The best approaches are already designed by nature. This project aims to explore the natural power of biomaterials–especially mycelium–to heal our ecology broken by plastic waste.
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Ruike Pan
Ruike is originally from China and is currently based in Manhattan. He believes that future problems are not classified in today’s school subjects so he focuses on interdisciplinary design including graphic design, user experience, data visualization, animation, fashion, visual merchandising, industrial design, installation, gamification, design pedagogy and beyond.
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