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Conversations
& press

More voices around the work: material experiments, objects and the questions that keep the practice moving.

Conversation / video

August 2024

The Future is Fungi

Better Futures, episode 2 · +EARTH+ (Earth Plus) with C-biotech

An hour-long conversation with Andy Cartier, then Mycelium Director at C-biotech: what fungi are, what they do in nature, and how they could change construction and other industries.

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Conversation / audio

March 2025

Andy Cartier: Mycelium Surfboards & Mushroom Houses For Gaza

Mycopreneur · Dennis Walker

Dennis Walker talks with Andy Cartier about the possibilities of mycomaterials, from a mycelium surfboard to the ReRoot shelter prototype made with mycelium and palm waste.

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Feature / design

2024

Dubai Design Week Celebrates its Tenth Edition

Design Anthology

A survey of Dubai Design Week featuring ReRoot and its four collaborators, with a photograph of the installation.

Read at Design Anthology
Feature / design

2024

Designs on Dubai

Monocle

Monocle’s design editor looks at material innovation at Dubai Design Week and singles out ReRoot’s modular shelter study.

Read at Monocle
Feature / architecture

October 2024

How coral stones, reefs and mycelium inspired the winning Abwab projects

The National

An introduction to the Abwab commissions, including ReRoot’s flat-pack shelter concept and full design team.

Read at The National
Feature / architecture

2024

Dubai Design Week reimagines vernacular construction

Architectural Digest Middle East

A closer look at ReRoot as a prototype for modular shelter, with the four designers named.

Read at AD Middle East
Conversation / audio

March 2025

Biotech & Mycélium, l’avenir de l’industrie?

Hommes de Méninges · Othman Ihraï

A French-language conversation with Andy Cartier about biotechnology, mycelium and the relationship between research and design.

Listen on Podcast.fr
Interview / reading

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Interview with Andy Cartier

Cloud Gallery · Amsterdam

Andy discusses Fungal Art, the Kinoko display system, a surfboard prototype and the experience of working with a living material.

Read at Cloud Gallery