Designer and researcher working with textiles, sustainability and material based storytelling.
Grown by Three
Collaboration with Rūta Irbīte and Three UK
MA Material Futures,
Central Saint Martins
2021
As a collaboration with Three UK, the project explores
the future of phone accessories.
By taking inspiration from rapidly developing 5G technologies and importance of sustainability Grown by Three offers to use nature’s own Wood Wide Web- mycelium to produce phone accessories. Mycelium is the root system of fungi that connects almost every plant on earth and is one of the most potent sustainable materials.
Grown by three phone accessory invites the user to connect to the future through connecting through nature - it's grown locally on waste and using little power making it sustainable. It's strong, light and shock absorbent, it's biodegradable so you can feed your houseplant after you upgrade your device.
By taking inspiration from rapidly developing 5G technologies and importance of sustainability Grown by Three offers to use nature’s own Wood Wide Web- mycelium to produce phone accessories. Mycelium is the root system of fungi that connects almost every plant on earth and is one of the most potent sustainable materials.
Grown by three phone accessory invites the user to connect to the future through connecting through nature - it's grown locally on waste and using little power making it sustainable. It's strong, light and shock absorbent, it's biodegradable so you can feed your houseplant after you upgrade your device.
