In the interdisciplinary project „Växtvägg“ (swed.: forest wall), we, designers, biologists and forestry scientists, examined ways to bring the local boreal forest indoors and into a new climate.

In order to grow a symbiotic indoor forest, I explored the symbiotic connection between plants and fungi, with mycelium as the living link. How can research through design support both non-humans and humans, such as interspecies connection?

In my contribution to Växtvägg, I focused on the symbiotic connection between plants and fungi. Crafting three concepts, I explored design attributes benefiting both species, resulting in mycelium objects supporting the plant wall as a bio-assembled material-alternative.
Unlike the common method of curing mycelium, I kept the fungus alive, envisioning an indoor forest where plants and mycelium form a symbiotic organism, exchanging water and nutrients while providing protection from pathogens.