Danielle Trofe Design

Mush-Lume project
What if instead of making products out of petroleum-based plastics and non-renewable materials, we used natural, sustainable materials?  So instead of our goods ending up in landfills, they could biodegrade in our backyards!  Meet Mush-Lume. A lamp GROWN from mushrooms!  Mush-Lume’s lamp shade is grown, not manufactured, using an innovative mushroom technology. We’re working with Ecovative Design and their patented growing process to create an ORGANIC, SUSTAINABLE and BIODEGRADABLE lamp shade.  The process uses agricultural byproducts, like seed husks and corn stalks, and combines them with mushroom mycelium.  The mycelium then binds with these components and grows for several days.  When the growth process is complete, the material is heated and dried, ending the growth cycle.  At the end of it’s life, the mushroom material can be broken into smaller pieces, then added to your backyard compost and will fully biodegrade!

About Danielle Trofe
In 2011, Danielle Trofe founded her design studio, in Brooklyn, NY, to promote a function-forward, sustainable and socially responsible approach to furniture and lighting design.  With a focus on incorporating new, innovative technologies and materials into user-friendly, accessible design.  Danielle’s work has received international awards, been featured in numerous publications and websites and has been exhibited in several international design shows.  In 2012, she worked with BMW to create a custom vertical garden installation for their electric car series world tour and currently has an ongoing vertical garden exhibit at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Her most ground-breaking work includes the Hydroponic Vertical Garden and self-powering Hourglass Lamps, both launched in previous years at WantedDesign.