BioDesigner and MushLume Lighting founder Danielle Trofe is growing a lighting business from the spore up, turning mushroom mycelium into organic modern lamps.

As a self-professed mycophile, I’ve always been fascinated with the promise of using mycelium ? the root-like structure of fungus ? as a sustainable building material used for everything from clothing to buildings. That enthusiasm is always tempered by a bit of skepticism when considering issues related to scaling its production into a durable and cost-efficient commodity, and only a tad superficially, transforming the raw material into finishes and forms the public will receive as pleasing. The MushLume Lighting collection stands out as one of the more promising ventures using the fungus among us.
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