Michelle Heising is a sustainable product and spatial designer whose work focuses on creating designs that enhance the health of ecosystems. “Lakes are heavily impacted by human activity, including wastewater discharge, littering, and industrial pollution. By experimenting with fungi and microbial systems, we have the opportunity to develop entirely natural water filters. By placing functional design objects in the public realm is increasing the aesthetics of its environment and well-being of its inhabitants”.
Her product design is a Microbial Filter, in which new materials meet traditional craft. The collection consists of natural water purifiers that work with fungal microbes, inspired by traditional Swedish basket weaving and fish trap-making. She combines emerging materials such as mycelium foam with bioremediation technologies based on fungal microbes to filter polluted water, collaborating with practitioners of traditional basketry and fish-trap crafts.
