This Lamp Is Grown From Mushrooms

Designer Danielle Trofe's latest project, called the Mush-lume, is a lamp inspired by and manufactured with mushrooms. Photos by Danielle Trofe

The lampshades started out as agricultural waste products, mostly corn stalks and seed husks that were packed into a plastic mold which was injected with liquified mycelium, a fungus that grows on the materials and binds them together like glue. Photos by Ecovative

Ecovative's current products are largely disposable and look like the hick cousins of more conventional styrofoam blocks. Photos by Ecovative

Ecovative's current products are largely disposable and look like the hick cousins of more conventional styrofoam blocks.

Ecovative is a 60 person company based in New York that primarily produces structural packaging materials for clients like Dell and Steelcase. Photos by Ecovative

Ecovative is a 60 person company based in New York that primarily produces structural packaging materials for clients like Dell and Steelcase.

Trofe is currently working on an indoor planter made fom mushrooms. "The challenge here of course, is how to restrict the materials biodegradable property until desired," she says. "Its a challenge, but luckily Im a fun-gal!" Photos by Ecovative

Trofe is currently working on an indoor planter made fom mushrooms. "The challenge here of course, is how to restrict the materials biodegradable property until desired," she says. "Its a challenge, but luckily Im a fun-gal!"

"Im not the first designer or artist to work with mushrooms as a product medium," says Trofe. "But I might be the first lighting designer to tap into a material science thats already been well developed and is ready to expand and be adopted into new industries and applications." Photos by Danielle Trofe

"Im not the first designer or artist to work with mushrooms as a product medium," says Trofe. "But I might be the first lighting designer to tap into a material science thats already been well developed and is ready to expand and be adopted into new industries and applications."

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This Lamp Is Grown From Mushrooms