METAFUNGI is a scenographic installation imagining a future where furniture is not manufactured but grown.

Inspired by Eric Klarenbeek's iconic Mycelium Chair, I used it as a starting point.

I designed a stool of my own, grown from mycomaterials and shaped using topology optimisation.

This computational design process simulates how forces travel through a structure, allowing material to be removed where it isn’t needed.

The result: forms that are both organic, efficient and lightweight and 

Through this project, I explored how design could align with living systems not by imitating them, but by collaborating with their principles.

A speculative yet grounded approach to rethinking value, production, and our relationship with the materials that surround us.

Guided by a quote from Balkrishna Doshi, METAFUNGI is an invitation to shift not only what we design, but how we understand the world we shape.