In this post:
A Kickstarter project moving ahead with Mycelium Leather
…at the bottom other posts & MycoComposite Material Suppliers
Organic Leather or Vegan or Mycelium Leather
The Bolt Threads Project #6 – Mylo™ Driver Bag
Bolt Threads met their goal!
The project is full speed ahead!
March 2019
“We are still working toward the timelines currently posted on our project page. If those dates become unfeasible, we’ll update all backers of the current status.”
June 2019
A Day in the Life of a Mycologist
In the next series of updates, we will be profiling some of the team that’s working on bringing Mylo to life. These are the mycologists, fungal geneticists, process engineers, and designers who are working day in and day out to grow and design the world’s first mycelium-based bag.
A successfully launched project with a Kickstarter campaign for people who like innovative products. The Mylo™ Driver Bag, the world’s first commercially available product made from Mylo.
This is Bolt Thread’s new sustainable material made from mycelium, the underground root structure of mushrooms. Modern Organic Leather. Grown from Mycelium.
From a $40,000 goal, 290 backers pledged $72,285 to help bring this project to life.
Bolt Threads pioneered Mylo with Ecovative Design – mycelium technology.
The Driver Bag was designed in collaboration with Portland-based brand Chester Wallace. It is crafted with practical functionality. A recreation of Chester Wallace’s classic Driver silhouette, every bag is hand-cut and sewn in Portland, OR and constructed entirely from Bolt Threads’ Mylo™ material, paired with a canvas base. The bag features a durable carry-all silhouette with two internal and three external organization pockets.
Additional posts, about Mycelium in Industry:
….all of which starts here:
Mycelium in Industry – Ancient and New
Construction industry,
Packaging industry,
Textile industry,
Furniture industry
Mycelium R&D Projects
Mycelium in Fashion Marketing – One Approach
May 2019 Mycelium in Industry update: Construction, Packaging, Textile, Furniture, +
June 2019 Mycelium Composites? Hands-on – Do it yourself
October 2019 Mycotecture? more-Mycelium in Construction
March 2020 “Mycelium in Industry” Where else can you get information?
March 2020 Mycelium in Construction?…some tangible progress
October 2020 Mycelium Is IN Textile/Fashion – 2020
December 2020 MycoProteins – Mushrooms To Meat?
February 2021 Construction, Mycelium, Industry..Wait A Minute
September 2021 Mycelium Momentum; World Is Waking Up.
January 2022 Myco-Remediation – Decompose And Remedy
July 2023 Mycelium Packaging – How To Make It A Business In 2023
Suppliers of Mycelium Composite Material, around the world:
>>>>Australia:
>Mr. Russell Whittam, www.aussimushroomsupplies.com.au,
I’ve done lots of work with universities the last few years; supplying them with substrate and how to make their own materiel, etc. as well.
I’ve got a new product coming out about mid-2020 – for making things – just add water, spawn and mold the material. Then let it grow. Contact him at: [email protected]
>>>>Egypt: mycelium material This start-up team has patented their own myco-composite material using mushroom strains found in Egypt. They have started to sell bowls, pots and to offer Mycelium packaging. We offer different products in construction such as insulation panels and open to supplying packaging as protective packaging for those seeking eco-friendly alternatives. We are also open to other creative projects using mycelium material. Visit our website: https://mycellium.co/
>>>>Europe:
>Grown.bio – has a license agreement with Ecovative Design.
their new MycoComposite™ kits consist of only LIVING mushroom material and are supplied to the EU countries. Possible also for geographical Europe, but customs clearances must be taken care of by the person making the order.
Grown.bio is now supplying the Mycelium Composite ™ material to insulate buildings. They have insulated class rooms in an Amsterdam school building and in a house in a village near Rotterdam. Scroll down to Building & Architecture products here. They have supplied the MycoComposite™ to many of the projects taking place in Europe, recently, that have been mentioned in my posts. Grown.bio sells other things made from MycoComposite™.
>>>India:
Finally! >Roha.bio At Roha we develop Mycelium bio-composite based protective packaging that can replace Styrofoam using agricultural residue and mushroom mycelium, we do this by collaborating with farmers and self-help groups in the villages, boosting their income.
On other hand we collaborate with startups and brands in consumer electronics space , design and develop protective packaging for their needs. Roha.bio
>>>>Indonesia:
>MYCL, Mycotech Lab is re-organizing, you can contact them here: MYCOTECH
>>>>Malaysia – presently growing mushrooms at www.myongano.shop, but not MycoComposite™ materials as they found that due to the heavy humidity in Malaysia, their packaging inserts were growing a green mold. If you are interested in talking to Boey about the Green Mold Problem, contact him at [email protected] .
>>>>The Netherlands – for Large orders in the EU Mycelium Materials Europe (in short
MME) started in 2018. We grow sustainable mycelium materials based on mushroom technology. We produce two types of organic materials in our own mushroom farm: MyFoam® (pure mycelium foam) and HedelComposite – a Grow-it-Yourself mycelium substrate the can be used to create 100% biodegradable products. You can find out Hedelcomposite materials at Kineco.
>>>>New Zealand – reorganizing
> Bio Fab NZ a new company that Ecovative has licensed in New Zealand. “Lesley, We are “on hold” for the time being” says James from [email protected]
>>>>UK
> The Magical Mushroom Company a new company/website in the UK. (Ecovative License)..The Magical Mushroom Company is the UK’s first-ever production plant manufacturing mycelium-based packaging. Founded by three friends wanting to make a difference.
>>>>USA:
>Grow-It-Yourself Kits for MycoComposite™ are now available direct from Ecovative’s Grow.bio. Here you will find all instructions, learning, and purchasing information. Grow.bio, however, only ships the MycoComposite™ material within North America.
>Ecovative LLC has transferred all their Mushroom Packaging production to the website: https://mushroompackaging.com. The new company and new website offer you more information about the mushroom packaging material and how it works.
>>>more information about Ecovative LLC (“Ecovative”):
>If you wish to place a bulk order for MycoComposite Material from Ecovative use Grow.bio’sInquiry form. Here you will find different options regarding; designing with GIY, custom orders, and partnerships.
>If you are interested in building a business in Mushroom Packaging, Ecovative is now handling partnership discussions from here: https://mushroompackaging.com/pages/licensing-form Licensing with Ecovative allows the partner to explore alternate substrates, techniques, and products.
If you are in Europe, check out the Ecovative European “Open Patent Program” for Composite Materials on their main website and scroll down to the section entitled: Ecovative Patents and Open Source Initiative
>If you have other issues, at the bottom of the new Ecovative website you will find “Be In Touch” and a series of topics to choose from.
If you are a Myco Composite Supplier, or you know of one or a course on how to make Mycelium Composite Material, PLEASE let me know! So I can add them to the list!