Mycelium Magic
Mycelium Magic
DPS Alumni Marion Bisserier & Peter Roden host “Fungal Flourishes” Residency working with AI and mushrooms.
An exciting commission was announced in Spring 2024 this year’s as the GMD Alumni Residency took place again and inspirational creatives were selected to inspire and lead on a major teaching & learning initiative. The team of Marion Bisserier and Peter Roden, DPS graduates from 2019 and 2017, developed a series of typographic ornaments, inspired by organic forms from the Kingdom of Fungi. Through a series of iterative processes including drawing, printmaking, Ai generation and 3D modelling, they then aimed to translate their typographic ornaments into 3D forms. They moulded and grew their forms into mycelium wall tiles. They worked alongside a student group, involving them in class workshops at specific milestones in the project to inform the outcome.
Fungal Flourishes is a relief ornament collection made in mycelium by DPS Alumni Peter Roden and Marion Bisserier during their residency at the college. The design duo’s shared fascination for fungi sparked an on-going exploration between graphic form and sustainable materiality.
Mycelium magic
Thanks to the amazing opportunity of this residency, Peter and Marion set themselves the challenge of creating a set of ornamental mycelium tiles. Inspired by the interconnected nature of fungi, the project bridged multiple workshops from letterpress, glyph design, to 3D modelling and vacuum forming. A reflection of how nature is constantly happening as series of transformations rather than being a collection of individual specimens.
Marion and Peter’s choice to grow glyphs into mycelium connected their inspiration back to its raw origin, creating a full-circle moment. Working with this entirely compostable material brought them closer to the impact they have when producing a physical outcome and question the sustainability of the typical A to B journey in design. Fungal Flourishes is about introducing a cyclical, alternative design model that will disintegrate in order to give birth to life again.
The invaluable participation and enthusiasm of the GMD students from initial research to production elevated this residency to a rich exchange around the future of the design practices.”
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