Designer Shinwei Rhoda Yen is turning furniture inside out with her ‘mushrooms ate my furniture’ chair. A contemporary addition to any garden, the seat of natural wood provides an excellent respite to enjoy your surroundings or take a break from your green thumb, while its underside provides the perfect habitat to grow mushrooms. Left exposed to the elements, mushrooms will grow and live within the chair for years, feeding off of the nutrients of the wood. As with all things in nature, the mushroom furniture will eventually degrade, giving way to the life of its inhabitants.
anybody else thinking invasive species? very beautiful, though…
Yes I worry about invasive species. Something for the manufacturer to think about. The thing I was wondering with all the stuff we buy that has a short “shelf life” anyway I wonder if people would make the connection when they’re actually being told it won’t last. I may be sad but true.
Very interesting… literally brings life to the interior design. That nature touch can be enhanced with huge photographic prints of wildlife.