Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi by Antonia Fedder

Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi by Antonia Fedder is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid in Disinn ta' Prodotti Sostenibbli, Proġetti u Disinn Ekoloġiku Competition Category.

ĦadidProdott Sostenibbli· 2021

Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi

by Antonia Fedder

Client: Fungi Narratives

Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid Winner in Prodott Sostenibbli Category

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The Design

About Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi

Fungi Narratives huwa proġett ta' riċerka dwar materjali u disinn ibbażat fuq il-fungi bħala materjal organiku. Il-proġett jesplora l-proprjetajiet tal-Fomes fomentarius u l-Fomitopsis betulina flimkien ma' bijoplastiks li jistgħu jiġu kompostati, magħmulin minn gliċerina bbażata fuq il-pjanti, agar agar u ilma. Ir-riżultati jinkludu aċċessorji tal-ġilda tal-amadou bħal maskra tal-wiċċ, rakkmu, biċċiet tal-moda riċiklati u kollezzjoni ta' folji simili għall-karta magħmula biss minn fungi u ilma. L-għan huwa li jintużaw riżorsi naturali abbundanti biex jinħolqu materjali b'impatt pożittiv fuq id-disinn sostenibbli.

The Recognition

About the Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid

Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi huwa rebbieħ tal-Premju A' Design Award tal-Ħadid, rikonoxximent prestiġjuż mogħti lil disinji tajbin li jissodisfaw ir-rekwiżiti professjonali u industrijali mistennija minn ħolqien imfassal tajjeb. Ir-rebbieħa tal-Ħadid juru l-ħila kbira, l-ispeċjalizzazzjoni għolja, il-fehim espert u l-kapaċità kreattiva tal-ħallieqa tagħhom. Huwa mistenni li Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi ikun ħolqien imqabbar ħafna, mammirat u maħbub li huwa prattiku u innovattiv. Dan id-disinn rebbieħ tal-Ħadid jintegra l-aħjar prattiki tal-industrija u għandu karatteristiċi tekniċi kompetenti marbuta mal-għarfien u t-talent. Fungi Narratives Materjal Ibbażat fuq il-Fungi huwa rispettat għall-eżattezza tiegħu u mfassal biex itejjeb il-kwalità tal-ħajja u jgħin jagħmel id-dinja post aħjar.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Fungi Narratives is a material and design project focusing on experimenting with fungi as an organic material, exploring the relationship of fungi properties combined with bioplastics. Findings and designs include amadou „leather“ accessories such as a face mask, embroidery, up-cycled fashion pieces and various paper-like materials based on fungi. The projects purpose is using abundant resources from nature to create materials with a possible positive sustainable impact on the future of design.
Dimensions & Packaging: All designs/products come in various shapes and sizes.The amadou face mask is 20cm in length and 11cm in width, made from the inner section „amadou“ of comes fomentarius fungus, with the straps made of wool. The paper collection comes in 25 different qualities, all made from both fomes fomentarius and Fomitopsis betulina fungus with an addition of water. They come in different sizes, the smallest being 13cm length 11cm width, the largest being 23cm length 18cm width.
Tags: fungi, sustainable design, material, sustainability, bioplastic, biodegradable
Production Technology: Fomes Fomentarius and Fomitopsis Betulina, Bioplastic. The bioplastic is compostable, we made it using plant based glycerin, agar agar and water. For paper making we only used fungi and water. For the up-cycled fashion we used techniques such as embroidery, knitting, beading and creating a filament for all elements. Furthermore editorial design of the book, letter pressing and hand binding the book. Film and Photography as well as post production of the material. Technical use: Adobe Programs.
Design Challenge: From the beginning our approach was not to interfere with the natural source and learn from it, letting it guide us through the process. The biopolymers we found were an ideal medium for complimenting the fungi. Working with natural materials that will eventually degrade presented many challenges. It required patience and a lot of time as the materials could not be forced. Understanding under which circumstances the biopolymers succeeded with the fungi and when they were incompatible was key.
Research: Fungi Narratives is an experimental material research project. The results are extracted fungi materials and biodegradable biopolymers used in implementations for fashion design techniques such as up-cycling and embroidery, accessory design and paper production. Research about the materials was conducted through the experiments and internet resources. Most interesting was the use of amadou inside the fungus that could be used as organic leather with limited negative environmental impact.
Inspiration: A walk in nature inspired working with fungi, our research showed a possibility to extract Fomes Fomentarius from nature without negatively impacting the ecosystem, as well as the potential of growing them artificially. We conducted over 100 experiments studying the fungi and combining them with bioplastics. The duality between the man-made and the natural was our main motivation driving the experiments, which can have a positive impact on the fields of sustainable product and fashion design.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2019 and ended in September 2020. All team members are students of the Design School Kolding (Denmark) MA Program "Design for Planet“, with backgrounds in communication and fashion design. The project was started as part of a 5 week material research course in the program and then developed further for presentation by the team in September 2020. The project will be exhibited at the Dutch Design Week 2020 in Eindhoven as part of the exhibition „Materialized“.
Operation Flow: Fomes fomentarius is found to have various properties, including medical ones. Amadou can have impact in the future of sustainable alternatives to leather. The project included harvesting the fungi, dissecting and experimenting in different directions. Adding biopolymers increased the possibilities of use for fungi and let us control the flexibility of the materials. User research showed curiosity and positive feedback upon look, surface feel,natural smell and wearability of the fungi material.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Antonia Fedder, Marianne Hansen, Sofia Fiorentino Sarrate and Mads Vindelev Jørgensen, 2020.
Team Members: Antonia Fedder
Sofia Fiorentino
Marianne Hansen
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Antonia Fedder, Stylists Sofia Fiorentino and Marianne Hansen, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Antonia Fedder, 2020.
Image #3: Photographer Antonia Fedder, Styling Sofia Fiorentino and Marianne Hansen, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Antonia Fedder,2020
Image #5: Photographer Antonia Fedder, 2020.