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Purifungi by Audrey Speyer - A living aid kit for the earth

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How can natural organisms help eradicate industrial pollutants?

Since the Industrial Revolution, we have caused immeasurable damage to our earth. Many of the industries that we have come to rely on for everyday products and services are extremely detrimental to the environment and cause widespread contamination and industrial pollutants. This waste seeps into the earth and means that very little can grow on or populate on the infected earth.

However, recent research has shown that certain types of fungi are not only able to grow in such areas, but also have the ability to track, catch and store industrial pollutants in its fruit, in many cases completely removing it from the soil altogether.

In this research project, I propose how fungi could be nurtured, grown and then harvested to help transform industrial wastelands by removing contaminants, such as diesel and oil from our earth.

MA Material Futures @ Milan Design Week, Ventura Lambrate (Part 2)

This year, Material Futures 15/16 Collective took the driver’s seat to promote our work and our course by engaging the public through our showcase at via Ventura Lambrate 14, invited by Ventura Projects.

We raised over £6000 to get our work over 800 miles of land to the dynamic audiences of Milan Design Week. Here are a few shots of our showcase.

Featured: 1 - Via Ventura Lambrate 14 Exhibitors List 2 - Benedetta Martino - Daily Fetish 3 - Passerby observing Niloufar Esfandiary’s - Phantom Sensations° 4 - Passerby observing Valentina Coraglia’s - Inedible Futures 5 - Manuel Thiessart - Through The Skyglow 6 - People observing Tina Gorjanc’s - Pure Human 7 - Michelle Baranda - So Black And Blue 8 - Designer Pamm Hong with her work, Watermelon Sugar 9 - Passerby observing Pamm Hong’s - Watermelon Sugar 10 - Material Futures 15/16 Collective

MA Material Futures @ Milan Design Week, Ventura Lambrate (Part 1)

This year, Material Futures 15/16 Collective took the driver’s seat to promote our work and our course by engaging the public through our showcase at via Ventura Lambrate 14, invited by Ventura Projects.

We raised over £6000 to get our work over 800 miles of land to the dynamic audiences of Milan Design Week. Here are a few shots of our showcase.

Featured: 1 - Material Futures Wall 2 - Passerby observing Katy Shand’s - SOLAS - Other Us 3 - Giulia Tomasello presenting her work, Bio Conductive Skin 4 - (In Background) Hanan Alkouh - Sea-bacon 04518, people observing Tina Gorjanc’s - Pure Human 5 - Designer Ying Shen with her work, CHOREO+MUSIC 6 - Passerby observing Sanne Visser’s - The New Age of Trichology 7 - Designer Audrey Speyer presenting her work, Purifungi 8 - Passerby observing Mi Zhang’s - Floating Matters 9 - People observing Charlotte Nordmoen’s - HumanMADE 10 - Ying Lai’s - They Make Me Better & Stronger