Mycelium packaging

Forward-thinking entrepreneurs—from an elegant candlemaker to a New York CBD company—are already using mycelium to make packaging and beauty products.

We recently spotted Amen, a sustainable luxury candle brand, who are using mycelium to create beautiful, sculptural packaging. Created in collaboration with biotechnology start-up Grown, they use mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus which acts like a living glue) and agricultural waste to create a product that is both biodegradable and produced with a negative CO2 footprint. #studioluxmore #amen #grown #biotech #candles #luxury #packaging #mycelium #mushroom #sustainablepackaging

We’ve discussed how mushrooms are influencing a wave of psychedelic-inspired packaging. Yet, more than just design, mushrooms are impacting the structure of the packaging itself. Adidas and streetwear designer Daniel Bailey, also known as Mr. Bailey, recently collaborated on a pair of shoes dubbed OZLUCENT, but it’s the box and packaging design garnering attention. The […]

Our Mushroom® Packaging is fully biodegradable in around 45 days. It can be added to food waste, broken down and dispersed in the garden, even mixed with seeds to grow wild flowers. When kept in dry conditions, it has a shelf life of 30 years.

In the context of the ongoing transition from a linear to a circular economy, ecologically friendly renewable solutions are put in place. Filamentous fungi can be grown on various organic feedstocks and functionalized into a range of diverse material types which are biobased and thus more sustainable in terms of their production, use and recycling. Pure mycelium materials, consisting only of mycelial biomass, can adopt versatile properties and appear promising as a substitute for current…

ecovative uses mycelium, the 'roots' of mushrooms, as a binding agent for packaging and building materials, and now wants to create mycelium-based meats.

A sustainable building material made from agricultural byproducts and mushroom mycelium has been nominated for the Design Museum's Design of the Year 2015.

Leading the way in what could be a trend towards more eco-friendly packaging, Ikea has recently announced their intention to transition from polystyrene to an organic, mushroom-based packaging for its flat-pack furniture. This proposed mushroom packages is made from mycelium, or rather mushroom roots. Already known for its use as a biobased building material, mycelium […]

The British luxury beauty brand has 'grown' boxes using eco-friendly and biodegradable mycelium packaging

Goodbye styrofoam.