Interior Products—Designed for Reuse and Composting: The Rise of Circular Materials Interior products made for reuse and composting are furnishings, finishes, fixtures, and accessories designed to remain useful through multiple ownership cycles or safely return…
Decorative Objects: Circular Design for a Better Future Decorative objects are nonessential yet meaningful items—such as vases, lamps, sculptures, mirrors, and ornaments—used to shape the character of an interior or public space. The new generation…
Industrial compostability certification is a documented claim that a product or package can biodegrade and disintegrate in a defined commercial composting process without leaving harmful residues. It is not a guarantee that the item will…
Compostable Materials and Environmental Performance Compared with Conventional Plastic Compostable materials are products designed to break down into carbon dioxide, water, biomass, and inorganic compounds under specified composting conditions, while conventional plastics are typically durable…
Mycelium Furniture Innovation: The Exciting Technologies Shaping Tomorrow’s Sustainable Interiors Mycelium furniture innovation refers to the development of furniture made with fungal mycelium—the threadlike root network of fungi—combined with agricultural residues, wood fibers, or other…
Mycelium stools are seating products made from fungal root-like networks grown through agricultural fibers or other organic substrates and formed around a mold. Their practical appeal comes from a combination of low weight, renewable feedstocks,…
Mycelium-based materials are grown composites made from fungal networks, agricultural residues, and other biological feedstocks rather than conventionally manufactured polymers or mineral products. Their design freedom comes from the ability to grow material into forms,…
Mycelium Materials: Real-Life Compostability, Conditions, Limits, and Disposal Mycelium materials are products made from fungal root-like networks, usually grown through agricultural residues such as hemp hurd, sawdust, or corn stalks and then dried into packaging,…
Fungi-Based Materials and Indoor Air Quality: What Mycelium Products Can—and Cannot—Prove Fungi-based materials are products made with fungal mycelium—the network of thread-like hyphae that forms the vegetative body of a fungus—often grown through agricultural fibers…
Mycelium composites are engineered biomaterials in which fungal hyphae bind agricultural residues into lightweight, moldable structures. Their strength comes from the interwoven mycelial network and from processing variables such as feedstock type, moisture, density, temperature,…
