Healing with Fungi: Unique Aesthetic Expressions for Mycelium-based Materials through Patch and Mend

Wasabii Ng; Bahareh Barati; Elvin Karana

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_210

Healing with Fungi: Unique Aesthetic Expressions for Mycelium-based Materials through Patch and Mend

Wasabii Ng (Corresponding author)
, Bahareh Barati
, Elvin Karana

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Abstract

Fungi is a highly attractive organism for biodesign with the potential of converting agro-industrial waste into novel materials, suitable for diverse applications from acoustic panels to packaging, from textiles to building material. This paper presents an explorative study that taps into a relatively unexplored potential of fungi in biodesign, namely, “to heal” living and non-living mycelium-based materials. When still alive, the fungus can fill in the material substrate with a network of threadlike roots called mycelium. By revisiting the concept of the patch and mend, we can repair and reappropriate mycelium-based materials and extend their lifetime. By leveraging the livingness of fungi, our material-driven explorations demonstrate unique aesthetic expressions in the healed mycelium-based samples toward the revival of daily repair practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	[ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021)
Editors	Gerhard Bruyns, Huaxin Wei
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer
Pages	3253-3267
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-19-4472-7
ISBN (Print)	978-981-19-4471-0, 978-981-19-4474-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_210
Publication status	Published - 6 Nov 2022
Event	9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, IASDR 2021 - Hong Kong, China Duration: 6 Dec 2021 → 9 Dec 2021

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Conference	9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, IASDR 2021
Abbreviated title	IASDR 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	6/12/21 → 9/12/21

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Ng, W., Barati, B., & Karana, E. (2022). Healing with Fungi: Unique Aesthetic Expressions for Mycelium-based Materials through Patch and Mend. In G. Bruyns, & H. Wei (Eds.), [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021) (pp. 3253-3267). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_210

Ng, Wasabii ; Barati, Bahareh ; Karana, Elvin. / Healing with Fungi : Unique Aesthetic Expressions for Mycelium-based Materials through Patch and Mend. [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). editor / Gerhard Bruyns ; Huaxin Wei. Singapore : Springer, 2022. pp. 3253-3267

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Ng, W, Barati, B & Karana, E 2022, Healing with Fungi: Unique Aesthetic Expressions for Mycelium-based Materials through Patch and Mend. in G Bruyns & H Wei (eds), [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). Springer, Singapore, pp. 3253-3267, 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research, IASDR 2021, Hong Kong, China, 6/12/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_210

Healing with Fungi: Unique Aesthetic Expressions for Mycelium-based Materials through Patch and Mend. / Ng, Wasabii (Corresponding author); Barati, Bahareh; Karana, Elvin.
[ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021). ed. / Gerhard Bruyns; Huaxin Wei. Singapore: Springer, 2022. p. 3253-3267.

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