Grow light

posted Jun 14, 2017

ecovative grow-it-yourself lampSomething different for your desk: The Green Island-based mushroom-material company Ecovative now has a grow-it-yourself lamp kit.

It comes with a stand for the lamp, the electrical components, mushroom material, and a form for growing the lamp shade. It's $85 and available online. (And apparently it works if even you don't exactly follow the directions.)

If you're feeling even more DIY, the company also sells the grow-it-yourself mushroom stock on its own by the bag for $20.

As you know, Ecovative was started by two RPI grads about a decade ago and it's now based in Green Island. It uses what are essentially mushroom roots to bind leftover agricultural materials into various environmentally-friendly packing materials and fiber boards. The tech has gotten the company international attention, and it's been used in all sorts of projects.

photo: Ecovative

tags: Ecovative Design

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