Making Sense
of Fungi 🍄

Colin Schmid

Interaction Design 6th semester
BA Thesis
Mentors: Dr. Joëlle Bitton, Stella Speziali, Luke Franzke

24.2.2021

«Mycelium is ecological connective tissue,
the living seam by which much of the world
is stitched into relation.»

Sheldrake, M. (2020). Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures. Random House Publishing Group.

Fungi will play a key role in helping us solve the challenges we are facing.

Remediating ecological damage in collaboration with fungi.

🟡 Desk research

🟢 Assembling a home laboratory

🟡 Lab experiments

🟡 Reaching out to experts

🔴 Evaluating feasibility

Mycoremediation

Organic Farming

Mycofabrication

Mycomedicine

Mycorestauration

Mycofiltration

Mycoforestry

Mycopesticides

Mycotecture

Unconventional
Computing

Terraforming

Mycotaxonomy

Sustainable Foodproduction

Decomposition

Composition

Cultivation on Scale

Permaculture

Composting

Permaculture Gardening

Research Science

Applied Science / Industry

Citizen Science

Arts

BeeMushroomed Feeder by Fungi Perfecti

Image: freshcaps.com

Thanks for your attention. I'd be happy to answer your questions and hear your thoughts now.