Shroom Sabha is a community-founded, community-led, non-profit festival dedicated to fungi and the many worlds they connect. Conceived by a group of mycophiles who wanted to share their fascination beyond specialist circles, it has grown into India's first and only festival devoted entirely to fungi. More than an annual event, Shroom Sabha is an attempt to cultivate a fungal culture in India—one rooted in curiosity, ecological literacy, creativity, and care. The festival is s

From grassroots community gatherings in Pennsylvania woods to academic conferences in Portuguese castles, the summer 2026 mushroom festival season spans continents and disciplines. Each event is rooted in the same underlying science: fungi season is triggered by seasonal rains and shifting temperatures, prompting the fruiting bodies of vast underground mycelial networks to emerge worldwide. With scientists estimating as many as five million fungal species on Earth, only a fra

A prototype boot made entirely from mycelium, including a load-bearing sole, has debuted at Milan Design Week, marking a significant step beyond mycelium's typical role as a surface material.

Festival Reino Fungi 2026 takes place in Pucón, Chile, from 30 April to 3 May, bringing together scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and local communities around the theme of decomposition as a force for regeneration. The fifth edition builds on the 2025 event, which drew more than 10,000 attendees, and expands its international reach with speakers from Argentina, Colombia and beyond. The festival frames fungal intelligence as a model for rethinking innovation, culture and ter

Graphic design has long operated under an unspoken assumption: that printed materials should endure. Posters weather seasons on hoardings; textiles persist in landfill for decades. Yet the messages they carry are often redundant within days. This tension sits at the heart of GROWinK, a project developed by Peerasin Punxh Hutaphaet , a Thai designer completing the MA Material Futures programme at Central Saint Martins in London. Credits: Punxh Punxh's background is in product