MycoWorks
@MycoWorksInc
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MycoWorks is a biotechnology company founded by artists and innovators who are creating a platform for the highest quality materials using Fine Mycelium™.
Emeryville, CA
Joined April 2014
@MycoWorksInc This has been driven partly by changing values, but also "after the boom in the leather accessories market, coupled with the decline in meat consumption around the world, stretched the [$24B annual] supply of luxury-quality hides," according to @BoF.
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@MycoWorksInc Now we are experiencing yet another acceleration of the inevitable shift from dispersed, "stuck" supply chains for byproduct animal hides to a flexible on-demand, automated, and local supply chain with Fine Mycelium™.
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The materials industry was already changing rapidly prior to the current global events. In particular, the giant fashion and luxury supply chain has been in a search for both resiliency and expansion; for the materials that will fuel the next decades, not quarters, of growth.
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in an interview with designboom, @MycoWorksInc and @Cadillac's designers dive into the use of mycelium in the SOLLEI car and the future of the mushroom-based textile across industries https://t.co/YT8GI2JguA
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“Poetry is in a way the most radical use of language because it finds new forms and meanings. Our success probably had a lot to do with that kind of storytelling – we were able to inspire a lot of researchers and designers with the wonder of mycelium.”
vogue.it
Acqua, segatura, crusca e micelio: sono 4 gli ingredienti di un materiale un po' magico, non vegetale né animale, ma che cresce seguendo la “bacchetta magica” di Sophia Wang e del team MycoWorks. Da...
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Vogue Italia spotlights our co-founder Sophia Wang, and her unique perspective as an artist and writer whose creative practice guides her work as a biotech entrepreneur. See the full feature: https://t.co/zUyHgE6JyF
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“New biomaterials are often boxed into a material category that already exists — for us this is leather. But designers who create products around Fine Mycelium’s unique properties instead of leather’s unlock the creativity of our material much quicker.” https://t.co/eY796f5B8U
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“Imagine one day being able to grow material to the exact size of a steering wheel or dashboard, reducing offcuts and speeding up supply chains. Fine Mycelium™ materials are a new category of their own.” – MycoWorks Creative Director Xevi Gallego on the Cadillac SOLLEI concept
interview: inside @MycoWorksInc's mycelium for @Cadillac SOLLEI car, the bio-material that can replace leather https://t.co/VR5wkZb3oW
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- @Cadillac unveils SOLLEI, its concept electric convertible which uses mycelium bio-based material from @MycoWorksInc for its interior https://t.co/fIpjSTCXcP
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electric convertible ‘SOLLEI’ by @Cadillac resurrects manila cream color of its 1950s cars https://t.co/fIpjSTCXcP
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.@GM has unveiled a concept car—the ‘SOLLEI’ @Cadillac convertible electric vehicle—featuring @MycoWorksInc ‘Fine #Mycelium’ bio-based materials in the interior. Via @AgFunder News:
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.@Cadillac unveils concept convertible EV featuring mycelium-based décor from @MycoWorksInc
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MycoWorks is thrilled to share this latest achievement in our ongoing collaboration with General Motors. We are excited for what the future holds! Learn more about the SOLLEI concept at
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A beautifully iridescent version of MycoWorks’ Fine Mycelium™ material is used in the charging mats on the console and the door map pockets of the SOLLEI concept, reflecting Cadillac’s mission to pioneer renewable automotive resources.
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Today, Cadillac introduces the SOLLEI concept vehicle, the ultimate design expression of a coach-built luxury electric convertible. SOLLEI is Cadillac’s first concept vehicle to incorporate an innovative bio-based material developed in collaboration with MycoWorks.
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🎙 Listen to the full episode of MycoWorks LIFE podcast: https://t.co/Fg5nPV3u99 * Original video footage by MycoWorks modified by AI
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We sit down with a different kind of podcast guest: artificial intelligence. MycoWorks Creative Director Xevi Gallego interviews @pi, the “first emotionally intelligent AI,” and discovers Pi’s simple yet evocative explanations of mycelium and the role of AI in biotech innovation:
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“Working with the material and learning about its unique properties, will help to create beautiful texture options impacting future automotive interior applications.” – Hannah Dunbar, industrial designer, Cadillac Learn more:
pressroom.cadillac.com
The new material could deliver Cadillac's signature high-end aesthetic using a renewable source.
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Cadillac’s exploration using Fine Mycelium™ will be a first for the automotive industry, underscoring the brand’s dedication to forward-thinking design, technological advancements, and offering innovative materials and resources for automotive designers.
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Cadillac Advanced Color, Materials and Finishes designers collaborated with MycoWorks to develop a new material, created using our Fine Mycelium™ technology, that incorporates the renewable root structure of mushrooms and other bio-based ingredients.
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