{"title":"Carl Nielsen Design Accelerator","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mycelia-house","title":"Mycelia House","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaity Duffus’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMycelia House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e transforms the humble mushroom grow kit into a piece of living design. The reusable ceramic vessel brings the growing process into view, allowing oyster mushrooms to emerge through openings in its sculptural terracotta form. Part functional growing system, part organic artwork, it turns growing food at home into a daily ritual of watching, tending and harvesting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeveloped through Powerhouse’s 2024 Carl Nielsen Design Accelerator program and brought to market with Powerhouse Made\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e™, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMycelia House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e evolved through 17 prototypes as Duffus refined the vessel for home use and small-scale production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuffus designed the object and the business around it on the logic of fungi themselves, branching, iterating and connecting the way a mycelial network spreads underground.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e In consultation with mushroom growers at Ruffle Farm and Nick Ritar of Milkwood, the design was developed to house a ready-to-fruit substrate grow bag, supplied by Ruffle Farm, making the process approachable for first-time growers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade in Sydney through a combination of ceramic 3D printing and slip casting, each vessel carries subtle traces of its production. Between harvests, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMycelia House \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esits comfortably\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on a bench or shelf as a sculptural object in its own right. Once a crop is harvested, f\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eresh substrate can be introduced and the cycle begins again, offering a durable alternative to single-use grow kits and a playful way to explore fungi as a more sustainable way of growing food at home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFungi is the largest living organism on our planet. As humans, there's a lot we can learn from their way of being.\u003c\/em\u003e” – Caity Duffus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caity Duffus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45891016589491,"sku":"CD-VSL-MH","price":449.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/0847\/6595\/files\/MYCELI-1.jpg?v=1787534625"}],"url":"https:\/\/store.powerhouse.com.au\/collections\/carl-nielson-design-accelerator.oembed","provider":"Powerhouse Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}