Mycofill Speculative Design + Branding
Academic Institution | Pratt Institute
Course Title | COMD 380: Product, Environment, Material
Instructor | Xu Han
Project Type | Individual Course Project
Date Completed | Spring 2022
Course Title | COMD 380: Product, Environment, Material
Instructor | Xu Han
Project Type | Individual Course Project
Date Completed | Spring 2022
Project Overview
Mycofill is a dual mycofiltration and mushroom cultivation device speculatively designed for a future of people suffering from water scarcity due to pollution and climate change. Mycofill gives users the freedom to live independently from unreliable public water supplies by empowering them to pick up and establish a life off-the-grid, near a water source of their choice. This is made possible with enhanced mycelium technology—the speculative aspect my product design depends on. Mycofill mushroom mycelium (think of them as the roots of a mushroom) break down and effectively remove toxins from polluted water at a rapid rate. Mycofill can assist users in achieving a sustainable lifestyle and helping the environment by reusing their wastewater to produce edible, nutritional pink oyster mushrooms and clean, usable water.
The images below tell the story of the future my product exists in, which I edited in Photoshop and Cinema 4D to add my 3D model. Scroll down further to see the brand guidelines and user manual I also developed for this project. The visual identity for this project was inspired by mycelium imagery and gritty textures that speak to an off-grid lifestyle.
