An edible mission. More than Packaging_
Our goal is a future where nothing goes to waste, not even the packaging.
Related exhibition, publication: Dutch Design Week 2025, Eindhoven Location: BioArt Laboratories Foundation, Eindhoven Publication date: 18-26. October 2025 Curators: BioArt Laboratories Foundation Team Artists: Andrea Brittnek DLA & Kata Lagzi Organic materials Mycelium, Algae Link:ddw.nl
Edible. Nutritious. Circular. – Designed by nature, eaten by humans, returned to Earth. In this development, Andrea Brittnek DLA and Kata Lagzi combine Algae foil with Mycelium packaging to create aesthetic and functional objects.
Mycelium & Algae Packagings for Well-being_
Our new project is a collaboration of two separate earlier developments and their integration to the concept of Health & Well-being. The use of mycelium sheets and algae films creates a new perspective, blending stability with flexibility and sustainability with nourishment.
Mycelium and Agar foil are the questions, the hypothesis and the solutions. Fungi and Algae are with us all the time, weaving their way around the universe, filling the void, feeding the continuity necessary for existence. They give back to Mother Nature what they temporarily borrow. In this project, the fusion of this two materials creates objects, packagings and reliefs that symbolize protection, transparency, and interconnection.
A tree often invites us to embrace it, feeling its natural calming power. The forms and surfaces of mycelium and algae represent this embrace – symbolizing the relationships between fungi and algae, between people, and between humans and nature.
More than Packaging_
The aesthetics of the organic surface, the natural shades of the materials and the edibility of the mycelium we used could open up a new perspective in packaging culture. Which, in addition to global circular sustainability, could also present a solution to public health concerns. Algae are ideal for combining with this organic material. Our aim with this collaboration is to create mycelium packaging that can be consumed after the food or product stored in it has been used. To keep the outer surface of packaging clean for human consumption, it needs to be protected from external influences. A translucent protective surface made from a species of red seaweed, which can be easily removed from the outside of the mycelium, is ideal for this purpose, and is also edible, nutritious or compostable.
As researchers, developers and designers, we aim to invent products that can offer a new perspective for the Thriving Planet and humanity in the future. We also focus on reducing packaging waste.
