Edible Lamps Grown With Magic Mushrooms
November 14, 2013 by Robin Plaskoff Horton
While you and I can now 3D print our own products, Danish designer Jonas Edvard grows his own 3D edible lamps.
Yep, Edvard cultivates the living lamps from a material he’s developed using the domestic waste of oyster mushroom leftovers from local food production.
The designer recycles mushrooms to grow the lamps which in turn grow more mushrooms. These food-producing lamp shades are definitely a twist on the grow-your-own concept. Would you call it “agrilighting”?
After harvesting and drying the mushrooms, Edvard cultivates the lamps over a two-week period.
He forms the lamp shades from a composite of the mushroom spores and a hemp and linen fiber mat woven from clothing and rope manufacturing waste that would otherwise be composted or added to building materials.
Basically, says Edvard, the mushroom spores “eat and grow together” the plant fibers, stabilizing them together like glue into a lightweight, soft, flexible, and organic living textile material that’s also compostable.
I’d say Edvard has truly served up a sustainable design: during the production cycle, each lamp produces 500-600 grams of nutritious edible oyster mushrooms. I will eat my hat if other cool products do not result from this innovative material.
Photos via the designer.
Category: Green & Sustainable, Greening, Lighting
Tags: edible lamp, food-producing lamp, living lamp, oyster mushrooms, plants and edibles, recycling, reuse, sustainable design
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Mush-Lume Compostable Lamp Shade Grown From Mushrooms Pingback said:
[…] 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 […]
— February 18, 2014 @ 22:41
Grow With the Glow: Mush-Lume Compostable Lamp Shade Grown From Mushrooms Pingback said:
[…] 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 […]
— February 24, 2014 @ 04:31
Grow With the Glow: Mush-Lume Compostable Lamp Shade Grown From Mushrooms Pingback said:
[…] 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 […]
— April 6, 2014 @ 19:00
My Top Ten Design Finds From Maison & Objet Paris 2016 - Urban Gardens Pingback said:
[…] of emerging Scandinavian talents, is known for his Myx lamps made from mushroom mycelium. I featured these lamps back in 2013, but since then he has launched a number of other products made from other interesting […]
— January 31, 2016 @ 18:03
Products and DIY Projects Made From Mushrooms Pingback said:
[…] Jonas Edvard’s mycelium lamp shade spotted at Maison et Objet 2016. Photo via Jonas Edvard. […]
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