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luma

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Project Info

Project Timeline

April 24 - Jul 24

Project Type

Academic case study

Contributor

Delong Xiao
(Designer)

Florian Meyer
(Designer)

My Contribution

Furniture Design
Prototyping
3D Visualization

Sustainable
Mycelium
Lamp
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luma is an atmospheric light fixture using mushroom mycelium. The light is mounted on a sphere, allowing it to be rotated in any direction. The wooden housing in the center enables height adjustment of the mycelium, thereby altering the tilt of the light.

02 Challenges

Combining functionality and sustainability.

01

What material can be used to highlights sustainability?

02

How can the form be connected with the materiality?

03

How can the lamp be functional at the same time?

Mycelium presents a sustainable alternative to
convential materials.

02-01

What is mycelium?

Mycelium is like the roots of mushrooms. It grows mostly underground and plays an important role in nature. It breaks down things like old wood, using them as a substrate in order to grow on them.

02-02

Properties of mycelium

A durable material that requires only few resources, grows quickly in nutrient-poor substrates, and can help remediate contaminated soil.

Cultivating mycelium - first day

Cultivating mycelium - day 3

02 Challenges

Combining functionality and sustainability.

01

What material can be used to highlights sustainability?

02

How can the form be connected with the materiality?

03

How can the lamp be functional at the same time?

Referencing the characteristic structure of mushrooms.

02-03

Organic shaped gill

The lamp is composed of two elements. The first element, crafted from mycelium composite, draws its form from the delicate gill structures that lie beneath most mushrooms.

02-04

Vertical stem

The second part of the lamp complements the first component as a vertical stem It consists of two parts, connected by magnets.

02 Challenges

Combining functionality and sustainability.

01

What material can be used to highlights sustainability?

02

How can the form be connected with the materiality?

03

How can the lamp be functional at the same time?

Improving functionality by making disassembly easier and the light tilt adjustable.

02-05

Swappable rings

Making it easy to disassemble, this feature opens up possibilities for customization with rings of varying shapes.

02-06

Prototyping

Turning the housing with maple wood and shaping the mycelium composite with 3D-printed forms.

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