together, they have designed a series of forward-looking and poetic objects for the interior design. Some are architects - Sophie Dries, Marion Mailaender and Fanny Perrier - and interior designers, Joséphine Fossey, while others are visual artists - Sarah Valente and Pauline Guerrier - or artisans - Anna Le Corno.

Despite their distinct creative visions and unique points of view, they share among them a resolutely unique approach to design: deconstructing its norms and formalities, and introducing new conceptions of environmental durability and sustainable design. If the muses have inspired artists since antiquity, mycelium inspires today's designers to create virtuous objects at the intersection of nature and art.

"These seven women embody the very essence of what it means to be a modern muse - creative, powerful and unafraid to push the boundaries of design," said Guillaume de Saint Lager, founder of the Paris-based design agency Paragone. "With Mycelium Muse, we are witnessing a harmonious blend of nature and art, paving the way for a sustainable and aesthetically enriched future."

The Mycelium Muse collection is set to propose a new sensitivity, and can be discovered at Design Miami.Paris from October 15 to 20, 2024 at 51 rue de l'université, 75005 Paris.

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