2026
BASE39 Creative Accelerator
Mushroomiya, designed by Andy Cartier for NUMU: winning finalist.
Studio Cartier / Andy CartierA practice,
A practice,
on the record
Exhibitions, teaching, research and professional experience. The wider life of the work, since 2020.
Exhibitions & presentations
Sharjah · UAE
2024
ReRoot / Dubai Design Week
Collaborative mycelium shelter installation.
2024
Fundamental Fungi / Cloud
Mycelium artworks and design objects.
2023
Material District
Material design exhibition; Young Talent record.
2023
The Design Show Egypt
Fungal Art Series exhibition.
2023
Parallax Fair
Exhibition listed in the art portfolio.
2022
Floriade Expo
Living Shelter at Mycelium Parc; MYMO in Nature Loves Technology.
2022
Dutch Design Week
Fungal Art Series exhibition.
2022
World Art Dubai
Fungal Art Series exhibition.
2022
What On Earth festival
Exhibition and lecture.
Teaching, lectures & workshops
2026
Mycelium Masterclass / From substrate to scale
A teaching programme on practical pitfalls, product design, testing, moulds and industrial production. Materials dated 2 May 2026.
Talk archive
Bloom / Palmyco
Lightning-talk materials on agricultural residues and mycelium applications in the Gulf.
Talk archive
CROAG / Mycelium in construction
Research presentation on mycelium applications for construction, documented in the studio’s lecture archive.
Selected
Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation
Lectures, workshops and jury participation.
Selected
American University of Sharjah
Guest lectures on mycelium and material design.
Selected
Heriot-Watt University
Lectures and collaboration in biomaterials and design.
Selected
De Montfort University
Online lectures and material-design teaching.
Selected
INDA
Lectures and thesis tutoring.
Selected
ESDL
Master’s thesis tutoring.
2024
Crafting the Future / Cloud
Lecture and hands-on mycelium-object workshop.
Selected
Dubai Design Week
Mycelium and mushroom cultivation workshops; public talks.
Selected
Downtown Design
Public speaking and material-design exchange.
Selected
Greenport Innovation Café / SIGN
Knowledge exchange across horticulture and material innovation.
Selected
Building Holland
Material practice and industry-facing exchange.
Practice & professional experience
2025–
NUMU
Founder & CEO · regional mycelium material systems.
2025–
UFO & Hyphen
Co-founder and strategic advisory roles in biomaterials ventures.
2024–2025
C-Biotech / Cordeel Group
Head of Mycelium Department · research, production and industrialisation.
2020–
Studio Cartier
Independent design and research practice founded in 2020.
2021
InHolland University of Applied Sciences
Biocomposite researcher on collaborative work with Airbus.
2020
Mediamatic CleanLab
Living Material Designer · research internship.
Publications & commissions
2024
Designing Mycelium
Chapter contribution: “Borrowing from Nature as a Regenerative Design Strategy”.
2023
Horticulture Entrepreneur Award
Commissioned object presented by the Dutch Minister of Agriculture.
2022
Floriade commission
Living Shelter · experimental biodegradable architecture.
2021
SIGN Magazine
Feature on a mycelium wall made with horticultural waste.
2020
Chimera Furniture · Hybrid Material
Two articles on mycelium experiments in the CleanLab, published on mediamatic.net.
Education
2019
Furniture Design
Furniture design studies.
2014–2019
Design & Sustainable Innovation
Design education with a focus on sustainable innovation.
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